title: [Clinical application of acupuncture for treatment of heroin withdrawal syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To make technical standard of acupuncture manipulation for acupuncture treatment of heroin withdrawal syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and twenty cases of heroin withdrawal syndrome were randomly divided into an acupuncture group of 111 cases and a control group of 109 cases. They were respectively treated with acupuncture and oral administration of lofexidine hydrochloride, and their therapeutic effects were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The heroin dependence (acute stage) were effectively withdrawn in the two groups. The treatment group in change of total scores for withdrawal symptoms before and after treatment, the total scores for withdrawal symptoms at the 4th and 5th days, treatment of insomnia and the score for self-Hamilton Anxiety Scale and the score after at the 4th day was superior to the control group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01, P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture has a satisfactory, rapid, safe and reliable clinical therapeutic effect.
authors.affiliation: Changsha City Hospital of TCM, Hunan 410025, China. tqwen3228@sina.com
authors.forename: Tun-Qing
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Zhao-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xi-Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Sha-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ge-Shu
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Guang-Li
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Jiang-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Xue-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fei-Bao
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Shan
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001007:Anxiety; D003932:Heroin; D006556:Heroin Dependence; D006801:Humans; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
chemical_list: D003932:Heroin