"Needle Acupuncture Sphenopalatine Ganglion Technology" Preliminary Exploration And Persistent Allergic Rhinitis Superiority Comparison Of The Efficacy Of Traditional Acupuncture Severe

[Background]Allergic rhinitis represents a global health problem affecting10%to20%population. Some Chinese doctors have used acupuncture needle to stimulate sphenopalatine ganglion to treat more than130thousand patients in China and shown the advantages for moderate-severe perennial allergic rhinitis (PER) compared to the traditional Chinese acupuncture techniques.[Purpose]The aim of the study is to test in which aspects that treatment is better than verum acupuncture (VA) in patients with moderate-severe PER.[method]The study aims to recruit about20patients either sex, age range is from18to60years, were divided in to two groups based on their clinic no. in the ratio of1:1. Sphenopalatine Ganglion stimulation group: Doctor uses the disposal needle to stimulate Sphenopalatine Ganglion. The treatment consists1or2session per week and administer4weeks, the majority of patients need only one session a week, the doctor decides whether a patient need another session or not according to the physical sign and symptoms. Acupuncture group:The acupoints, include main and adjunct points, were selected based on Chinese medicine guideline for allergic rhinitis developed by exporters. The main points are yingxiang(LI20), yintang(GV29), fengchi(GB20), fengfu(GB16), zusanli(ST36). Adjunct points are shangxing(GV23), hegu(LI4), kouheliao(LI19), feishu(BL13), pishu(BL20), shenshu(BL23), sanyinjiao(SP36). Doctor will apply2main and2adjunct points according to each patient is syndrome differentiation. According to the points selected. The doctors will manually manipulate the acupuncture needles with de-qi sensation and maintain the needles for30minutes. All patients were interviewed at the4th week after treatment.Evaluating criteria: The following set of criteria is used to evaluate and analyse the effectiveness of treatment for the experimental group: signs and symptoms of the patient after acupuncture, length of time take for the treatment to take effect, total nasal symptom score (TNSS), total non-nasal symptom score(TNNSS) and the Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire score.[Results]After treatment and interview:Compared with the control group, the onset time of the effectiveness after each session, are shorter in the treatment group (P<0.001), and the duration of the effectiveness after each session are longer (P<0.001)Compared with the control group, the score of physical sign and the nasal congestion degree, are both lower in treatment group (P<0.05).(the score of TNSS and TNNSS) have statistically significant differences between groupsafter treatment period(favoured Sphenopalatine Ganglion stimulation)(p<0.001, P=0.006, P=0.004)The treatment group is better than control group in the RQLQ score after the treatment.(P<0.001). The treatment group is better than control group in the item of clinic waiting time (P<0.001). The cdays with moderate-severe rhinitis in the treatment group is less than that of control group in the follow-up(one month after treatmet-period)(P<0.001)[Conclusion]The intervention without serious side effects is safe to apply to treat perennial allergic rhinitis.Sphenopalatine Ganglion stimulation with acupuncture, is safe convenient and economical and is a effective treatment, can be used for perennial allergic rhinitis disease,.