COMPARISON ON THE CLINICAL EFFECT IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM WITH DIFFERENT ACUPUNCTURE INTERVAL

摘要

Comparative observation was taken in 112 patients of hyperthyroidism. These patients were treated by both acupuncture and small dosage (10 mg once daily) of Methimazole. The acupuncture was given once weekly in group 1, twice in group 2, and thrice in group 3. The result shows that there is no significant difference in therapeutic effect beween group 2 and group 3 (P > 0.05) . Further analysis discovered that two times' acupuncture given weekly is suitable to recrudescent patient, while in new patient the symptoms can be controlled by needling taken once in a week.