[Clinical observation on acupuncture for treatment of high fever due to common cold].
Кључне речи
Апстрактан
OBJECTIVE
To observe clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture in abatement of fever.
METHODS
Eighty-six cases of high fever were randomly divided into two groups, an acupuncture group (n = 45) treated with acupuncture at Dazhui (GV 14) and a drug group (n = 41) treated with intramuscular injection of Antongding Injectio. Changes of body temperature before and after 24 hours treatment were observed by single blind.
RESULTS
In the acupuncture group, 9 cases were cured, and in the drug group, 2 cases were cured, the acupuncture group was better than the drug group in abatement of fever.
CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture has a reliable therapeutic effect on fever.