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Neurological
Disorders

 

Clinical Evidence and Scientific Mechanisms

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Acupuncture has been commonly used in the treatment of the following neurological disorders:

Sleepless Leg Syndrome

Bell’s Palsy

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Multiple sclerosis

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Guillain-Barré syndrome

Stroke

Peripheral neuropathy

Headaches

Alzheimer’s disease

Parkinson disease

For Bell’s palsy, a meta-analysis included 11 randomized controlled trials with an overall sample of 1258 individuals. Acupuncture treatment was associated with an increased cure rate [relative risk (RR)=1.77,

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The acupuncture points for Bell’s palsy are usually the following: Yangbai (BL 14), Sibai (ST2), Jingming (BL1), Quanliao (SI 18), Taiyang (EX-HN5), Zanzhu (BL 2), Tongziliao(GB 1), Yifeng (SJ 17), Dicang (ST4), Yingxiang (LI 20), Fengchi (GB 20), and Hegu (LI 4). Frequency is usually 3-6 times a week. Most studies use electric acupuncture after the acute phase. After 1-2 course of acupuncture treatment, the cure rate varies from 23.3% to 74%, and the total effective rate varies from 83% to 100%.

For trigeminal neuralgia, a review analyzed six literatures, with 392 cases in total. The number of cured or significantly improved case is 341, which accounts for 86.5% of success rate.

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For multiple sclerosis, one group used acupuncture to treat relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) at remission stage in a randomized controlled trial. Acupuncture was applied according to Leiting Wang’s empirical prescriptions as “the empirical ten needles”, ‘thirteen needles of the governor vessel”, ‘twelve needles of hand and foot” as well as the symptomatic points. Acupuncture was given twice a day for 5 days a week, continuously for 2 weeks. At the intervals of 2 weeks, totally treatment of 3 months was required. The follow—up visit was conducted for 2 years. Separately, the scores of the expanded disability status scale (EDSS) were observed. They found that in the observation group, EDSS scores in 3-mionth and 6-month follow-up were reduced as compared with those before treatment and those in the 12-month and 24-month follow-up were increased, and better than the control group.

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References:

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1. Compare the efficacy of acupuncture with drugs in the treatment of Bell's palsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531040/

2. Acupuncture in the management of trigeminal neuralgia. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0964528420924042?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

3. Complementary therapy use by persons with multiple sclerosis: Benefits and research priorities. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1744388108000364?via%3Dihub

                 Our Special Approach

We focus on using multiple approaches and inducing strong “De-qi” sensation to reach the optimized recovery.

For sleepless leg syndrome, we have a special technique: Qi-Jumping technique, which works very well majority of the time. 

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