Treatment of Toothache by Puncturing Hegu （LI 4）

目的：观察针刺合谷穴治疗牙痛的临床疗效。方法：将278例病例随机分为治疗组（139例）和对照组（139例），治疗组采用电针针刺合谷穴治疗，对照组采用电针针刺承山穴治疗，疗程为3d，分别对疼痛分级及镇痛情况进行观察。结果：治疗ld拔针前显效率比较，实验组与对照纽无统计学意义（P〉0．05），其余各时间点显效率实验组均明显高于对照组（P〈0．05）。结论：针刺合谷穴治疗牙痛有效。

To observe the clinical effect in the treatment of toothache by puncturing Hegu（LI 4）. Methods： Two hundred and seventy-eight cases of the patients were randomly divided into the treatment group （139 cases） and the control group （139 cases）. The treatment group was treated by puncturing Hegu （LI 4） with electric stimulation and the control group, by puncturing Chenshan （BL 57） with electric stimulation, for 3 days as one course of the treatment, to grade pain and observe the anesthetic effect respectively. Results： There was no significant difference in the remarkable effective rate between the two groups before withdrawal of the needle in the treatment for one day （P〉0.05）. In the other times, the remarkable effective rate was obviously higher in the treatment group than in the control group （P〈0.05）, Conclusion： Acupuncture on Hegu （LI 4） is effective in treating toothache.