调神论治针刺法治疗不安腿综合征的临床实践

Clinical practice of regulation of mind in acupuncture treatment of restless legs syndrome

不安腿综合征(RLS)是一种常见的神经系统疾病,属于睡眠障碍的范畴。该病严重影响患者的睡眠质量,久之会出现烦躁、焦虑、甚至抑郁等精神症状,给患者带来较大的不便。对于轻度的RLS患者不需要药物治疗,而中度至重度患者则需要规律用药,多巴胺能药物为首选。西药治疗RLS有一定的疗效但是不良反应较多,易出现耐药性,一些患者停药后,症状仍反复发作,治疗效果不尽如人意。从调神论治针刺治疗RLS旨在镇静安神,舒筋通络,明显地改善患者的睡眠,该方法疗效稳定,操作简便,且无不良反应,具有明显的优势。

Restless legs syndrome is a common neurological disease, which belongs to the category of sleep disorders. It seriously affect the sleep quality of patients. For a long time, patients will appear mental symptoms such as irritability, anxiety, or depression, which bring patients great burden of life. The patients with the mild degree of restless legs syndrome do not need to medication, and the moderate to severe degrees need regular medication. Dopaminergic drug is the first selection. Western medicines has certain curative effect on restless legs syndrome, but there are many adverse reactions, and they are likely to resistance. In some patients symptoms still occur repeated after withdrawal. The treatment effect is not satisfactory. Treatment with acupuncture for restless legs syndrome from regulation of mind is aimed to tranquilize mind, relax the tendons, and improve the patient＇s sleep. The treatment is easy to operate, and has noside-effects, showing obvious advantages.