TREATMENT OF 62 CASES OF STIFFNECK WITH ECIWO ACUPUNCTURE

Dr. Zhao Hong, Dr. Wang Lixia, Dr. Qi Aiyu, Dr. Jiang Feng,Dr. Wang Yusheng, Dr. Bi Keling and Zhuang Guirong

From 1988-1995 we used the ECIWO therapy of Zhang Yingqing to treat 62 cases of stiffneck and obtained satisfying results. 98. 38% of the patients were cured after being treated only once and the total cure rate was 100%. The report is as follows:

1. Clinical Data

Of the 62 patients 41 were men and 21 women, the youngest was 17 and the oldest 56 ; the longest course of illness was 5 days and the shortest 1 day.

2. Methods

We selected the head point and neck point on the sides of the second metacarpal bones of both hands of each patient according to the point distribution of the ECIWO law, inserted no. 26 1 cun needles into the points 0. 8 cun deep and let them remain there for 30 minutes and told the patients to turn their heads while lifting, twirling and thrusting the needles.

3. Criteria of Effect

Recovery:The patient can turn his head as flexibly and freely as usual and the pain in his neck is gone.

Improvement:The pain lessens, but the patient still has discomfort in the neck.

Failure:The pain remains the same and the patient still has difficulty in moving his head.

4.Results

Of the 62 patients 61 fully recovered after being treated once, making up 98. 38% of the total, one patient fully recovered after being treated twice, making up 1. 62% and the total cure rate was 100%.

5. Typical Case

Cheng, a 25-year-old man, suddenly felt difficulty in turning his head while getting up on July 18, 1995. When he tried to turn his head to the left, his neck hurt, but he had no other discomfort. He had been healthy till then. On physical examination, he had an unbearable pain and muscular spasm in the left neck which was tender when he turned his head leftward to 60 degrees. We inserted needles into the head point and neck point on the sides of the second metacarpal bones of both his hands, using moderate and strong stimulation method. While lifting, thrusting and twirling the needles, we told the patient to turn his head left and right. The patient had feelings of numbness and distension in the acupunctured parts as well as feelings of hotness and distension in the neck. The needles remained in the points for 30 minutes. Then the patient could turn his head leftward and rightward freely, exceeding 90 degrees.

Reference
1. Zhang Yingqing, ECIWO Diagnosis and Therapy, Shandong University Press, 1987

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