[Clinical observation on 136 cases of chilblains treated by acupuncture combined with massage].
OBJECTIVE
To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus massage and medicine on chilblains.


METHODS
Two hundred and sixty-four cases of chilblains were randomly divided into an acupuncture group of 136 cases and a medicine group of 128 cases. The acupuncture group were treated by acupuncture at 9 acupoints such as Yamen (GV 15), Laogong (PC 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), etc. plus massage, and the medicine group by dong chuang Plaster.


RESULTS
In the acupuncture group, 111 cases were cured and 136 cases were effective, the effective rate being 100.0%; and in the medicine group, 55 cases were cured and 98 cases were effective, the effective rate being 76.6%, with a very significant difference between the two groups in the therapeutic effect (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture plus massage is superior to dong chuang plaster in therapeutic effect on chilblains.
Xiang
Feng
F
Yongshun County Hospital of TCM, Hunan 416700, China. xiangfeng6631@sina.com
Wang
Ying
Y
Xiao
Yi-bin
YB
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002647:Chilblains; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008405:Massage