Acupunctural Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus: Case report.
10.3777/jjsam.44.278
- VernacularTitle:糖尿病に対するはり治療の一症例
- Author:
Hironori NAKAMURA
;
Yasuzo KURONO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
diabetes mellitus;
blood glucose level;
hemoglobin A1C
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1994;44(3):278-282
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The objectives of treatment for diabetes mellitus are to prevent complications and to inhibit or reduce the progression of disease. For these purposes, a physiological blood glucose level must be maintained. Cramps in both legs and other symptoms believed to be complications of diabetes mellitus were treated by acupunctural therapy. A diagnosis of diabetes mellitus was made by internists in all patients evaluated in this study. We investigated whether our treatments had any effect on the diabetic status of these patients. Our records were kept on diabetes charts devised by members of the local branch of the Japanese Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy. After beginning acupunctural treatment, the fasting blood glucose levels and levels of hemoglobin A1C were improved. Both the fasting blood glucose level and the hemoglobin A1C level serve as important indicators of symptoms and complications in patients with diabetes mellitus. Our findings have shown that acupunctural therapy is effective in treating diabetes mellitus. Treatment of diabetes by acupuncture also lead to the amelioration of symptoms due to its complications.
