Tian Feng-Sheng, Yang Wei-Guo, Song Hui-Li, Duan Hong-Mei, Su Xiu-Hai, Wang Xiao-Yun, Li Wen-Dong
Endocrinology-Metabolism Department, Affiliated Cangzhou Traditional-Western Medicine Combination Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Cangzhou 061001, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2008 Feb;28(2):84-6.
To observe clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture on diabetic paralytic squint.
Seventy-two cases of diabetic paralytic squint were randomly divided into a medication group, an acupuncture group and an acupuncture and medication group. The medication group were treated with intramuscular injection of Methyl vitamin B12 250 microg, once daily; the acupuncture group were treated by acupuncture at different acupoints according to different paralytic muscles of eyes with adjuvant acupoints selected according to symptoms; the acupuncture and medication group were treated with the routine medicine and acupuncture. The treatment was given for 28 days.
The total effective rate of 87. 5% in the acupuncture group and 95.7% in the acupuncture and medication group were higher than 54.5% in the medication group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01), with no significant difference between the acupuncture group and the acupuncture and medication group (P > 0.05).
Acupuncture has a definite therapeutic effect on diabetic paralytic squint, which is better than that of routine medication.
