Therapeutic Observation of Moxibustion plus Cupping for Trigeminal Neuralgia Due to Wind-cold / 上海针灸杂志

ABSTRACT

To observe the clinical efficacy of moxibustion plus cupping in treating trigeminal neuralgia due to wind-cold.Method Seventy patients with trigeminal neuralgia due to wind-cold were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 35 cases in each group. The treatment group was intervened by moxibustion plus cupping, while the control group was by ordinary acupuncture. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and other pain indexes were observed before treatment and after 2 treatment courses, and the clinical efficacies were compared.Result The total effective rate was 85.7% in the treatment group versus 57.1% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The VAS scores were significantly changed after treatment in both groups (P<0.01). After treatment, the VAS score of the treatment group was significantly different from that of the control group (P<0.01). After intervention, the scores of pain range, pain intensity, pain duration, attack frequency, quality of life, affection, and global pain score in the treatment group were significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Moxibustion plus cupping is an effective approach in treating trigeminal neuralgia due to wind-cold.