title: [Migraine without aura treated by comprehensive auricular acupuncture: a multicentral controlled study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess objectively the efficacy of migraine without aura treated by comprehensive auricular acupuncture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninty patients of migraine without aura from three centers were selected as the observation subjects. Thirty cases from each center were treated with the comprehensive auricular acupuncture. This therapy included the retroauricular venous bleeding on the ears, the autologous blood injection at Fengchi (GB 20) and Yanglingquan (GB 34) and bleeding at the Nie (temporal), Zhen (occiput), Yidan (pancreas), Shenmen, Pizhixia (subcortex) and Neifenmi (endocrine) of auricular point. The therapy was applied once every 7-10 days. The continuous 3 treatments made one session.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of one session for the patients in three centers, the headache scores were reduced apparently as compared with those before treatment (all P< 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in comparison among three centers (all P>0.05). The clinical total effective rates were 93.3% (28/30), 90.0% (27/30) and 93.3% (28/30) in three centers separately. There was no obvious difference in the efficacy in comparison among three centers (P>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The comprehensive auricular acupuncture reduces apparently the headache score for migraine without aura and relieves the clinical symptoms of migraine. It is the simple and effective therapy for migraine without aura.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of TCM, Jinan 250011, China.
authors.forename: Dian-Hui
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zu-Bin
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yan-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Jin-Ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong-Chen
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qiu-Hua
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Shan
mesh_terms: D020831:Acupuncture, Ear; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020326:Migraine without Aura / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult