The first step in determining whether or not acupuncture is effective for cervical spondylosis is to determine which type of cervical spondylosis it is. The cervical spondylosis for which acupuncture is more effective is cervical spondylosis of the cervical type and cervical spondylosis of the nerve root type. Cervical spondylosis is characterized by neck pain, numbness, or even discomfort, soreness and swelling, and some of the range of symptoms may extend to the shoulder blades or head, if only these range of symptoms, it is the cervical type of cervical spondylosis, if it is a neurogenic type of cervical spondylosis, but also accompanied by radiating pain in the upper limbs, the pain is more serious, especially at night, many people will be in pain and can not sleep. If the scope of cervical spondylosis is within the above two, you can have acupuncture treatment. There is a kind of cervical spondylosis that is not well treated by acupuncture, namely, spinal cord cervical spondylosis. Spinal cord cervical spondylosis is not only the pain in the neck, but also accompanied by walking imbalance in the lower limbs, unsteady walking, and even the sensation of stepping on cotton, which are all the manifestations of spinal cord cervical spondylosis. Spinal cord cervical spondylosis is not suitable for lancing treatment because it is caused by the deep intervertebral discs compressing the central spinal cord, and lancing can only have a therapeutic effect on the surrounding muscles and nerves, but has no effect on the very deep spinal cord.