A Clinical Study of Acute Bacillary Dysentery Treated by Acupuncture[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine1979, (9): 9-11.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.1979.09.006.
645 cases of acute bacillary dysentery with positive stool culture were treated by acupuncture with a therapeutic course of 10 days. The points used were Tianshu
Qihai
Shangjuxu and the manipulation was of a reducing one.596 cases (92.4%) were completely cured. The average time for the disappearance of fever was 1.88 day; for abdominalgia
2.95 days; for tenesmus
2.15 days. The time for the reappearance of normal frequnecy of defecation and negative stool culture were 3.40 days and 5.04 days respectively.