Abstract
Literature review was conducted by searching clinical papers on treating tension-type from June 2009 to June 2018 in CNKI with needling , acupuncture , and tension-type headache as key words, and 64 papers were included. Artificial statistics method was applied to count the acupoints used in the selected literature. The frequencies of the main points, the combined points, channel tropism and body parts for point selection were calculated, and the rules of selecting points were further analyzed. The results showed that the points used in treatment for tension-type were point GV20 (Baihui), point GB20 (Fengchi), point EX-HN5 (Taiyang), point LR3(Taichong), point ST8 (Touwei), point GV29 (Yintang), point LI4 (Hegu), etc. The meridians were mainly concentrated in the Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyang, Du Meridian, Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming, Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang; the points were mainly concentrated in the head and limbs. Key words: Headache; Acupuncture therapy; Rules of acupoint selection
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