Clinical Observation on the Efficacy of Electric Acupuncture Points with Moxibustion in Mild Cognitive Impairment

DOI

10.2991/ssphe-18.2019.59How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Electric acupuncture points, Moxibustion, Mild cognitive impairment, Sishencong (EX-HN1), Guan yuan(RN4), Qi hai(RN6)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to understand the efficacy of electric acupuncture points with moxibustion in Sishencong to Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). 20 cases were considered. The cases came from The Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. At the same time, the patients received medical treatment. It took 8 weeks to treat MCI by using the proposal which is electric acupuncture points with moxibustion. The memory ability of the patients has been improved after evaluations of Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-A). Therefore, the proposal may delay MCI’s development.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yue Liu
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