ABSTRACT
The cases of feeling comfort during acupuncture and moxibustion treatment in literature were summarized and its biological basis was explored. A simple classification of comfort was made, and the importance of obtaining comfort in acupuncture treatment was pointed out. Considering the pursuit of less pain and harmlessness in modern clinical treatment, sugar needle should be advocated and popularized in current clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion.
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Sugars , Moxibustion , Acupuncture Therapy , Emotions , NeedlesABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for the best therapy for depression.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The acupuncture group of 34 cases were treated by acupuncture at acupoints on the head as main and acupoints of the limbs as adjuvant, two treatments a week, and the control group of 30 cases by antidepressant deanxit for 5 weeks.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There was no significant difference between the two groups in the therapeutic effect (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture and western medicine deanxit have a similar therapeutic effect on depression.</p>