Herpes zoster
Conditions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged over 18 years old; 2. Meet the diagnostic criteria for herpes zoster in the 2018 Chinese Medical Doctor Association Dermatologist Branch Herpes Zoster Expert Consensus Working Group "Chinese Expert Consensus on Herpes Zoster"; 3. Within 6 days after the rash of herpes zoster; 4. The average VAS of the highest daily pain after the rash is greater than or equal to 3; 5. The patients themselves signed the informed consent to participate in this trial voluntarily.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Combined with serious primary diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system and other organic diseases such as tumors; 2. Patients with mental disorders such as depression and anxiety who need to take tricyclic antidepressants, and those with mental or intellectual disabilities who cannot cooperate with the questionnaire; 3. Patients with bleeding tendency, pain-related skin disease or scar constitution; 4. Pregnant women and lactating women, those who have childbearing requirements in the past six months; 5. Known immunodeficiency status or history of HIV infection, positive history of hepatitis B antigen or hepatitis C antibody, active pulmonary tuberculosis, or using corticosteroids or immunosuppressants for 1 month; 6. Poor blood sugar control, glycosylated hemoglobin >= 8.0%; 7. Patients with coagulation dysfunction, or taking antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs; 8. Received acupuncture treatment within the past 1 week; 9. Belongs to a special type of herpes zoster: eye, ear herpes zoster, abrupt herpes zoster, herpes zoster without rash, herpes zoster meningitis or encephalitis, herpes zoster invading visceral nerve fibers, disseminated zona Herpes zoster and others (herpes zoster with bullous, hemorrhagic, gangrenous and other manifestations); 10. Those who are participating in other clinical trials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS responder rate(>=30%); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University