Literature
review study found that acupuncture treatment alleviated both motor and
non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease according to a report published in journal
of CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics.
In
this article, we have studied the clinical reports of acupuncture treatment for
Parkinson’s, which were listed in Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, CNKI, and CINAHL
databases in the past 15 years. It was found that acupuncture either manual or
electroacupuncture stimulation at specific acupoints relieved some motor
symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s and markedly improved many non-motor
symptoms such as psychiatric disorders, sleep problems, and gastrointestinal symptoms.
When it was used as an adjunct for levodopa, acupuncture improved therapeutic
efficacy and reduced dosage and the occurrence of side effects of levodopa.
Although
the evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating PD is inclusive,
data from the reviewed studies showed that therapeutic potential of acupuncture
in treating Parkinson’s seems rather promising. More studies, either
comparative effectiveness research or high-quality placebo-controlled clinical
studies should be conducted.
Reference
Zeng
BY & Zhao K, Effect of Acupuncture on the Motor and Nonmotor Symptoms in
Parkinson’s Disease—A
Review of Clinical Studies. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2016 Feb 4. doi:
10.1111/cns.12507. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26843036
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