Clinical observation on Yuanluo Tongjing needling method for treatment of mild cognitive impairment / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe therapeutic effect of Yuanluo Tongjing needling method for treatment of mild cognitive impairment and search for an effective therapy of TCM for mild cognitive impairment.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty cases were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. The observation group were treated by Yuanluo Tongjing needling method with Baihui (GV 20), Danzhong (CV 17), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenmen (HT 7), etc. selected, and the control group by oral administration of Aricept, 2.5 mg. Changes of scores of all indexes in clinical memory scale and memory quotient (MQ) before and after treatment were investigated in the two groups, and clinical therapeutic effects were assessed by using MQ increasing values.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After treatment for 30 days, the scores of memory quotient, direction memory, picture free memory, re-cognition of no-significant picture forms and associated memory of human picture characteristics significantly increased (P < 0.01, P < 0.05) in the observation group; and all the indexes except associated memory in the control group significantly changed (P < 0.05), with no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). The good rate for memory effect was 80.0% in the observation group and 76.7% in the control group with no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Yuanluo Tongjing needling method can improve memory ability of the patient of mild cognitive impairment.</p>