[Observation on therapeutic effects of red-hot needle therapy on nodules of breast of the type of stagnation of liver-qi and phlegm coagulation].
OBJECTIVE
To compare therapeutic effects of red-hot needle therapy and filiform needle therapy on nodules of breast of the type of stagnation of liver-qi and phlegm coagulation.


METHODS
Six hundred cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 300 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with red-hot needle pricking at the proliferative parts and Ashi points as main, and the control group with filiform needle therapy.


RESULTS
In the treatment group, 240 cases were cured, 58 cases improved and 2 cases were not cured with an effective rate of 99.3%; and in the control group, 113 cases were cured, 165 cases improved and 22 were not cured with an effective rate of 92.7%, with a significant difference between the two groups (P = 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
The therapeutic effect of red-hot needle therapy is better than that of filiform needle therapy on nodules of breast of the type of stagnation of liver-qi and phlegm coagulation.
Cai
Zhi-hong
ZH
Dongfeng County People's Hospital, Jilin 135000, China. czh_1958@126.com
Li
Xiu-chang
XC
Liu
Yu-yan
YY
Yang
Mao-you
MY
Dan
Ju
J
He
Pu-ren
PR
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged