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Is acupuncture effective in children with cerebral palsy?

BY Carol Carey 2019-12-09

  Pediatric cerebral palsy using TCM acupuncture and moxibustion therapy will have an effect, and the effect will generally be more significant, which can play the role of nourishing liver and kidney and filling the brain and marrow. To be specific, it can mainly be done by acupuncture or pingbuxiexie for body acupuncture, or by scalp acupuncture and acupoint injection, etc., as long as the treatment course is followed to achieve satisfactory results.

   When a child finds out In children with cerebral palsy, it indicates that adverse symptoms such as intellectual developmental disorders and persistent spasms of the limbs have occurred. At this time, it is often necessary to find effective therapies in time for treatment, of which traditional Chinese medicine can be used as the first choice, such as internal medicine and acupuncture. So, is acupuncture effective in children with cerebral palsy?
  Is it effective for acupuncture and moxibustion in children with cerebral palsy?
  TCM acupuncture and moxibustion can play a more significant therapeutic effect on children with cerebral palsy. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cerebral palsy in children is mainly caused by inadequate endowments and acquired factors leading to liver and kidney deficiency and deficiency of qi and blood. Acupuncture at acupoints can play the role of supplementing liver and kidney and filling brain and marrow. Can help improve the condition. However, it should be noted that acupuncture can only be used as an adjunct therapy. Relying on acupuncture alone cannot effectively control the condition.
  Second, how to acupuncture in children with cerebral palsy
  1. Body acupuncture
  Pediatric cerebral palsy can be treated by body acupuncture. Specifically, it is necessary to stimulate multiple points such as Baihui, Dazhui, Ganshu, Spleen, Shenshu, Zusanli and Guanyuan. For children with mental retardation, two points of Sishencong and Yintang can be added. If you have deformity symptoms such as foot valgus, you can add Sanyinjiao and Taixi points, and use tonic or pingbuxie method to treat.
  2. Head acupuncture
  Head acupuncture has good curative effect on children with cerebral palsy. It is recommended to take the exercise area. You can choose the second area and the visual area as appropriate. The doctor can pierce the acupuncture points with a 26 or 30 gauge needle, and then need to twist the needle handle as quickly as possible. Each acupuncture point can appropriately retain the needle for 5-10 minutes. However, when receiving scalp needles, it is necessary to pay attention to strict disinfection to prevent scalp inflammation and infection.
  3. Point injection method
   Point injection can be used as a treatment method for children with cerebral palsy. Generally need to choose Dazhui, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Yanglingquan, Quchi and Hegu. Each time 0.5-1 ml of Salvia miltiorrhiza injection or other intermediate preparations are injected into each hole and injected once every other day, a good effect can be achieved.

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