| Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of row acupuncture on the line between Fengchi and Fengmen for the treatment of neck-type cervical spondylosis and further optimize the treatment plan of acupuncture for neck-type cervical spondylosis.Methods:Sixty patients with neck-type cervical spondylosis were divided into a treatment group(row acupuncture on the line between Fengchi and Fengmen group)and a control group(conventional acupuncture group)by applying the random number table method,with 30 patients in each group.The treatment group:main points:Fengchi(both sides),Fengmen(both sides),three needles in equally spaced rows on the line between Fengchi and Fengmen(pained side);supporting points:Waiguan(both sides),Houxi(both sides).Operation:Fengchi point to the direction of the tip of the nose straight stab into the needle about 25-35mm,Fengmen point up and the skin at an angle of 15°～30°oblique stab into the needle about 10-20mm,according to the painful part of the neck,arrange three needles at equal intervals on the connecting line between one or both Fengchi point and Fengmen poin,these three needles slightly to the direction of the spine oblique stab into the needle about 15-25mm,Fengchi,Fengmen and its inter-row acupuncture points into the needle after getting gas are performed twisting lifting insert diarrhea method;Waiguan,Houxi straight stab into the needle about 10-20mm,into the needle after getting gas are twisted.After obtaining gas,the acupuncture is performed in a flat complementary and flat diarrhea way.The control group:main points:Fengchi(both sides),Tianzhu(both sides),and cervical pinch points(C4,C5,C6,C7,both sides);supporting points:same as the treatment group.Operation:straight acupuncture into the Tianzhu point about 10-20 mm,and oblique acupuncture into the cervical spine point about 15-20 mm in the direction of the spine,after the acupuncture is obtained,all twisting lifting and inserting the diarrhea method,the rest of the acupuncture points operated the same as the treatment group.Both groups were treated with acupuncture once daily for 2 weeks.The Visual Analog Scale(VAS)was used before and after treatment to evaluate the improvement of pain and the Neck Disability Index(NDI)to evaluate the improvement of cervical dysfunction,and the clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared by the reduction rate of VAS score and DNI score.Results:1.VAS score and NDI score of patients in both groups:VAS score and NDI score of patients in both groups decreased significantly after treatment than before treatment(P<0.01),and the decrease in VAS score and NDI score after treatment was significantly greater in the treatment group than in the control group(P<0.05).2.Evaluation of clinical efficacy of the two groups:Comparison of analgesic efficacy,the apparent efficiency rate of the treatment group was 63.33%,and the total effective rate was 96.67%,while the apparent efficiency rate of the control group was 33.33%,and the total effective rate was 90.00%,with significant differences between the two groups(P<0.05);Comparison of overall efficacy,the healing and the apparent efficiency rate was 53.33%and the total effective rate was 93.33%in the treatment group,while the healing and the apparent efficiency rate was 23.33%and the total effective rate was 83.33%in the control group,with significant differences between the two groups(P<0.05).Conclusions:1.Both row acupuncture on the line between Fengchi and Fengmen with conventional acupuncture methods can effectively improve the symptoms associated with neck-type cervical spondylosis.2.The clinical efficacy of the row acupuncture on the line between Fengchi and Fengmen is better than that of the conventional acupuncture method in the treatment of neck-type cervical spondylosis. |
