Intractable sudden deafness treated with acupuncture on the base of "heart housing the mind".
10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.09.029
- Author:
Sen QIAO
1
;
Li DUAN
2
;
Sha LUO
1
;
Guan-Jie FAN
3
Author Information
1. Department of TCM, Guizhou People's Hospital, Guiyang 550002, China.
2. Guizhou University of TCM.
3. Department of Endocrinology, Guangdong Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou 510000.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acupuncture;
heart housing the mind;
intractable;
sudden deafness
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Therapy;
Hearing Loss, Sudden;
therapy;
Humans;
Psychophysiology
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2019;39(9):1013-1015
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Intractable sudden deafness is a kind of primary sudden deafness that is insensitive to the comprehensive treatment in modern medicine. Due to the close relationship between the ear and the "heart", combined with the characteristics of intractable sudden deafness, in the theoretic guidance of "the heart housing the mind", the acupuncture therapy for regulating the mind and nourishing the heart was introduced in treatment of intractable sudden deafness, the relevant theoretic evidences were explored and elaborated with the typical case.
