Clinical Observation on the Treatment of Vascular Headache by Acupuncture Plus Needle-embedding Therapy

Objective To investigate the efficacy of acupuncture plus needle-embedding therapy for the treatment of vascular headache.Methods Ninety-three patients were randomly divided into an acupuncture group of 30 cases, an acupuncture plus needle embedment group of 36 cases a Western medicine control group of 27 cases. The difference in changes in the clinical symptoms between pretreatment and posttreatment were observed in the three groups.Results The clinical symptoms abated or disappeared after treatment in all the three groups. The short-term effect was better in the acupuncture plus needle embedment group than in the control group and there was a significant difference in curative effect between the two groups (P0.05). There was no significant difference between the acupuncture plus needle embedment group and the acupuncture group(P0.05), and also between the acupuncture and the control group(P0.05), but the effective rate was obviously higher than in the control group. The long-term effect was significantly better in the acupuncture plus needle embedment group and in the acupuncture group than in the control group(P0.01, P0.05). There was no significant difference between the acupuncture plus needle embedment group and the acupuncture group.Conclusion It is suggested that Acupuncture has a good short-and long-term effect on vascular headache and acupuncture plus needle-embedding therapy, a better effect.