In order to observe clinical therapeutic effects of different acupuncture and moxibustion methods on acute lumbago

the patients of acute lumbago were randomly divided into four groups: group A

filiform needle treatment group; group B

filiform needle plus cupping group; group C

filiform needle plus blood - letting puncture and cupping group; group D

filiform needle plus blood - letting puncture

cupping and moxibustion group. All the patients were treated respectively 5 and 10 times. Results showed that there were significant differences in the effective rate and cured rate as the group C and D compared with group A and B respectively （P<0. 05 or P<0. 01）. It is suggested that the combination of bloodletting puncture plus cupping method and moxibustion with filiform needle method can significantly increase clinical therapeutic effect; simple cupping method does not significantly increase the clinical therapeutic effect.