[Observation on therapeutic effect of fire needle therapy on facial spasm].
OBJECTIVE
To compare therapeutic effects of fire needle therapy and filiform needle therapy on facial spasm.


METHODS
One hundred and twenty-seven cases of such disease were divided into two groups. The treatment group (n=79) were treated with fire needle therapy at Taiyang (EX-HN 5), Cuanzhu (BL 2) and Quanliao (SI 18), and the control group (n=48) with filiform needle therapy at the same acupoints as those in the treatment group. Their therapeutic effects were compared.


RESULTS
The cured rate and the effective rate were 64.6% and 92.4% in the treatment group, and 45.8% and 87.5% in the control group, respectively, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Fire needle therapy is an effective therapy for facial spasm, with a therapeutic effect better than that of filiform needle therapy.
Jiang
Xiao-ji
XJ
Section of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hospital of PLA, Chongqing, China. jxj2002_0@yahoo.com.cn
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019569:Hemifacial Spasm / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged