title: [Comparative study on therapeutic effects of acupuncture, Chinese herbs and Western medicine on nervous tinnitus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture at Jiaji (EX-B 2), Chinese herbs and western medicine on nervous tinnitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety cases were randomly divided into 3 groups, 30 cases in each group. The acupuncture group were treated with acupuncture at cervical Jiaji (EX-B 2), 20 min each session, once a day, 10 sessions constituting one course; the Chinese herbs group with modified Buzhong Yiqi Decoction (decocted in water), one dose each day, 10 doses constituting one course; the western medicine group with bandazol, Dextran 40, Danshen tablet, and vitamin B12, 10 days constituting one course. After 3 courses, the therapeutic effects were evaluated with criteria of assessment for therapeutic effects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective rates in the 3 groups were 73.3%, 40.0% and 33.3%, respectively, with significant differences among the 3 groups (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture has obvious therapeutic effect on nervous tinnitus, and acupuncture at cervical Jiaji (EX-B 2) is an effective therapy for nervous tinnitus, and its therapeutic effect is better than those of Chinese herbs and western medicine.
authors.affiliation: People's Hospital of Weiyuan County, Sichuan 642450, China. tankaiqiang@sohu.com
authors.forename: Kai-Qiang
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Chong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ming-Xue
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal