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简介：PurposeThisstudywasdonetoverifytheeffectivenessofacupuncturetreatmentonnasalobstructioncausedbyallergicrhinitisorrhinosinusitis,andtoknowtheclinicaleffectofanovelacupuncturepointnamedSim-eui.MethodRhinitispatientswithatleasttwovisitstothehospitalfromSeptember,2009toNovember,2009wererandomizedintoeitherexperimentorcontrolgroup.Theexperimentgroupweretreatedwithacupunctureongenerallyusedpointsofrhinitis,thatareGV22,GV23,GV24,ST8(bothsides),BL2(bothsides),ST4(bothsides),aswellasSim-euipoint.ThecontrolgroupweretreatedwiththegeneralpointsandLI20(bothsides)insteadofSim-euipoint.Acupunctureneedleswereleftinfor15minutesforbothgroups.TheinitialandfinalsymptomscoresofSNOT-20andamodifiedVASwereusedtoevaluatetheeffectiveness.TheprogramusedforstatisticalanalysiswasSPSS15.0forwindow.WilcoxonSignedRanksTestwasdonetoanalyzetheintra-groupsymptomscorechangebeforeandaftertreatment,andMann-WhitneyTestwasusedtocompareinter-groupVASchange.Allthestatisticswereverifiedatasignificancelevelof5%.ResultTheSNOT-20scoresbeforeandafteracupuncturetreatmentshowedsignificantchangesonbothexperimentandcontrolgroups,buttherewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenthetwogroups.AllcategoriesoftheSNOT-20showedsignificantresult,exceptthe'Wakeupatnight'and'Lackofagoodnight'ssleep'entries.ThemodifiedVASshowedsignificantimprovementofsymptomintheexperimentgroupcomparedwithcontrolgroup.ConclusionAcupuncturetreatmentusingSim-euipointseemstobehelpfulinimprovingqualityoflifebyimmediatereliefofnasalobstruction.