[Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture on recurrent oral ulcer].
OBJECTIVE
To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture and routine western medicine is an recurrent oral ulcer of the type of accumulation of heat in the heart and spleen.


METHODS
Seventy-four cases were randomly divided into 2 groups. The acupuncture group of 37 cases were treated with acupuncture at Tongli (HT 5), Gongsun (SP 4), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (11 4), etc. The control group of 37 cases were treated with VitB2 , VitC. Their therapeutic effects were compared.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 83.8% in the treatment group and 48.6% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
The therapeutic effect of acupuncture is significantly better than that of the control group, and acupuncture is an effective therapy for recurrent oral ulcer of type of accumulation of heat in the heart and spleen.
Chen
Yan-ming
YM
College of TCM, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100013, China. christina_cym@yahoo.com.cn
Wang
Ling-shu
LS
Cui
Hai
H
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D019226:Oral Ulcer; D013154:Spleen