[Clinical observation on yintang (Ex-HN 3) point-injection for treatment of obstinate hiccup].
OBJECTIVE
To search for an effective method for treatment of obstinate hiccup.


METHODS
Ninety cases of obstinate hiccup secondary to cerebral diseases were randomly divided into 3 groups, 30 cases in each group. Group A were treated by injection of compound chlorpromazine into Yintang (Ex-HN 3), group B by intramuscular injection of compound chlorpromazine and group C by acupuncture at Yintang (Ex-HN 3). Their therapeutic effects were compared.


RESULTS
The effective rate was 93.3% in the group A, 10.0% in the group B and 30.0% in the group C, the group A being better than the group B and the group C (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Injection of compound chlorpromazine into Yintang (Ex-HN 3) has a significant therapeutic effect on obstinate hiccup.
Chang
Hong-xia
HX
Jining First People's Hospital, Shandong 272111, China.
Hou
Lei
L
Feng
Yan
Y
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001927:Brain Diseases; D006606:Hiccup; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections