Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 2014;(12):1124-1126

doi:10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2014.12.1124

Clinical Observation of Warm Needling for Tinnitus

Yi CAO ; Na JIANG ; Haiyan DONG

Keywords

Needle warmingtherapy; Specific electromagnetic treatment apparatus; Tinnitus

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

ObjectiveTo observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture-moxibustion in treating tinnitus.MethodNinety-eight patients with tinnitus were divided into a warm-needling group (n=32), an acupuncture group (n=34), and a medication group (n=32), to observe thetherapeuticefficacies.ResultThe total effective rate was 83.3% in the warm-needling group, versus 78.8% in the acupuncture group and 60.0% in the medication group.ConclusionWarm needling and acupuncture plus TDP are both superior to the medication treatment in comparing the therapeutic efficacy.