Effect of He's Santong Method of Acupuncture for Treatment of Cervical Spondylosis of Nerve-root Type / 中医杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effect of He's Santong method (Three ways to remove obstruction) of acupuncture for treatment of cervical spondylosis of nerve-root type.Methods The 52 patients with nerve-root type cervical spondylosis were randomly divided into two groups, 26 in each. The treatment group was treated by He's Santong method of acupuncture while the control group was administered Gentongping Granule, 2 weeks as one course. The therapeutic effect was evaluated by comparing the scores of symptoms, visual analogue scale (VAS) and changes in hemorheology after treatment.Results The total effective rate of the treatment and control groups was 96.1% and 69.2% respectively with a significant difference between (P