A Patient with Indefinite Complaints Treated by Acupuncture. Acupuncture for Depressive Complaints / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

In this modern society filled with various stresses, patients with indefinite complaints have been increasing. We performed acupuncture in a patient with indefinite complaints. This patient began to complain of various indefinite symptoms in July, 1991 (at the age of 20 years), and was admitted to S Hospital due to hallucination in October, but persistently complained of indefinite symptoms after discharge. For objective evaluation of the effectiveness of acupuncture, we used the Health Check Table established by the Reserch Committee on Indefinite Complains, Japanese Acupuncture Society. After acupuncture, depressive complains decreased compared with the other stratified items. This was because of marked improvement in two depressive items, i. e the presence of heavy headedness or headache and the presence of eyestrain. These findings in our patient suggested the usefulness of stratification in the health check table and the effectiveness of acupuncture for the stratified items.<br>Further studies are needed in the process of improvement in depressive complaints in additional cases.