Clinical observation on cervical headache treated with acupuncture and fire needling technique

摘要

Objective To observe the efficacy in cervical headache of acupuncture combined with fire needling and the simple acupuncture therapy.Methods One hundred and eighty cases were randomized into an acupuncture plus fire needling group(group A)and an acupuncture group(group B),90 cases in each one.Baihui(GV 20),Wangu(GB 12),Fengchi(GB 20),Tianzhu(BL 10)and Neck-Jiaji(EX-B 2)were selected in the two groups.In group A,the fire needling technique was applied to all the above points before