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Purpose To explore the feasibility of treating toothache with the acupoints in Liver Meridian. Method According to syndrome differentiation, toothache was divided into pathogenic wind-fire type and deficiency-fire type. Twenty patients were treated by needling Taichong (LR 3) of the affected side. Reducing manipulation was performed for toothache due to pathogenic wind-fire while early-reducing-late-tonifying was performed for toothache due to deficiency-fire type.Results The pain disappearance occurred in 14 cases, improved in 5 cases and no effect in one case.Conclusion Needling Taichong (LR 3) was effective for toothache.
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Author: Chu Fu-xiang (1955-), male, attending physician
Translator: CUI Yi-jun
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Fu-xiang, C., Fa-tai, S. Treatment of toothache by needling Taichong (LR3): A report of 20 cases. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 1, 61–62 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02852336
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02852336