Clinical Study on Treatment of Tourette's Syndrome with Acupuncture-Chinese Herbs Combination
- Author:
Xu CHI
;
Ze JIN
;
Shuzi CUI
;
Dapeng BAO
;
Yuanzheng SUN
;
Chouping HAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Tourette syndrome;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Scalp Acupuncture;
Drug Therapy (TCD)
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2003;1(6):15-16
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To observe the clinical effect on treatment of Tourette's syndrome with combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbs. Method: Sixty cases were randomly divided into acupuncture-Chinese group and western drug group, which have been treated with acupuncture plus modified Tranquilizing Liver-wind Decoction and orally taken holoperidol respectively.Result: Therapeutic effect comparison between the two groups showed a significant difference (P＜0.05).Conclusion: Combination of scalp acupuncture and Chinese herbs has good effect in treating Tourette's syndrome, with better result than western drug.
