Objective：To observe the clinical effect of the method of lifting and thrusting of sticking needle on Fengchi，Tianzhu and Tianyou acupoints for cervical headache and its effect on inflamm atory factors.Methods：Divided 80 cases of patients into the treatment group and the routine acupuncture group randomly，40 cases in each group.The treatment group adopted the method of lifting and thrusting of sticking needle on Fengchi，Tianzhu and Tianyou acupoints，while the routine acupuncture group adopted conventional acupuncture method.There were five days in one course of treatment.After two courses of treatment，observed the scores of brief McGill pain questionaire，including the pain rating index(PRI)，scores of visual analogue scale(VAS)and present pain intensity(PPI).Detected the levels of interleukin-6(IL-6)，nitric oxide(NO)and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α )in serum，and carried out the statistics of the clinical curative effect.Results：After treatment，the total scores of the brief McGill pain questionaire and scores of PRI， VAS and PPI in the two groups weredecreased significantly when compared with those before treatment( P ＜0.01)，and the above scores in the treatment group were decreased more significantly than those in the routine acupuncture group( P ＜0.01).After treatment，levels of IL-6，NO and TNF-α in serumin the two groups were decreased obviously when compared with those before treatment( P ＜0.01)，and the above indexes in the treatment group were improved more obviously than those in the routine acupuncture group( P ＜0.01).The total effective rate was 92.5%in the treatment group and was 70.0%in the routine acupuncture group，the difference being significant( P ＜0.05).Conclusion：The method of lifting and thrusting of sticking need le on Fengchi，Tianzhu and Tianyou acupoints has rem arkable curative effect in treating cervical headache，and can improve scores of brief McGill pain questionaire and levels of inflamm atory factors，whose therapeutic effect is superior than that of the routine acupuncture treatment.