[Observation on therapeutic effects of bird-pecking needling and needle warming moxibustion on bulging of lumbar intervertebral disc].

OBJECTIVE: To explore the best manipulating method for bulging of lumbar intervertebral disc. METHODS: Eighty cases were randomly divided into a treatment group (n=58) and a control group (n=22). The treatment group were treated with bird-pecking needling and needle warming moxibustion, and the control group with needle warming moxibustion of uniform reinforcing and reducing method. Their therapeutic effects were compared. RESULTS: The total effective rate was 100.0% in the treatment group and 81. 8% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Therapeutic effects of bird-pecking needling and needle warming moxibustion on bulging of lumbar intervertebral disc is significantly superior to that of needle warming moxibustion of uniform reinforcing and reducing method.