Parkinson's disease is an incurable nerve disease.
We treated two groups randomly assigned to therapy with medications, or therapy with medications and acupuncture in combination.
The first group included 95 patients prescribed L-dopa medications and dopaminergic drugs, and the second group included 103 patients prescribed L-dopa and acupuncture treatment twice a month. We conducted follow-ups using Hoehn-Yahr index surveys and the UPDRS II and III for 5 years from treatment start.
Mean changes in the L-dopa group were 2.1±0.8 for the H-Y index, 12.2±7.2 for the UPDRS II, and 18.2±9.8 for the UPDRS III, while changes in the acupuncture combination group were 1.3±0.4 for the H-Y index, 7.6±5.0 for the UPDRS II, and 11.9±6.8 for the UPDRS III after 5 years.
Each result indicated a significant difference with repetition decentralization and statistical analysis methods.
Therefore, we believe acupuncture is a treatment for Parkinson's disease able to control its progress.