Case Studies on Acupuncture Principles in Headaches

作     者：Saroj Kumar Pradhan Andreas Rudolf Gantenbein Yi-Ming Li Sebastian Frese Susanne Lehmann Felix Angst Saroj Kumar Pradhan;Andreas Rudolf Gantenbein;Yi-Ming Li;Sebastian Frese;Susanne Lehmann;Felix Angst

作者机构：Department of Traditional Chinese MedicineZurzach Care/TCM-Klinik Ming DaoBad Zurzach 5330Switzerland Department of ResearchSwiss TCM AcademyBad ZurzachSwitzerland in Collaboration with Department of ResearchNanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjing 210029JiangsuChina Department of Neurology and NeurorehabilitationZurzach CareBad Zurzach 5330Switzerland Department of PreventionZurzach CareBad Zurzach 5330Switzerland Department of ResearchZurzach CareBad Zurzach 5330Switzerland 

出 版 物：《Chinese Medicine and Culture》 (中医药文化（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第4卷第2期

页      面：93-98页

学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by Zurzach Rehabilitation Foundation SPA and Swiss Traditional Chinese Medicine Academy(STA) 

主　　题：Acupuncture headache migraine medication-overuse headache neurology 

摘      要：Objective:This observational cohort pilot study aimed to evaluate the effects of the acupuncture methods,Jiu Cang Zhen(JCZ)and Huang Guan(HG),on changes in headache intensity in an inpatient,multimodal Zurzach Headache Programme(ZHP).Methods:Study participants consisted of patients diagnosed with chronic headache disorder(headache ds,30 days per month)or daily persistent *** patients received conventional therapies with active and passive *** patient group was treated with JCZ and HG acupuncture methods,receiving a total of six to eight acupuncture sessions of 50 to 60 minutes each,during a 3–4-week multimodal ZHP at the RehaClinic Bad *** intensity was quantified using a Numerical Rating Scale(NRS)before and after each acupuncture therapy ***:Ten patients were recruited,six women and four men,with a mean age of 41.7(standard deviation,[SD]=13.9).A reduction in headache intensity was reported by all patients in each of the *** average NRS for pain was 4.21(SD=1.44)before acupuncture and 1.24(SD=0.93)after acupuncture(means first by number of sessions,then per n=10 patients).This resulted in a mean difference of 2.97(SD=1.04),corresponding to a standardized response mean of 2.85(95%confidence interval:2.11–3.60,one-tailed P0.001),meaning there was a large ***:This pilot study shows that JCZ and HG are suitable acupuncture methods for reducing headache intensity in the treatment of headaches.A comparison with the conventional classical acupuncture methods from the acupuncture textbook for traditional Chinese medicine students in China,exploration with a larger patient group,and prolonged monitoring of pain behavior could be foci of follow-up investigations.