title: [Observation on therapeutic effect of ear point blood-letting combined with cupping on Back-shu points for treatment of acne vulgaris].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare clinical therapeutic effects of combined ear point blood-letting therapy, oral administration of medicine and external application of medicine on acne vulgaris.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients of acne vulgaris were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group. The treatment group were treated with ear point blood-letting combined with cupping at Back-shu points; and the control group with oral administration of Tetracycline and external application of Cuochuangping Ointment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment of 1approximately 3 courses, the cured rate (50.0%) and the total effective rate (92.9%) in the treatment group were significantly higher than 17.6% and 76.5% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01); a half year later, the recurrence rate or the deteriorative rate in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapeutic effect of ear point blood-letting combined with cupping at Back-shu points is significantly better than that of oral administration of Tetracycline and external application of Cuochuangping Ointment.
authors.affiliation: Dingxi City People's Hospital, Gansu 743000, China. ssjdx@eyou.com
authors.forename: Shou-jiang
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000628:therapy*; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D020831:Acupuncture, Ear / Q000379:methods*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000379:methods*