[Clinical observation on acupuncture for treatment of high fever due to common cold].
OBJECTIVE
To observe clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture in abatement of fever.


METHODS
Eighty-six cases of high fever were randomly divided into two groups, an acupuncture group (n = 45) treated with acupuncture at Dazhui (GV 14) and a drug group (n = 41) treated with intramuscular injection of Antongding Injectio. Changes of body temperature before and after 24 hours treatment were observed by single blind.


RESULTS
In the acupuncture group, 9 cases were cured, and in the drug group, 2 cases were cured, the acupuncture group was better than the drug group in abatement of fever.


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture has a reliable therapeutic effect on fever.
Ling
Deng
D
Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China.
Zhao
Jian-guo
JG
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D003139:Common Cold; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D016037:Single-Blind Method