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Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of Meniere’s disease. Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine researchers determined that acupuncture alleviates dizziness, tinnitus, and hearing loss for Meniere’s disease patients. The research team documents the acupuncture methods used to achieve clinical results and the parameters used to gauge the measurements of clinical outcomes.
The warm-promotion needling method (Wen Tong Zhen Fa, 温通针法) was applied to all patients. The Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), and Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) scores were documented before and after treatments. The results show that all three indices improved significantly, indicating that symptoms of dizziness, tinnitus, and hearing loss were relieved significantly in all of the clinical trial patients.
All patients admitted to the study initially experienced a spinning sensation and feelings of ringing and fullness in the inner ears, and consequentially suffered from fatigue and stress. No patients with high blood pressure, severe disorders in the kidney and liver, cardiovascular diseases, mental disorders, and diseases of hematopoietic system were included in the research.
The study used a sample size of 30 patients, consisting of 14 males and 16 females. Age range was 31 to 56 years; the mean age was 42 ±8 years. The course of disease was 3 to 5 years, and the mean course of disease was 3.4 ±0.7 years. Upon completion of acupuncture treatment, DHI in patients decreased from 44.23 ±20.23 to 21.62 ±3.161, THI decreased from 67.42 ±3.00 to 32.28 ±4.061, and PTA decreased from 44.23 ±20.23 to 27.23 ±11.441. All three parameters demonstrated significant positive clinical outcomes.
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Meniere’s Disease