title: Fifty cases of vertebrobasilar ischemic vertigo treated by acupuncture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic effects of filiform needle acupuncture combined with dermal needle tapping for vertebrobasilar ischemic vertigo.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on the etiopathogenesis of TCM, the disease is caused by turbid phlegm clouding the heart orifice combined with wind, leading to insufficient nourishment of the brain due to deficiency of blood. Fenglong (ST 40) was punctured with filiform needle to resolve phlegm; Fengchi (GB 20) to dispel wind; Baihui (GV 20) to stop dizziness; and Lieque (LU 7) to widen the inner diameter of the vertebral arteries and increase peak systolic velocity and minute blood flow volume, so as to improve blood supply to the vertebral arteries. Dazhui (GV 14) was stimulated by tapping with a dermal needle to improve blood supply to the head.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 50 patients in this series, 39 cases (78%) were cured, 6 cases (12%) relieved, 4 cases (8%) improved, and 1 case (2%) failed, with a total effective rate of 98%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture combined with dermal needle tapping is an effective therapy for treating vertebrobasilar ischemic vertigo.
authors: Department of TCM, Medical School of Hubei Nationalities College, Enshi 445000, China.
authors: Qiong
authors: Q
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*