Treatment of skin pruritus with auricular acupuncture

Auricular points of Lung (MA-IC1), Fengxi (MA-SF), EarShenmen (MA-TF1), Subcortex (MA-AT1), Adrenal Gland (MA-T) and Large Intestine (MA-SC4) were selected in the present paper, 25 cases of skin pruritus were treated by combination of the auricular acupuncture and routine method, and another 25 cases were treated with the routine method as the control group. The result showed better therapeutic effect in the former than the latter with statistical difference.