Therapeutic Observation of Scalp plus Body Acupuncture for Urticaria / 上海针灸杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of scalp plus body acupuncture in treating urticaria.Method Eighty urticaria patients were randomized into a treatment group of 42 cases and a control group of 38 cases. The treatment group was intervened by scalp plus body acupuncture, while the control group was treated with conventional body acupuncture. The two groups were treated once every other day, 10 sessions as a treatment course. The symptoms and signs scores and serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) level were observed before the treatment and after 2 treatment courses, and the clinical efficacies were also compared between the two groups.Result The total effective rate and recovery rate were respectively 92.9% and 61.9% in the treatment group, versus 76.3% and 36.8% in the control group, and the between-group differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). After the treatment, the symptoms and signs scores significantly declined in both groups (P<0.05), and the symptoms and signs scores in the treatment group were markedly different from those in the control group (P<0.05). The serum IgE level in the treatment group after the intervention was significantly lower than that before the intervention (P<0.05). After the treatment, the serum IgE level in the treatment group was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Scalp plus body acupuncture is an effective method in treating urticaria.