Cases for acupoint embedding of epilepsy

In this report, acupoint embedding method was used for a 25-year-old female patient with epilepsy. The patient suffered from repeated paroxysmal unconsciousness combined with convulsions of four limbs for 13 years, and exacerbation for 2 months. She was orally administered with antiepileptic drugs which showed poor control. Using the treatment principles of regulating the mind, opening the orifices, extinguishing wind, and relieving epilepsy, suture-embedded acupoints include Dàzhuī (大椎GV14), Băihuì (百会GV20), Xuánlú (悬颅GB5), Yāoqí (腰奇EX-B9), Gānshū (肝俞BL18), Jiūwĕi (鸠尾CV15), Jiānshĭ (间使PC5), and Fēnglóng (丰隆ST40), and the patient was treated once a month (qw). After treatment for 6 times, the patient had occasionally a seizure that lasted for several seconds, and the patient's condition was improved obviously. Acupoint embedding method can control the frequency of epileptic seizures effectively, and reduce the dose of antiepileptic drugs, and deserves further research.
Source: World Journal of Acupuncture Moxibustion - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research