TITLE:
Different Acupuncture for Neurodynia and Skin Lesions with Acute Herpes Zoster
AUTHORS:
Guohua Lin, Yunkuan Yang, Hongxing Zhang, Lixia Li, Chuyun Chen, Yue Liu, Xushan Cha, Qian Li
KEYWORDS:
Herpes Zoster, Acute, Neurodynia, Acupuncture Treatment
JOURNAL NAME:
Chinese Medicine,
Vol.5 No.3,
August
18,
2014
ABSTRACT: Objective: To analyze the
effectiveness of different acupuncture-moxibustion therapies for neurodynia and
skin lesions of acute herpes zoster. Patients and Methods: From April 2007 to
October 2009, 500 patients with clinical acute herpes zoster were included in the
study. They were randomly divided into five groups as follow: electroacupuncture
(E); electroacupuncture + cottonpave moxibustion (EC); electroacupuncture +
fire acupuncture (EF); electroacupuncture + tapping combined with cupping (ET); control
group of western medicine (WM). Results: The time of staunch bleb, scab and scab-off had
no obvious statistical difference in the five groups; however, five methods
could obviously reduce symptoms of herpes zoster and improved general symptoms.
Within five days of treatment, compared to control group, the other four
methods could more quickly ameliorate the general symptom of herpes zoster, and
EF was superior to EC. In addition to electroacupuncture group, the treatment
groups could relieve neuralgia and shortened duration of pain, which was superior
to control group treatment. In addition, within first 3 days of treatment, the efficacy
of treatment with E, EF or ET was superior
to that of EC, and EF was better to E. After five days or end-of-treatment, the
efficiency of odynolysis by treatment with EF, ETor EC was no more than E. The incidence
of neurodynia was reduced after treatment with EC, EF or ET at 30th, 60th and
90th day, and pain of postherpetic neuralgia was relived. Conclusion: It is a certain
advantages for organism reparation, abatement of neurodynia, and reduction of postherpetic
neuralgia by acupuncture treatment.