[Pricking-cupping combined with auricular thumbtack needle for postherpetic neuralgia of stagnation and blood stasis on chest and waist: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of pricking-cupping combined with auricular thumbtack needle for postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) of stagnation and blood stasis on chest and waist.

Methods: A total of 98 patients with PHN of stagnation and blood stasis on chest and waist were randomized into an observation group (49 cases, 1 case was eliminated, 1 case dropped out) and a control group (49 cases, 1 case dropped out). In the observation group, treatment of pricking-cupping combined with auricular thumbtack needle was delivered, pricking and cupping were applied at Jiaji points (EX-B 2) at the related spinal segments corresponding to the pain sites and regional points, once every other day, auricular thumbtack needle was applied at Xin (CO), Shenmen (TF), Neifenmi (CO), Pizhixia (AT), etc.

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