[Advantages of scalp acupuncture at cranial base zone for refractory ophthalmopathy].

The cranial base zone is located in the lower posterior part of harnpan, the area 0.5 up and down from the line from Yamen (GV 15) to Yifeng (TE 17). There are Tianzhu (BL 10) in the bladder meridian, Fengchi (GB 20) and Wangu (GB 12) in the gallbladder meridian, and Yiming (EX-HN 14).

[Controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of endocrine dysfunctional infertility].

Objective: To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture and Western medicine for promoting ovalation on endocrine dysfunctional infertility.

Methods: Two hundred and forty cases of infertility were randomly divided into an acupuncture group (n = 160) and a Western medicine group (n = 80). They were treated with acupuncture and clomiphene respectively and their therapeutic effects were compared.