title: [Effect of cranial needling combined with medicine on IL-6 in the patient of acute cerebral hemorrhage].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the mechanism of cranial needling in treatment of acute intracerebral hemorrhage.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-three cases were randomly divided into a cranial needling plus medication group (n=21) and a medication group (n=22). The cranial needling plus medication group were treated with needling skull suture 4 days after the attack, once each day, for 10 sessions, on the basis of routine neurological treatment measures. The medication group were treated with the routine neurological treatment measures. Changes of the scores of neural function defect and IIL-6 contents before and after treatment were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The IL-6 contents before and after treatment were (11.29 +/- 8.63) pg/mL and (1.91 +/- 1.02) pg/mL in the cranial needling plus medication group, and (12.15 +/- 7.23) pg/mL and (3.61 +/- 2.71) pg/mL in the medication group, respectively, with very significant differences before and after treatment (P<0.01), and with a significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P<0.05). There were very significant differences in the score of neural function defect before and after treatment in the two groups (P<0.01), and there was a significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On the basis of medication, cranial needling can promote rapid decrease of serum IL-6 content and improve nervous function in the patient of acute cerebral hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Wenzhou City Hospital of TCM, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China. zhaoyiz@sina.com
authors.forename: Yi-Zao
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Chang-De
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Yu