| Affiliation: | 1. Acupuncture-moxibustion Department of the First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang Province, China (黑龙江中医药大学附属第一医院针灸科, 黑龙江哈尔滨 150040, 中国);2. Department of Gynecology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China (黑龙江中医药大学附属第一医院妇科, 哈尔滨 150040);3. Studio of national famous and veteran TCM experts of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China (黑龙江中医药大学附属第二医院全国名老中医药专家工作室, 哈尔滨 150040) |
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ObjectiveTo observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture at facial acupoints combined with electrical stimulation on the auricular vagus nerve points for treatment of chloasma.MethodsSixty patients with chloasma were selected. According to acupoint selection along facial nerve trunk initially created by professor Gao Wei-bin, Yìfēng (翳风 TE 17), Shàngguān (上关 GB 3) Sīzhúkōng (丝竹空 TE 23), temporal branches, Xiàguān (下关 ST 7) Sìbái (四白 ST 2), zygomatic branches, Qiānzhèng (牵正) Quánliáo (颧髎 SI 18), zygomatic branches, Jiáchē (颊车 ST 6) Chéngjiāng (承浆 CV 24), buccal branches, and Hég? (合谷 LI 4). The auricular vagus nerve acupoints was added additionally (two distribution points in each cavity of auricular concha were selected). Electroacupuncture was conducted for 30?min/time, once a day, and 6 times/week. One day was free from treatment between 2 weeks. Treatment for 4 weeks was 1 course of treatment, and the effect was observed after 1 course.ResultsCured: 39 cases, markedly effective: 13 cases, effective: 6 cases, ineffective: 3 cases. The cure rate was 65%, and the total effective rate was up to 95.0%.ConclusionThe curative effect of electroacupuncture at facial acupoints combined with electrical stimulation on the auricular vagus nerve points for treatment of chloasma was satisfactory. |
