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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Acupuncture treatment of hiccup in 70 cases [Keywords:] stomach disease; hiccup; acupuncture therapy Hiccup, to air on the red, er, er throat repeatedly, sound short and frequent, can not be made the main disease. The disease can occur in isolation, the disease slightly, continuing self-healing and later died a few minutes to several hours. Can also be secondary to other acute and chronic diseases, the symptoms of multiple, non-stop day and at night, or intermittent seizures, persistent unhealed few days to several months. I used traditional acupuncture treatment of the disease in 70 cases and achieved significant results are reported below. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information A total of 70 patients in this group, select a time from the 2009-01-13-2009-08-21 days, 47 patients from the clinic, 23 patients from the hospital. Including 42 males and 28 girls, the youngest 23 years old, the maximum 87 years of age, duration of the shortest 1d, up to 7 months. in accordance with the actual situation of dialectical theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the actual situation will be divided into two categories, of which 49 cases positive, 21 cases of deficiency. 1.2 Treatment Disposable sterile needles and syringes used needles, 32, 1.5-inch needles. Empirical those acupoints: Zhong Wan, within the customs, the day suddenly, stomach Yu, Zhi Gou, Taichong, between the lines. Operation: Days when suddenly the needle along the hole sternal manubrium slowly 1 ~ 1.2 inch needle, reducing method of twisting facilities; Neiguan perpendicularly, Shi twisting reducing method of lifting and thrusting, a sense of direct access to the needle tip of finger; tributary perpendicularly, Shi reducing method of lifting and thrusting; Taichong obliquely to the direction of the heel, reducing method of lifting and thrusting applied twisting; perpendicularly 0.5 inch between the lines, facilities twisting reducing method. Taichong, n