Clinical Study of Deep Needling at Orbital Points for Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Clinical Study of Deep Needling at Orbital Points for Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Int J of Clin Acupunct (2015) Yong Xia
Abstract
Objective: to investigate the clinical efficacy of deep needling at orbital points as the main treatment of age-related macular degeneration. Methods: forty-seven patients (94 eyes) with age-related macular degeneration (dry) were randomly allocated to three groups: an acupuncture group of 22 cases (44 eyes), a Western drug group of 15 cases (30 eyes) and a blank control group of 10 cases (20 eyes). For the acupuncture group the selected orbital points were Jingming (BL 1), Shangming (EX-HN), medical Tongzilia (GB 1), Jianming (EX-HN), Chengqi (ST 1) and Qiuhou (EX-HN-7), and Taichong (LR 3). The Western drug group received follow up and was not given any treatments. Best-corrected visual acuities, fundus photographs and fundus floresce in angiograms were compared between the three groups before and after treatment. Results: there was no statistically significant pre- / post -treatment difference in best-corrected visual acuity in the acupuncture group (P>0.05). Best-corrected visual acuity decreased in both Western drug and blank control groups after treatment and there was a statistically significant pre-/post-treatment difference n the two groups (P < 0.01). There was a statistically significant post-treatment difference in best-corrected visual acuity between the acupuncture group and the Western drug or blank control group (P < 0.05). After treatment the atrophy of macular pigment epithelia in the posterior pole of eyeball lightened, pigment disorder disappeared, retinal edema abated markedly and fresh bleeding or exudation was not visible in 32 eyes in the acupuncture group after treatment. However, in the Western drug and blank control groups of patients after treatment, there was basically no improvement. Conclusion: acupuncture has a better therapeutic effect on age-related macular degeneration.
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Intl J of Clin Acupunct
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English
doi
10.3103/S104719795010123
issn
1047-1979
issue
1
page end
13
page start
10
volume
24