“多针法”治疗关节痛117例疗效观察

Observation on the Therapeutical Effect of 117 Cases of Painful Joints Treated with Multiple Needling

关节痛是针灸临床最常见的运动系统疾患,祖国医学称之为'痹症'。笔者应用《灵枢·官针篇》所介绍的多针法即傍刺(两针法)、齐刺(三针法)、扬刺(五针法)

The author took the tender spots at the focus ofthe pain as primary points and other routine pointsin the local area as combined points.At each point,there would be the needling with a few needles.i.e.one needle inserted inside the point,and 1 needleor 2 or 4 needles were thrusted at the sides.Thedistance between the needles was 0.1 or 0.2 cun.The number of needle was determined according tothe condition of the disease.117 cases of painfuljoints ranging from 3 to 360 months were treatedwith this method.31 cases had their symptoms disa-ppeared(26.5%),39 had marked effectiveness(33.3%),44 had improvement(37.6%),and 3had no change(2.6%).Comparing with the conven-tional acupuncture with only one needle (altogether72 cases were treated),the effect of the muhipleneedling was distinguishingly superior to that ofsingle needle(X=21.41,P<0.001).