title: [Herpes zoster treated with meridian-collateral electric information therapy combined with pricking and cupping].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the best acupoints for the treatment of herpes zoster.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred cases were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 100 cases in each one. In observation group, meridian-collateral electric information diagnosis and treatment instrument was used to detect meridian and collateral so as to find out the relevant "sick meridian open" for electric stimulation, bloodletting and cupping. In control group, Acyclovir was administered orally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In observation group, it had been dectcted that "sick meridian open" were mostly localized in Ashi point (Extra), Zhangmen (LR 13), Daimai (GB 26), Qimen (LR 14), Dabao (SP 15), etc. The totally effective rate in observation group was 100.0% (100/100) that was superior to 60.0% (60/100) in control group (P < 0.000 1). Additionally, the time for pain relief, blister relief and scarring in observation group was shorter obviously than that in control group (P < 0.000 1). There was no case of post-herpetic neuralgia in observation group, but the incidence of it in control group was 26.0% (26/100).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Meridian-collateral diagnosis and treatment instrument detects "sick meridian open" for electric stimulation and bloodletting and cupping in the treatment of herpes zoster, which can effectively relieve pain and prevent from post-herpetic neuralgia promptly.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Chinese and Western Clinic of Health Association, Haigang District, Qinhuangdao 066000, Hebei Province China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Ai-Hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D016740:Meridians; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000628:therapy; D011677:Punctures