Treatment of Intractable Hiccup after Severe Craniocerebral Injury with Acupuncture Combined with Medicinal Herbs

Objective To investigate the value of the acupuncture with Medicinal herbs in the treatment of the intractable hiccup after severe craniocerebral injury. Methods Sixty patients diagnosed of intractable hiccup after severe craniocerebral injury were randomly recruited into a therapeutic group and a control group. The therapeutic group was treated with acupuncture and medicinal herbs, while the control group was treated with western medicine. The therapeutic course for both groups was one week. The efficacy was evaluated by observing the cure rate, improvement rate and non effective rate respectively. Results In the therapeutic group :23 patients were cured and the total effective rate was 96.67%;While in the control group: 12 patients were cured and the total effective rate was 70.00%. The effective rate of therapeutic group was obviously better than the control group. Conclusion Acupuncture with medicinal herbs in the treatment of the intractable hiccup after severe craniocerebral injury has good efficacy. Key words: Acupuncture;  Medicinal herbs;  Intractable hiccup;  Severe craniocerebral injury