Objective:To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture therapy for treatment of cervical hypertension.Methods: Sixty cases of cervical hypertension patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group by using random table method.For patients of treatment group bilateral cervical Jiaji(EX-B 2) were punctured

and for those of control group

Fengchi(GB 20)

Taichong(LR 3)

Quchi(LI 11)

Zusanli(ST 36) and Sanyinjiao(SP 9) were punctured.Changes of blood pressure and clinical symptoms were recorded before and after the treatment.Results: Of the two 30 cases in treatment and control groups

18(60.0%) and 13(43.3%) had a remarkable hypotensive effect

10(33.3%) and 9(30.0%) had a hypotensive effect

2(6.7%) and 8(26.7%) had no apparent changes in blood pressure;12(40.0%) and 5(16.7%) experienced marked improvement in clinical symptoms

15(50.0%) and 16(53.3%) were effective

3(10.0%) and 9(30.0%) failed in the treatment

with the effective rates being 90.0% and 70.0% respectively.The therapeutic effect of treatment group was apparently superior to that of control group in lowering blood pressure and the cumulative scores of clinical symptoms and in improving clinical symptoms(P<0.05

0.01).Conclusion: Acupuncture of Jiaji(EX-B 2) is an effective therapy in the treatment of cervical hypertension.