Clinical efficacy of opposing needling in the treatment of migraine with the symptom of ascendant hyperactivity of liver yang and its effect on NO level in plasma of patients
Affiliation:
1. Children''s Hospital Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI;2. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo observe the clinical efficacy of opposing needling for the treatment of migraine with the symptom of hyperactivity of liver yang type and its effect on NO level in plasma of patients.MethodsA total of 60 migraine patients with the symptom of hyperactivity of liver yang who met the inclusive criteria were randomly divided into a opposing needling group (group A) and a routine acupuncture group (group B) by using SPSS 15.0 software according to the registration order with 30 patients in each group. Patients in group A were treated with opposing needling. Tàichōng (