title: [Observation on therapeutic effect of auricular acupuncture combined with body acupuncture for treatment of cardiac neurosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find an effective therapy for cardiac neurosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-two cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a medication group, 36 cases in each group. The acupuncture group were treated with auricular acupuncture combined with body acupuncture, with auricular points Shenmen, Jiaogan (sympathesis), Xin (heart), etc. and body points Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), etc. selected; the medication group were treated with oral administration of Betaloc and Oryzanol. Their therapeutic effects were compared after treatment for 2 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cured rate was 77.8% in the acupuncture group and 52.8% in the medication group with very significant differences (P < 0.01), the former being better than the latter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Auricular acupuncture combined with body acupuncture is the best method for treatment of cardiac neurosis.
authors.affiliation: Zhoukou Health School of Henan Province, Zhoukou 466000, China. zkwxmgm@163.com
authors.forename: Guang-Mei
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Yu-Ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D020831:Acupuncture, Ear; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009449:Neurocirculatory Asthenia / Q000628:therapy*