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Observations on the Efficacy of Scalp Acupuncture plus Body Acupuncture in Treating Trigeminal Neuralgia

LU Ze-qian

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Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of scalp acupuncture plus body acupuncture in treating trigeminal neuralgia.Methods On the basis of syndrome differentiation-based point selection and local point selection,scalp acupuncture and body acupuncture were used to treat 68 patients .The effect was compared with that in a conventional body acupuncture group of 50 patients.Results The cure rate and the total efficacy rate were 77.9% and 97.1% in the treatment group and 54.0% and 94.0%,in the control group.Statistical analysis showed that the cure rate was significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group(P0.05).Conclusion Scalp acupuncture plus body acupuncture has a better therapeutic effect on this disease.

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Key concepts: Acupuncture, Medicine, Scalp, Trigeminal neuralgia, Clinical efficacy, Cure rate, Therapeutic effect, Surgery