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OBJECTIVE	To compare the difference in the clinical efficacy on cervical spondylosis between acupuncture at three lines of cervical Jiaji ( EX-B 2 ) and oral administration of jingfukang granules .
METHODS	Three hundred cases of cervical spondylosis were divided into an acupuncture group and a medication group , 150 cases in each one .
METHODS	In the acupuncture group , according to the different types of cervical spondylosis , acupuncture was applied at three lines of cervical Jiaji ( EX-B 2 ) , once a day .
METHODS	In the medication group , jingfukang granules were prescribed for oral administration , one bag each time , three times a day .
METHODS	The treatment of ten days made one session in the two groups and two sessions were required totally .
METHODS	Before and after two sessions of treatment , the clinical assessment scale for cervical spondylosis ( CASCS ) was adopted to evaluate the score of subjective symptoms , clinical physical signs and adaptability as well as the total score in the patients of the two groups and the efficacy was compared .
RESULTS	The patients ' symptoms and physical signs were alleviated , the adaptability was improved and the score of each item and the total score were increased in the two groups after treatment ( all P < 0.01 ) .
RESULTS	The improvements in the acupuncture group were better than those in the medication group ( all P < 0.01 ) .
RESULTS	The curative and markedly effective rate was 90.7 % ( 136/150 ) in the acupuncture group , better than 66.0 % ( 99/150 ) in the medication group ( P < 0.01 ) .
CONCLUSIONS	Acupuncture at three lines of cervical Jiaji ( EX-B 2 ) achieves the significant clinical efficacy on cervical spondylosis .
CONCLUSIONS	This therapy is superior to relieving symptoms and physical signs and recovering adaptability as compared with jingfukang granules .

