Clinical Study Of The 3-Eye Points Acupuncture-medicine Therapy And Its Effectiveness On The Treatment Of Optical Atrophy According To The TCM Syndrome Differentiation

Objective:To conduct clinical study of the 3-Eye Points Acupuncture medicine therapy and its effectiveness on the treatment of Optical Atrophy according to the TCM syndrome differentiation. To investigate the possibility of this new treatment in order to improve visual acuity and color vision on patients of this mentioned kind.Method:Clinical study of 26 cases based on 33 eyes, effectiveness of the acupuncture therapy in patients with optic atrophy, comparison between before and after treatment on their visual acuity and color vision by tonifying qi and blood and nourishing the essence, according to their TCM syndrome differentiation:Stagnation of the Liver Qi, Yin Deficiency of Liver and Kidney, and Deficiency of Heart and Spleen. The three categories were treated with the 3-eye points acupuncture technique and respectively modified according to its syndrome differentiation by adding TaiChong (LR3) and GuangMing (GB37) points in patients with Stagnation of the Liver Qi; TaiXi (KI3) and QuChi (LI11) in patients with Yin Deficiency of Liver and Kidney; ZuSanLi (ST36) and HeGu (LI4) in patients with Deficiency of Heart and Spleen. Comparisons were done on data obtained before and after treatment; and the Statistical analysis were performed on data from visual acuity test and color vision test. Result:1. There is significant improvement in vision acuity between before and after treatment, p<0.01. From which 28 eyes improved by 2 scales,3 eyes improved by one-scales, and 1 eye improved by 4 scales.2. The Color Vision in patients has significantly improved after treatment (p<0.01).3. Based on TCM syndrome differentiation treatment analysis, it is found that the overall effectiveness is 69.2%.4. There is an evident effect of Acupuncture treatment in patients with Deficiency of Heart and Spleen over patients with Stagnation of the Liver Qi, and over patients with Yin Deficiency of Liver and Kidney.Conclusions:The technique of 3-Eye Points treatment is strongly recommt-nded as clinical treatment in patients with Optical Atrophy, with an overall effectiveness of 69.2%. Acupuncture treatment has a significant effect on the improvement in Optical Atrophy patients with low visual acuity and low color vision (p<0.01). The effectiveness of using acupuncture treatment according to their TCM syndrome differentiation shows an evident improvement in patients with Deficiency of Heart and Spleen over patients with Stagnation of the Liver Qi, and patients with Yin Deficiency of Liver and Kidney.