Moxibustion of acupoint heat-sensitive comprehensive treatment of 20 cases of postherpetic neuralgia.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 16 Moxibustion of acupoint heat-sensitive comprehensive treatment of 20 cases of postherpetic neuralgia Author: Wang Wan-chun Hu Rong Ma Jun Yan Zhang Renhe 【Abstract】 Objective To observe the moxibustion of acupoint heat-sensitive, comprehensive treatment of postherpetic neuralgia clinical effect. Methods moxibustion of acupoint heat-sensitive combination of hormones, neurotrophic agents, immunomodulatory agents comprehensive treatment of 20 cases of postherpetic neuralgia. The results of clinical cure in 18 cases, 2 cases, cure rate of 90%, total effective rate was 100%. Conclusion OK moxibustion of acupoint heat-sensitive, comprehensive treatment of postherpetic neuralgia satisfactory outcome, with the more important clinical significance. Keywords: postherpetic neuralgia moxibustion of acupoint heat-sensitive Postherpetic neuralgia is the herpes zoster skin lesions have completely subsided, but subject to violations of the nerve distribution area there are still persistent severe pain. Their pain and sometimes up to several months or years and decades, ranging from, and exist in day and night, giving the patient has brought about tremendous suffering. There is no truly effective in this disease the best way to eliminate the pain, the author of moxibustion with thermal acupoints combined hormone therapy, neurotrophic agents, immunomodulatory agents comprehensive treatment of postherpetic neuralgia in 20 cases, satisfactory effect. Are reported below. A clinical data 20 cases of our department patients are in line with the State Chinese Medicine Administration, enacted in 1994, “Diagnostic efficacy of TCM Syndrome standards” in the snake strand sore clinical diagnostic criteria [1]. Including 12 males and 8 females; aged 64 to 82 years, mean 72 years of age; duration of the shortest 28 d, up to 134 d, an average of 78 d; chest and back pain occurred in 6 cases, abdominal back in 8 cases, unilateral