CLINICAL STUDY ON TREATMENT OF TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA BY NEEDLING MENTAL AND MANDIBULAR FORAMINA

In the present paper, 126 patients with neuralgia involving the mandibular branch of trigeminal nerve were treated mainly by puncturing the mental foramen and the mandibular foramen. The two foramina are both located in the focus through which the Stomach Channel of Foot Yangming passes. Among the 126 patients, 42 were attributed to the light type, 61 to the moderate type one and the other 23 to serious type. Acupuncture treatment was given once daily, 30 min every time, with 10 days being a therapeutic course. After 3 courses of treatment, results showed that 29 (69.1%) light type cases, 35(57.4%) moderate type cases and 6 (26.1%) serious type cases were cured. It displays that the less serious the symptom, the higher is the cure rate, and the shorter the duration of disease, the better is the therapeutic effect.