Expert consensus on clinical protocol for treating herpes zoster with fire needling.

Xiaodong WU; Bin LI; Baoyan LIU; Lin HE; Zhishun LIU; Shixi HUANG; Keyi HUI; Hongxia LIU; Yuxia CAO; Shuxin WANG; Zhe XU; Cang ZHANG; Jingsheng ZHAO; Yali LIU; Nanqi ZHAO; Nan DING; Jing HU

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Expert consensus on clinical protocol for treating herpes zoster with fire needling.

Author: Xiaodong WU ¹ ; Bin LI ² ; Baoyan LIU ³ ; Lin HE ⁴ ; Zhishun LIU ⁵ ; Shixi HUANG ⁵ ; Keyi HUI ⁶ ; Hongxia LIU ⁷ ; Yuxia CAO ⁸ ; Shuxin WANG ⁹ ; Zhe XU ¹⁰ ; Cang ZHANG ² ; Jingsheng ZHAO ¹ ; Yali LIU ¹⁰ ; Nanqi ZHAO ¹ ; Nan DING ¹ ; Jing HU ¹
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1. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
2. Beijing Hospital of TCM Affiliated to Capital Medical University.
3. China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
4. Beijing Santong Acupuncture Method Research Society.
5. Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
6. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Hospital of TCM.
7. Affiliated TCM Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University.
8. Shanxi Acupuncture Hospital.
9. First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of CM.
10. Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: expert consensus; fire needling; herpes zoster; implementation points; suitable population; treatment protocol
MeSH: Humans; Herpes Zoster/therapy*; Acupuncture Therapy/instrumentation*; Consensus; Clinical Protocols
From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2025;45(12):1825-1832
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The expert consensus on the clinical treatment of herpes zoster with fire needling was developed, and the commonly used fire needling treatment scheme verified by clinical research was selected to form a standardized diagnosis and treatment scheme for acute herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), so as to answer the core problems in clinical application. The consensus focuses on patients with herpes zoster, and forms recommendations for 9 key clinical issues, covering simple fire needling and TCM comprehensive therapy based on fire needling, including fire needling combined with cupping, fire needling combined with Chinese herb, fire needling combined with cupping and Chinese herb, fire needling combined with filiform needling, fire needling combined with moxibustion, and provides specific recommendations and operational guidelines for various therapies.