[Re-recognition of single-point electroacupuncture therapy for treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation].
OBJECTIVE
To study on the characteristics and clinical application of single-point electroacupuncture therapy for treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.


METHODS
Expound single-point electroacupuncture therapy from acupoint selection, acupuncture methods, clinical indications and the mechanism of this therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
The single-point electroacupuncture therapy has the characteristic of "fewer but better" in acupoint selection, with a better analgesic effect on lumbocrural pain induced by lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, but the exact analgesic mechanisms have been incompletely known yet.
Huang
Shi-rong
SR
Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China. huangshirong3268@sina.com
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015671:Electroacupuncture / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae