The Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Head and Face With Superficial Needling Combined With Electroacupuncture

The patient takes the supine position, the whole body relaxes, the facial skin is routinely sterilized. Local acupuncture points along the head and face herpes zoster lesion branches with 0.18 × 25 mm millimetre needle series of shallow stabbing method row stabbing method.Han's Acupoint Neurostimulator (model HANS-200) was selected, local acupoints were chosen as Xiaguan+Quanliao or Xiaguan+Jiache, and distal acupoints were chosen as Hegu+Waiguan connected with electroacupuncture, sparse and dense wave 2/100 Hz was selected, and the treatment time was 60 minutes, and the intensity of the current was all to the extent that the patient could tolerate it. The needles were left in place for 60 minutes each time, once every other day, and the treatment was performed 3 times a week for 4 weeks, for a total of 12 treatments.

Subjects in this group will be treated with oral pregabalin capsules only, 150 mg twice daily for 4 weeks.Pregabalin was administered with Lerica (specification: 75 mg\*8 capsules,manufactured by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Ltd).