Objective: To report the clinical effects of acupuncture on alacrimia after child traumatic brain injury.Methods: One child with the alacrimia on the right eye after traumatic injury, aged 2 years and 3 months, was tr...Objective: To report the clinical effects of acupuncture on alacrimia after child traumatic brain injury.Methods: One child with the alacrimia on the right eye after traumatic injury, aged 2 years and 3 months, was treated with acupuncture. The acupoint selection: Yángbái(阳白 GB 14), Cuánzhú(攒竹 BL2), T6 ngzǐliáo(瞳子髎 GB 1), Sìbái(四白 ST 2), Yingxiāng(迎香 LI 20), Yìfēng(翳风 TE 17) and Fēngchí(风池 GB 20) on the right side, as well as bilateral Hégǔ((合谷 LI 4) and Tàichōng(太冲 LR 3). The quick needling technique was applied to GB 20, LI 4 and LR 3 and the needles were retained for 20 min in the rest acupoints. In the embedding needle therapy, one group of acupoints was selected in each treatment,(Group No.1: BL 2, Sizhúkōng(丝竹空 TE 23), ST 2 and Shàngyíngxiāng(上迎香 EX-HN 8);Group No. 2:Tàiyáng(太阳EX-HN 5), TE 17, LI 20 and GB 14)The embedding needle therapy was provided after the routine acupuncture treatment and the thumb-tack needles were embedded subcutaneously for 48 hours.The treatment with acupuncture was given once every other day. three times a week.Results: After 5 treatments, a full of tears was visible on the right eye when crying. After 10 treatments,there was a large amount of tears on the eyes and nasal discharge when crying. After 15 treatments, the lacrimal secretion and nasal secretion were normal when crying, without differences from the condition before traumatic brain injury.Conclusion: Acupuncture achieves the significant therapeutic effects on alacrimia after the child traumatic brain injury.展开更多
文摘Objective: To report the clinical effects of acupuncture on alacrimia after child traumatic brain injury.Methods: One child with the alacrimia on the right eye after traumatic injury, aged 2 years and 3 months, was treated with acupuncture. The acupoint selection: Yángbái(阳白 GB 14), Cuánzhú(攒竹 BL2), T6 ngzǐliáo(瞳子髎 GB 1), Sìbái(四白 ST 2), Yingxiāng(迎香 LI 20), Yìfēng(翳风 TE 17) and Fēngchí(风池 GB 20) on the right side, as well as bilateral Hégǔ((合谷 LI 4) and Tàichōng(太冲 LR 3). The quick needling technique was applied to GB 20, LI 4 and LR 3 and the needles were retained for 20 min in the rest acupoints. In the embedding needle therapy, one group of acupoints was selected in each treatment,(Group No.1: BL 2, Sizhúkōng(丝竹空 TE 23), ST 2 and Shàngyíngxiāng(上迎香 EX-HN 8);Group No. 2:Tàiyáng(太阳EX-HN 5), TE 17, LI 20 and GB 14)The embedding needle therapy was provided after the routine acupuncture treatment and the thumb-tack needles were embedded subcutaneously for 48 hours.The treatment with acupuncture was given once every other day. three times a week.Results: After 5 treatments, a full of tears was visible on the right eye when crying. After 10 treatments,there was a large amount of tears on the eyes and nasal discharge when crying. After 15 treatments, the lacrimal secretion and nasal secretion were normal when crying, without differences from the condition before traumatic brain injury.Conclusion: Acupuncture achieves the significant therapeutic effects on alacrimia after the child traumatic brain injury.
