title: [Clinical observation on shallow needling for treatment of acute intracerebral hemorrhage].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To approach to the best therapy for acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-five cases of acute ICH were randomly divided into a treatment group (n = 45) and a control group (n = 40). The control group were treated by routine Western medicine, and the treatment group by the medication plus shallow needling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate was 95.5% in the treatment group and 45.0% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Shallow needling and the western medicine have cooperation with a better therapeutic effect in treatment of acute intracerebral hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of TCM, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. jpkm1234@sina.com
authors.forename: Zhen-wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-xue
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Xue
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans