1 International Education College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang Province, China.
2 Third Clinical Medicine College,, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang Province, China.
3 Department of Acupuncture, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310005, Zhejiang Province, China.
# Equally contributed to corresponding author.
Received on 22 August 2024; revised on 06 October 2024; accepted on 08 October 2024
This case report presents a patient with recalcitrant eczema who underwent fire needle therapy. The patient experienced recurrent eczema exacerbations that were unresponsive to conventional Western medical treatments, which also caused significant adverse effects and increased the disease burden. The patient opted for traditional Chinese external therapy using fire needles. After the initial fire needle treatment, the patient exhibited noteworthy exudation, and pruritus significantly diminished. The therapy was administered weekly for eight consecutive weeks, resulting in marked symptom improvement. Subsequently, the treatment frequency was reduced to biweekly sessions for an additional seven treatments, culminating in a total of 15 fire needle sessions. A Follow-up after one month revealed no recurrence of eczema symptoms.
Recalcitrant eczema; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Acupuncture; Fire needle; Pricking method
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Shannah Erasmus, Qiongying Shen, Weiji Chen, Wei Pan, Xiaoshuai Yu, Na Nie, Yi Liang and Jianqiao Fang. A case report of fire needle treatment for Recalcitrant Eczema. World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2024, 20(01), 192–195. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjbphs.2024.20.1.0711