The incidence of pseudomypia (school myopia) has rapidly increased in recent years as a result increased use of video display equipment. This phenomenon has attracted our attention, and an attempt at treating pseudomyopia by acupuncture was made. Our findings were reported at the 8th academic meeting of the Chubu (central Japan) district which was held in 1989.
We selected the left and right taiyang as the treatment (meridian) points. Only 15-year-old female students were enrolled in this study which constitutes our second report. Electrical stimulation, which was delivered through an acupuncture needle inserted into the treatment point, was applied for a shortened duration of 5 minutes (the usual duration of electrical stimulation is longer than 5 minutes). Visual acuity at the initial visit (March 23, 1990) was 0.5 in the left eye and 0.7 in the right eye. After three treatment sessions, the visual acuity was 1.2 in both the left and right eyes. Visual acuity was significantly improved, and was ranked as class A (above 1.0) in both eyes. Visual acuity was examined before the final treatment session after 42 days of therapy (November 7, 1990), and was found to be 1.0 in the left eye and 1.2 in the right eye. The beneficial effects of acupuncture were clearly still present at this time. The results of the follow-up examination of visual acuity performed in April 1991 were ranked as class A in both eyes. The study was conducted according to the nonrepetetive type (A-B-C type) of the single case experimental design method. Treatment results were assessed by the least squares linear regression technique and the ido heikin ho which showed that the improvement in visual acuity was objective.

[Objective] For an objective investigation of symptomatic changes in indefinite complaints accompanying sleep disorder (6 participants), efficacy of acupuncture treatment was investigated using charts on indefinite complaints developed by Yasuzo Kurono, the chief of the indefinite complaint section in the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, research committee.
[Design] Case reports providing descriptive research
[Methods] Single acupuncture was administered by Taikyoku therapy (basic meridian points for total adjustment according to the Kurono style), and topical therapy (CV 17, ST 36) using 30-mm 18-guage needles. The treatment times were from 14 to 21 times.
[Results] Improvement of indefinite complaints was observed, and effect assessment using the charts on indefi-nite complaints showed marked improvement (1 participant was very effective, 5 participants were effective). Improvement of symptoms associated with sleep disorder was also observed.
[Conclusion] Efficacy of acupuncture treatment for indefinite complaints accompanying sleep disorder and themselves were suggested by the improvement of symptoms associated with sleep disorder.