Treatment of 70 Cases of Shoulder Periarthritis by Puncturing “Taijian Acupoint” plus External Application of Chinese Medicine

用纱布醮白芥子膏在肩前，肩后及三角肌处用力擦至皮肤发红后，再按摩肩关节5～10min。嘱患者上臂外展30°～45°选取抬肩穴，用直径0．5～1mm、长90～100mm针，由下向上直刺至触及骨头，将针稍后退少许捻针，边捻针边嘱患者抬肩待臂举过头时停止捻针。应用本法治疗了70例肩周炎患者，结果35例疼痛消失，肩关节功能恢正常；25例疼痛明显减轻，肩关节功能明显改善；8例疼痛减轻，肩关节功能略有改善；2例疼痛无减轻，肩关节功能改善不明显。

Treatment of 70 cases of shoulder periarthritis by puncturing “Taijian acupoint” plus external application of Chinese medicine

The doctor used gauze withSemen Sinapis {ie39-1} mastic to scrape emphatically on pro-shoulder, post- shoulder and deltoid muscle. After the skin became red, the shoulder was massaged for 5–10 min. When the patient was asked to abduce the upper arm 30°–45°, Taijian- raising shoulder acupoint was selected. The needle 0.5–1 mm in diameter and 90–100 mm in length was inserted vertically from down to up till touching bone. After backed off slightly, the needle was twisted a little. The patient was asked to raise shoulder when the needle was twisted. The needle was stopped twisting after the arm was raised overhead. Seventy patients with shoulder periarthritis were treated by this method. The result showed that pain disappeared and the function of shoulder recovered to normal in 35 cases, pain alleviated obviously and the function of shoulder improved distinctly in 25 cases, pain alleviated and the function of shoulder improved slightly in 8 cases and pain didn't alleviated and the function of shoulder didn't improved distinctly in 2 cases. Translator: KUAI Le ({ie40-1})