Electro-Acupuncture Treatment of Aerotitis Media for Chinese Aviators.
- Author:
Min LIU
1
;
Zhen Ming TIAN
Author Information
1. Research institute of aviation medicine.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Electro-acupuncture;
Aerotitis media;
Aviator;
Eustachian tube
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Asian Continental Ancestry Group*;
Eustachian Tube;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- From:Korean Journal of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine
1999;9(3):326-331
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Aerotitis media occurs frequently among flyers. 40 cases have been treated with electro- acupuncture in our hospital with satisfactory results. Xiaguan was selected as local point and Hegu as distal point. The patients were needled once a day or every other day. The total rate of effectiveness was 90.0%. According to Western medicine, this disease is due to poor pressure-equilibrating function of the Eustachian tube. The mechanism of treating this disease was explained by traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine theory.
