J Tradit Chin Med. 2002 Mar; 22(1): 31-2.

Acupuncture treatment for 34 cases of epiphora with dysfunction of lacrimal duct.

Ni Y, Shi W, Xu X, Wang J.

First Clinical College, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Pharmacy, Nanjing 210029.

We have treated 34 cases of epiphora due to dysfunction of the lacrimal duct with a warm needle puncturing at the Jingming (UB 1) point. The effect was significantly better than that of the control group treated with lacrimal duct irrigation and norflaxacin eye drops (a total effective rate of 91.07% vs. 54.29%).