Clinical Observation on Acupuncture Treatment of Parkinson＇s Syndrome

目的：探索长期用左旋多G（L-Dopa）类药物的帕金森病（PD）患者，经针刺治疗后能否提高疗效，降低左旋多巴剂量和减少并发症。方法：选择30例PD患者，多数存在疗效减退或药物并发症，针刺水沟、百会等穴，减少美多巴用量，6个月后对患者病情和并发症评价。结果：治疗6个月后，功能程度好转，美多巴用量减少，总有效率66．7％。结论：PD患者经针刺治疗后，左旋多巴类药物疗效提高，降低药物剂量和减少并发症等。

Clinical Observation on Acupuncture Treatment of Parkinson’s Syndrome

Objective: To explore if the therapeutic effect can be enhanced, the dose of levodopa-like medications can be decreased and the complications can be reduced by acupuncture treatment in the patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) who took levodopa-like medications for a long time.Methods: thirty cases of the patients, most of whom were noticed with the decreased therapeutic effect and drug-induced complications, were treated by puncturing Shuigou (GV 26) and Baihui (GV 20), by reduction of Madopa dose, and the patients’ conditions and complications were evaluated six months later.Results: After treatments for six months, the physiological functions were improved and the dose of Madopa was reduced and the total effective rate was 66.7%.Conclusion: After acupuncture treatments in PD patients, the therapeutic effects of levodopa were enhanced, with its dose and complications reduced. Author: ZOU Yong (1964), male, deputy chief physician. Translator: HUANG Guo-qi