OBJECTIVETo search for an effective therapy for chronic laryngitis. Methods Ninety cases of chronic laryngitis were randomly divided into a treatment group of 60 cases and a control group of 30 cases. The treatment group were treated by acupuncture at Futu (LI 18), Renying (ST 9), Shuitu (ST 10), etc. , and cake-separated moxibustion at Yongquan (KI 1); the control group with oral administration of Huang's Xiang Sheng Pills. Their therapeutic effects were observed after treatment of 4 weeks. The relationship of syndrome types, pathological types and therapeutic effects with the therapeutic courses in the two groups were compar treatment of chronic .

RESULTSThe total effective rate was 96.7 in the treatment group and 76.6% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01); the therapeutic effects for the yin-deficiency and lung-dryness type and the phlegm-heat accumulation type were superior to that of the control group (P < 0.05), and the therapeutic effect for the lung and spleen qi-deficiency type was similar to the control group. The therapeutic effect for chronic simple laryngitis was significantly better than that of the control group (P < 0.05); the therapeutic effect of hypertrophic laryngitis and atrophic laryngitis was similar to that of the control group.

CONCLUSIONAcupuncture combined with cake-separated moxibustion has an obvious therapeutic effect on chronic laryngitis.