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Observation on instant analgesic effect of Governor Vessel-regulating and collateral-unblocking acupuncture method for primary headache

调督通络针法治疗原发性头痛的即刻镇痛效果观察

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Abstract

Objective

To observe the instant analgesic effect of Governor Vessel-regulating and collateral-unblocking acupuncture method in treating primary headache and to inherit and carry forward the academic achievements of Gao’s acupuncture school in Yanzhao (Hebei Province) area.

Methods

Eighty eligible primary headache patients were randomized into an observation group and a control group following their visiting sequence, 40 patients in each group. The observation group was intervened by Yanzhao Gao’s Governor Vessel-regulating and collateral-unblocking acupuncture, and the control group was intervened by ordinary acupuncture method. The visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the headache intensity before and after the first treatment session in the two groups, to compare the instant analgesic effect of the two acupuncture methods.

Results

After the first treatment session, the VAS scores dropped significantly in both groups (both P<0.05). The change of VAS score after the initial treatment in the observation group was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05). The percentage of patients with headache completely vanished instantly after the first treatment was markedly higher in the observation group than that in the control group (P<0.05).

Conclusion

The two acupuncture methods both can produce a significant instant analgesic effect in treating primary headache, while Yanzhao Gao’s Governor Vessel-regulating and collateral-unblocking acupuncture method is superior to ordinary acupuncture method.

摘要

目的

观察调督通络针法治疗原发性头痛的即刻镇痛效果, 传承燕赵高氏针灸学术思想。

方法

将80 名 符合纳入标准的原发性头痛患者按就诊的先后顺序随机分为治疗组和对照组, 每组40 名。观察组采用燕赵高氏 调督通络针法治疗, 对照组采用常规针法治疗。两组患者均于首次治疗前后对头痛程度进行视觉模拟量表(VAS) 评分, 根据VAS 评分对两种针法的即时镇痛效果进行比较。

结果

与本组治疗前相比, 两组患者首次治疗后的头 痛程度VAS 评分均明显下降(均P<0.05)。治疗组首次治疗前后头痛程度的VAS 评分差值与对照组有统计学差异 (P<0.05)。治疗组首次治疗后即刻头痛完全消失患者所占比率显著高于对照组(P<0.05)。

结论

两种针刺方法对 原发性头痛均有明显的即刻镇痛作用, 燕赵高氏调督通络针法对原发性头痛的即刻镇痛效果优于常规针法。

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Projects of Hebei Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (河北省中 医药管理局项目, No. 2014038, No. 2015145).

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  1. Acupuncture Department of Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, 050051, China

    Xiao Xing  (邢潇) & Lin-hua Cui  (崔林华)

  2. Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Center, First Hospital of Shijiazhuang City, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China

    Li-fang Zhang  (张莉芳)

  3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, Laishui County Hospital, Baoding, 074100, China

    Wei-hua Liu  (刘卫华)

  4. Acupuncture Department, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, 050011, China

    Yan-jun Wang  (王艳君)

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Xing, X., Zhang, Lf., Cui, Lh. et al. Observation on instant analgesic effect of Governor Vessel-regulating and collateral-unblocking acupuncture method for primary headache. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 15, 366–370 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-017-1029-4

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