The use of du 16 feng fu in the treatment of depression and anxiety: significant, immediate improvements in two severe cases
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The use of du 16 feng fu in the treatment of depression and anxiety: significant, immediate improvements in two severe cases
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EJOM (2020), Lowe, Nicholas; Wang, Tianjun
Abstract
Two cases are reported where the specific needling of the acupuncture point Du 16 feng fu appeared to provide immediate and lasting clinical improvements for two patients suffering from severe depression and anxiety where a range of other treatments, acupuncture and conventional, had failed. Conventionally, acupuncture treatment of psychological disorders has focussed predominantly on the peripheral channels and organ pattern syndrome differentiation. Our results indicate that treatment strategies which more directly target the du mai, brain and autonomic nervous system may be clinically more effective than conventional body acupuncture alone for the treatment of psychological disorders; and that Du 16 feng fu may be uniquely effective. this approach is supported by the classical TCM theory, the neurocentric understanding of psychological disorders in modern medicine, as well as the increasing evidence for the central role that various neurological mechanisms play in acupuncture's therapeutic effects.
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EJOM
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English
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13516647
issue
5
page end
37
page start
30
volume
9