对 90例具有不同程度疼痛症状的癌症病人分别进行了针刺镇痛、中药内服外敷镇痛、WHO药物 3级止痛阶梯和针药结合治疗。结果表明

针刺组和中药组镇痛效果优于西药组

有显著性差异 (P <0 0 5 )

针药组与西药组相比有非常显著性差异 (P <0 0 0 1 )。说明针刺和中药镇痛优于西药止痛

针刺和中药结合治疗癌症疼痛有较高的临床应用价值cancer patients with different degree pain were observed in the study.They were divided into 4 groups:acupuncture group

Chinese Herbs group(combination of oral medication and Chinese herb iontophoresis treatment)

western medicine group and Chinese herbs and acupuncture group. The results showed that the analgesic effect of acupuncture group and Chinese herbs group was better than that of the western medicine group.The Chinese herbs and acupuncture group had a very significant difference from the western group.Therefore

we can conclude that the acupuncture and Chinese herbs' analgenic effect on cancer patients has a high value in clinical treatment.