A Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture on Tinnitus / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

Patients suffering from tinnitus complain of various discomforts such as impatience, insomnia and stiffness in the shoulders and the neck. It is thought that the ear itself and a general disorder of the whole body can cause tinnitus and the more it is a chronic disease, the more it will be intractable.<br>From June 1979 through July 1981 inclusive, 103 patients having tinnitus as a chief complaint were given acupuncture.<br>We classified and analyzed them by such distinction of sex, age, the duration of this complaint, an underlying disease, its signs with a chief complaint and the relation with blood pressure.<br>The effectiveness of acupuncture amounted to 50.4% (effective and very effective=24.2%, comparatively effective=26.2%).<br>The deafness and the abnormality of blood pressure did not relate with the effect of acupuncture. The comparatively newly suffered tinnitus was more curable than the old. Concerning the therapy and the effect, it was found that we were able to use a course of acupuncture (1-10 times) as a check to see if we would make them better.<br>There were patients who showed a good effect just after acupuncture and also had especiall stiffness in the shoulders and the neck with an indefinite complaint. It was an efficacious cure for tinnitus and an indefinite complaint that we gave them a general treatment with common points of the ears.