title: Acupuncture treatment for spontaneous polyhidrosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the therapeutic effects of acupuncture and western medicine on spontaneous polyhidrosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Acupuncture at Huatuojiaji points was used to treat 30 cases of spontaneous polyhidrosis and the western medicine was used to treat 26 cases for comparison.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of the former was 96.7% and that of the latter 57.7%. The difference in therapeutic effect between the two groups was significant (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapeutic effect of acupuncture at Huatuojiaji points on spontaneous polyhidrosis was better than that of western medicine.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture Department, The First Hospital Affiliated to Tianjin TCM College, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Wei-zhi
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged