Acupuncture treatment for spontaneous polyhidrosis.

摘要

OBJECTIVE: To compare the therapeutic effects of acupuncture and western medicine on spontaneous polyhidrosis. METHODS: Acupuncture at Huatuojiaji points was used to treat 30 cases of spontaneous polyhidrosis and the western medicine was used to treat 26 cases for comparison. RESULTS: The total effective rate of the former was 96.7 and that of the latter 57.7. The difference in therapeutic effect between the two groups was significant (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The therapeutic effect of acupuncture at Huatuojiaji points on spontaneous polyhidrosis was better than that of western medicine.