This paper introduced the clinical symptoms, X-ray images, treatment and prevention of lumbodorsal spondylosis and cervico-spinal spondylosis.
Spinal Osteophytosis

35 patients (15 male, 20 female) irrespective of gender, profession and age, were diagnosed as sciatica due to cold and spodilosis. Moxa - electroacupuncture combined with massage gave good results. (73.2% of patients got the symptoms resolved and relieved). Procedure N01 is appropriate for sciatica along the meridian of bladder, and the procedure N02 along the meridian of gall
Sciatica ; Massage ; Spinal Osteophytosis ; Therapeutics ; Electroacupuncture

Cervical Vertebrae/surgery* ; Esophagus ; Humans ; Spinal Fusion ; Spinal Osteophytosis ; Spondylosis/surgery*

Cervical Vertebrae ; Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary ; Humans ; Spinal Cord Compression ; Spinal Osteophytosis

Cervical Vertebrae ; Deglutition Disorders ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Osteophytosis ; complications ; etiology

OBJECTIVETo use distinctive water-medicine cup therapy for treatment of cervical spondylopathy of cervical type as a sample to provide a more effective cupping method for clinic.

METHODSOne hundred and forty cases were randomly divided into a medicine cup group (n = 47), a water cup group (n = 47) and a empty cup group (n = 46). The medicine cup group were treated by cupping therapy with a self-made medicine cup with 45 degrees C Chinese herb solution; the water cup group were treated with a cup with 45 degrees C water, and the empty cup group with a cup with nothing. Clinical symptoms and signs were observed for comparison of therapeutic effects.

RESULTSClinically cured was 39 cases, and markedly effective was 8 cases in the medicine cup group; 20 cases were clinically cured, 22 cases were markedly effective and 5 cases were effective in the water cup group; 12 cases were clinically cured, 19 cases were markedly effective and 15 cases were effective in the empty cup group. There were significant differences in the ratio of cases of different therapeutic effects and the difference of pain score before and after treatment between the medicine cup group and the water cup group (P < 0.05), between the water cup group and the empty cup group (P < 0.05), and between the medicine cup group and the empty cup group (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONThe therapeutic effect of the distinctive medicine cup is better than the water cup group, and the water cup group is better than the empty cup group.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Cervical Vertebrae ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Osteophytosis ; therapy

In clinical teaching practice of over 30 years, professor LIAN Yu-lin combines physiological, pathological and anatomic knowledge with TCM treatment based on syndrome differentiation, forming own unique theoretical system. This paper introduces LIAN's experience on treatment of cervical spondylosis in detail, and location of cervical vertebra three lines and determination of needling depth and reinforcing-reducing manipulation based on clinical manifestations of various types of cervical spondylosis, and combination of long needle with short needle, deep needling with superficially needling, stressing the main point and having a definite object. This is an effective pathway for treatment of cervical spondylosis.
Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Cervical Vertebrae ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Osteophytosis ; classification ; therapy

OBJECTIVETo compare therapeutic effects of needle-knife therapy and acupuncture on cervical spondylosis.

METHODSMulti-central clinical randomized controlled trial was adopted. The patients were divided into a needle-knife treatment group treated with needle-knife therapy at the upper and lower interspinal ligaments of the affected vertebral body and bilateral posterior joint capsules; and the acupuncture control group were treated with acupuncture at Laozhen, Ashi points and cervical Jiaji points, etc. The short-term and the long-term therapeutic effects were observed at the end of the therapeutic course and 6 months after the end of the therapeutic course.

RESULTSThe short-term therapeutic effect and the long-term therapeutic effect were 91.3% and 94.7% in the needle-knife treatment group and 59.4% and 56.6% in the acupuncture control group, respectively, with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONThe needle-knife treatment in the therapeutic effect on cervical spondylosis is superior to acupuncture treatment.

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Cervical Vertebrae ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Osteophytosis ; etiology ; surgery ; therapy

The article introduces resent 10 years' application survey of ear acupuncture, abdominal acupuncture, scalp acupuncture, hand acupuncture and other mini-acupuncture system therapies in clinical treatment of cervical spondylopathy, finding out that unique advantages and problems of this therapy in treatment of cervical spondylopathy, and it prospects for clinical application of mini-acupuncture system.
Abdomen ; Acupuncture Therapy ; methods ; Acupuncture, Ear ; Cervical Vertebrae ; Humans ; Scalp ; Spinal Osteophytosis ; therapy

OBJECTIVETo observe acupuncture at Jiquan (HT 1) with different manipulations for improvement of abnormal sensation of the upper limb induced by cervical spondylosis of nerve root type.

METHODSOne hundred and seven cases were randomly divided into 3 groups. The lifting-thrusting group (n = 37) were treated with acupuncture at Jiquan (HT 1) with lifting-thrusting manipulation, the twirling group (n = 36) with acupuncture at Jiquan (HT 1) with twirling manipulation and the routine needling group (n = 34) with acupuncture at C4 - T1 Jiaji (EX-B 2), Quchi (LI 11).

RESULTSThe total effective rate of 91.9% in the lifting-thrusting group was significantly better than 58.3% in the twirling group (P < 0.005) and 76.5% in the routine needling group (P < 0.05), and the therapeutic effect of the twirling group was similar to that in the routine needling group CP > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONAcupuncture at Jiquan (HT 1) with lifting-thrusting manipulation can obviously improve abnormal sensation of the upper limb induced by cervical spondylosis of nerve root type.

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; methods ; Adult ; Aged ; Cervical Vertebrae ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Nerve Roots ; Spinal Osteophytosis ; therapy