Treatment of 102 Cases of Tourette's Syndrome with Acupuncture plus Herbal Medicine
- VernacularTitle:Treatment of 102 Cases of Tourette's Syndrome with Acupuncture plus Herbal Medicine
- Author:
Xiaopeng MA
;
Cuiying ZHAO
;
Yunhua CUI
;
Yi ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Tourette's Syndrome;
Acupuncture-Moxibustion Therapy;
Syndrome Differ Classification
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2007;5(4):252-254
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
102 cases of Tourette's syndrome were divided into three types of the liver and kidney yin deficiency, phlegm and damp blockage and spleen and stomach deficiency.Acupuncture, auricular-plaster therapy, cupping therapy and herbal medicine were combined to treat this syndrome. As a result, 30 cases were satisfactorily effective, 61 cases were improved and 11 cases were ineffective with a total effective rate of 98.2% and no side effects were noticed during treatment.