Clinical Observation of Depression Following Cerebral Apoplexy Treated by Scalp-acupuncture
- Author:
Ying SONG
;
Haorong LIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Scalp Acupuncture;
Depression;
Cerebral Hemorrhage/complications;
Cerebral Infarction/complications
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2003;1(5):15-16
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of scalp-acupuncture on post-apoplectic depression.Methods: Twenty-nine patients with depression due to cerebral apoplexy were treated by scalp-acupuncture and compared with 28 cases of medicine group chosen randomly. Results: In scalp-acupuncture group, the total effective rate was 89. 6%. In medicine group (control group), the total effective rate was 71.4%. Conclusion:The result showed that the therapeutic effect in scalp-acupuncture group was obviously better than that in medicine group (P＜0.05).
