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Qi Acupuncture Treatment of tennis elbow on the efficacy [Keywords:] acupuncture, humeral epicondylitis, the reinforcement theory Tendons Acupuncture Syndrome is a common and frequently-occurring disease in. Since this type of disease pathogenesis and has a specific occurrence, development, and change laws passed in the constant improvement of ancient physicians, has gradually formed a very distinct tendons theory [1]. In recent years, clinical practice, the author used the theory of Qi by tendon needling on tennis elbow and achieved good effect, is to use experience described below. 1 Clinical data Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, the 1998 lt;lt;Shanghai TCM Syndrome Clinic Generalgt;gt; [2] concerning the “humeral epicondylitis (tennis elbow),” the diagnostic criteria, select the scope of the study found 68 patients with tennis elbow, and random experimental design methods (simple random distribution of random number table), 68 patients were divided into acupuncture group and western medicine group. acupuncture group of 36 patients, 24 males and 12 females; aged 25 to 70 years, mean 49.2 years, mean duration of 3.6 months. Western group of 32 patients, 22 males and 10 females, aged 28 to 68 years, mean 48.0 years, mean duration of 3.4 months .68 patients, 22 patients with left elbow, right elbow 38 cases , elbows in 8 cases. General information between the 2 groups the difference was not significant (Pgt; 0.05), comparable. 2 treatment 2.1 acupuncture group Epicondyle of the humerus near the joints or brachioradialis found at the rear of tender points, good signs, routine disinfection, the use of length 125 mm, a diameter of 0.40 mm of the needle, using claws cut into the needle, needle depth of 1.0 1.2-inch, local produce for the degree of a sense of soreness, and then in the left and right at 2 cm lateral to the diagonal stabbing a needle (the tip points the direction toward the tenderness), were performed to enhance the acupuncture need