Effects of Acupuncture Therapy on Juvenile Myopia

Autor:	Kazuro Sasaki, Yoshiki Ohyama, Tatsuzou Nakamura
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity business.industry Acupuncture treatment Ciliary muscle Ophthalmology medicine Acupuncture therapy Effective treatment Juvenile medicine.symptom business Dioptre Reduced visual acuity
Zdroj:	Zen Nihon Shinkyu Gakkai zasshi (Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion). 49:567-574
ISSN:	1882-661X 0285-9955
DOI:	10.3777/jjsam.49.567
Popis:	The effects of acupuncture treatment were investigated in 200 patients (99 males and 101 females, average age 16.1±0.2 (SE.)) who complained of reduced visual acuity, including juvenile myopia (age 13.25).Acupuncture treatment involved leaving the needle in place for 15 min, after inserting to a depth of 10-5 mm from the skin surface.The vital points Taiyo (Ex-HN5), Fuchi (GB-20), Shokyu (ST-1) and Goukoku (LI-4) were the basic points used for acupuncture therapy with Ganen (GB-4), Sanchiku (BL-2), Zui (ST-8) or Kyokuchi (LI-11) as supplemental points depending on individual symptoms. These acupuncture treatments improved the mean acuity by 0.33 in the right eye and 0.31 in the left.Analysis of these results indicated that acupuncture treatment caused significant improvement of visual acuity (P
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