Abstract: Objective To observe the clinical effect and the incidence of neuralgia of acupoint injection with nerve growth factor onRamsay Hunt syndrome. Methods 65 patients with Ramsay Hunt syndrome were divided into treatment group (n=33) and control group(n=32). All the patients were treated with the anti-virus and glucocorticoid medicine, and were acupunctured at the similar points with electroacupuncturewith the disperse dense wave. The treatment group was injected with mouse nerve growth factor at the acupoints. 2 days offevery 5 times, 10 times as a course for 2 courses. The treatment effect and the incidence of sequelae neuralgia after 3 months were compared.Results The total effective rate of treatment group (93.9%) was significantly higher than control group (71.9%) (P<0.01). The incidenceof sequelae neuralgia of the treatment group (6.3%) was significantly lower than the control group (26.7%) (P<0.01). ConclusionAcupoint injection of mouse nerve growth factor can improve the efficacy and reduce the incidence rate of sequelae neuralgia in patientswith Ramsay Hunt syndrome.

Key words: Ramsay Hunt syndrome, electroacupuncture therapy, acupoint injection, nerve growth factor, neuralgia