CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON TREATMENT OF 198 CEREBRAL INFARCTION PATIENTS WITH OPPOSING AND NON-OPPOSING NEEDLING METHODS

198 cases of cerebral infarction diagnosed clinically.by means of CT scan wereselected, and the therapeutic effects obtained with the methods of opposing and non-opposing needlingwere compared, The primary points included Head-Linqi(GB 15) and Zhengying(GB 17) (penetra-tion needling), Fengchi(GB 20), Neiguan (PC 6), qnd Yinlingquan (SP 9). While the supplemen-tary points were Jiquan (HT 1 ), Xiaohai (SI 8), Huantiao (GB 30), Yinmen (BL 37), Sanyinjiao(SP 6), and Taixi (KI 3). It was found that the radical cure rate in the group treated with opposingneedling was 57%, while that in the group with non-opposipg needling was 34%. The difference oftherapeutic effects between the two groups was of statistical significance (P<0.01 ). It indicates thatopposing needling is superior to non-opposing needling in elevating cure rates and reducing sequelae.

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON TREATMENT OF 198 CEREBRAL INFARCTION PATIENTS WITH OPPOSING AND NON-OPPOSING NEEDLING METHODS

198 cases of cerebral infarction diagnosed clinically by means of CT scan wereselected, and the therapeutic effects obtained with the methods of opposing apd non-opposing needling were compared. The primary points included Head-Linqi(GB 15) and Zhengying(GB 17) (penetration needling), Fengchi(GB 20), Neiguan (PC 6), and Yinlingquan (SP 9). While the supplementary points were Jiquan (HT 1), Xiaohai(SI 8), Huantiao (GB 30), Yinmen(BL 37), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), and Taixi (KI 3). It was found that the radical cure rate in the group treated with opposing needling was 57%, while that in the group with non-opposing needling was 34%. The difference of therapeutic effects between the two groups was of statistical significance (P<0. 01). It indicates that opposing needling is superior to non-opposing needling in elevating cure rates and reducing sequelae.