[RESULTS] Compared before the treatment , the SF-36 , NDI and symptom total score after the treatment and in the follow-up visit were all obviously improved in the syndrome-differentiation acupuncture group and regular acupuncture group ( all P < 0.05 ) , which was the most obvious in the syndrome-differentiation acupuncture group [ after the treatment , SF-36 : 84.54 + / - 5.93 vs 81.44 + / - 6.22 , 63.46 + / - 6.59 ; NDSI : 18.94 + / - 9.30 vs 21.23 + / - 8.39 , 43.93 + / - 11.26 ; NDLQI : 71.42 + / - 7.23 vs 63.11 + / - 7.06 , 54.87 + / - 6.00 ; symptom total score : 22.06 + / - 15.80 vs 32.52 + / - 16.88 , 47.97 + / - 10.92 ] ; the improvement in the regular acupuncture group was more obvious than that in the non-acupoint group ( P < 0.01 , P < 0.05 ) .