BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Acupuncture is a therapeutic method used for approximately five thousand years which promotes body harmonization and strengthening. Cervical pain affects 28% of the population. In 2004, the World Health Organization stated that cervical pain improves 67% when treated with acupuncture. The Unitary Channel technique harmonizes and treats pain. The Fleur de Lis technique relieves chronic and acute pain by directly acting on vertebrae. This study aimed at verifying which method had the best effect on pain and which has kept its effects for a longer time. METHODS: Two groups were created. One group was treated with Fleur de Lis (G1) and the other with Unitary Channel (G2). Patients were evaluated with a questionnaire and the visual analog scale. Treatment consisted of 10 sessions of 40 minutes each, once a week. Patients were revaluated after two, three and four weeks. RESULTS: Participated in the study 20 patients of whom 10 have received Unitary Channel and 10 have received the Fleur de Lis technique. With the Fleur de Lis technique, mean initial pain was 5.6 and after ten sessions it was 0.1. For the Unitary Channel it was 6.36 and 2.54, respectively. Four weeks after treatment pain scores had decreased. With the Unitary Channel technique it was observed that most affected meridians were triple burner (35%), small intestine (20%) and bladder (20%), followed by gallbladder (15%), and large intestine and stomach, with 5% each. When comparing both groups after the application of the techniques, it was observed that, in general, G1 had lower scores as compared to G2. After treatment, both groups have remained with pain intensity below zero. CONCLUSION: Fleur de Lis technique had better results after 10 sessions and has maintained results after four weeks.
Acupuncture analgesia; Acupuncture Therapy; Cervical pain; Meridians
