@article{WU2025, 
author = {Xiaodong WU and Bin LI and Baoyan LIU and Lin HE and Zhishun LIU and Shixi HUANG and Keyi HUI and Hongxia LIU and Yuxia CAO and Shuxin WANG and Zhe XU and Cang ZHANG and Jingsheng ZHAO and Yali LIU and Nanqi ZHAO and Nan DING and Jing HU},
title = {Expert consensus on clinical protocol for treating herpes zoster with fire needling},
year = {2025},
journal = {Chinese Acupuncture&Moxibustion},
volume = {45},
number = {12},
pages = {1825-1832},
keywords = {herpes zoster, fire needling, treatment protocol, expert consensus, suitable population, implementation points},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250816-k0001},
doi = {10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250816-k0001},
abstract = {The expert consensus on the clinical treatment of herpes zoster with fire needling was developed, and the commonly used fire needling treatment scheme verified by clinical research was selected to form a standardized diagnosis and treatment scheme for acute herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), so as to answer the core problems in clinical application. The consensus focuses on patients with herpes zoster, and forms recommendations for 9 key clinical issues, covering simple fire needling and TCM comprehensive therapy based on fire needling, including fire needling combined with cupping, fire needling combined with Chinese herb, fire needling combined with cupping and Chinese herb, fire needling combined with filiform needling, fire needling combined with moxibustion, and provides specific recommendations and operational guidelines for various therapies.}
}