Neurol Neurochir Pol. 1975 Nov-Dec; 9(6): 681-5.

[Needle therapy in neurology]

DomÃ¥l .

The term "needle treatment" has been used by the author for designation of all analgetic procedures in which the skin receptors are stimulated by insertion of needles. Acupuncture and its modification proposed by the author fall into this category. In the new method needles are inserted into painful points and 0.1-0.2 ml of 10% sodium chloride solution is injected. The method is used for treatment of pain in ischalgia, facial neuralgia and shoulder pains and in refractory, so-called idiopathic headaches. The author describes three neural mechanisms participating in pain inhibition by means of peripheral receptor stimulation.