56 cases of lumbar disc herniation treated with soft acupuncture Jiang Yaqiu Ding Min (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Wuxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214001, China) Abstract: To observe the clinical efficacy of soft acupuncture in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDP). METHODS: One hundred and six patients with LDP were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups. 56 cases in the observation group and 50 cases in the control group. RESULTS: The cure rate was 51.79% in the observation group and 24% in the control group, with significant differences verified by X2 (X2=8.598, P