Gentong points?

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This abstract from Phil's posting references points " Gentong No. 1, 2 and 3 " .

Anybody know what these are?

Thanks, Ann

 

Zhou YL, Zhang SQ, Sun GS, Chen JH, Liu P, Liu YJ, Lin GP, Hu B. |

[Clinical observation on ankle-three-needle for treatment of nerve root pain

of prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc] [Article in Chinese] | Zhongguo

Zhen Jiu. 2006 Dec;26(12):847-50. | Section of Prolapse of Intervertebral

Disc, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese

Medicine, Zhengzhou 450008, China. youlong666 |

OBJECTIVE: To observe the analgesic effect of ankle-three-needle on

nerve root pain of prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc. METHODS: Three

hundred and eighty cases were randomly divided into an ankle-three-needle

group, a routine AP group and a medication group. The ankle-three-needle

group were treated with ankle-three-needle therapy, i. e. according to

different prolapse segments, points Gentong No. 1, 2 and 3 were selected

with lifting-kneading needle insertion method used and the needle was

inserted along the skin; the routine AP group were treated with AP at

Shenshu (BL23), Qihaishu (BL24) and Jiaji (EX-B 2) of the prolapse

corresponding segment, and Ciliao (BL32), etc. with uniform reinforcing-

reducing manipulation; the medication group were treated with routine

buttock intramuscular injection of aspirin-DL-lysine plus saline. RESULTS:

The time inducing analgesia was 6 min in the ankle-three-needle group, 27

min in the routine AP group and 18 min in the medication group. The effect-

lasting time was 24.48 h in the ankle-three-needle group, 8.93 h in the

routine AP group and 6.36 h in the medication group, with a significant

difference as the ankle-three-needle group compared with both the routine

AP group and the medication group, but with no significant difference

between the routine AP group and the medication group. After treatment,

there were very significant differences in change tendency of the analgesic

score among the three groups at all the time points (P < 0.01). And there

was very significant differences in the changing tendency of straight-leg

raising test among the three groups at 0.5 h, 1 h, 24 h and 48 h (P < 0.001).

CONCLUSION: Ankle-three-needle has obvious therapeutic effect on nerve

root pain induced by prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc. | Publication

Types: English Abstract PMID: 17313003 [PubMed - in process]