Objectives : This pilot study is designed to reveal the effect of Carthami-semen acupuncture treatment
on chronic daily headache.
Methods :
1. All the voluntary subjects were diagnosed as CDH.
2. Carthami-semen acupuncture is applied 2 times a week for 4 weeks.
3. The patients were assessed by Headache impairment test score(HIT), Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health
Survey, and Headache Free Days(HFD) before and after 4 weeks treatment, and two weeks the treatment
finished.
Results : The result were as follows ;
1. HIT score decreased from 65.3?.5 to 53.1?.4, and furthermore declined to 49.5?.0 after 2
weeks the treatment finished.
2. HFD increased from 19.1% to 31.5% during the treatment time. Moreover it showed continuous
effectiveness after 2 weeks the treatment finished.
3. SF-36 showed significant improvement on all of the QOL items.
Conclusions : This pilot study suggests that Carthami-semen acupuncture treatment has an effect on
the CDH patients.