There are many clinical studies showing the benefits of acupuncture for epilepsy. Early diagnosis and treatment of acupuncture in children can produce noticeable results. There are indications that, in order to achieve long-term relief, it is necessary to regularly treat for two years. Scalp, body and acupuncture acupuncture are successful in treating epilepsy. Quantum Brain Healing often uses acupuncture points to treat epilepsy and a range of symptoms of seizures. Oriental medicine can successfully treat many diseases that remain unresolved with Western medicine. Some types of seizure disorders of unknown origin can be treated or cured with traditional Chinese medicine. Most of this type of seizure is treated with a little success with allopathic medicine. Epilepsy is not cured overnight, and often herbal formulas are used on a long-term basis.
Medical researchers from the Ohio Medical College have shown that acupuncture has made automatic changes in animals and biochemical changes in the central nervous system. They believed that these changes correlate with the improvement of seizures, paresis, and paralysis with which acupuncture is treated. Changes in the vagal nerve and changes in the neurotransmitter explain the effects of acupuncture on the brain in epilepsy. This is also the biochemical mechanism of VNS. Acupuncture points on the body, face, ear, scalp and lower extremities activate the vagus nerve through reflex actions that occur in the centers that receive several converging inputs in the brainstem. These items often appear in the treatment of epilepsy. Dr. Bob Freis offers an excellent book on the treatment of brain diseases with acupuncture. Herbal formulas for treating epilepsy can be found in the great book of Honor Lee Wolfe. They are the best and can be found online at Blue Poppy.
Shen Men is an acupuncture point on the ear that has received extensive testing. Its location on the ear lies in the zone of the concave surface of the pinna, equipped with an ear branch of the vagus nerve. Electroacupuncture is electrical stimulation applied to a needle for acupuncture. Auricular electroacupuncture stimulation reduced epilepsy in the cerebral cortex. Electroacupuncture reduced the excitatory neurotransmitters in the hippocampus and increased the levels of the inhibitory neurotransmitter glycine, taurine and GABA. Quantum Brain Healing has discovered that herbal formulas and acupuncture successfully reduce and stop seizures. Always discuss any new medicines or recreational drugs that are used, as this may cause seizures in some people.
Stimulation of acupuncture points on the limbs leads to stimulation of the vagus nerve. The anti-epileptic effects of these VNS and electroacupuncture target the same part of the brain. Taurine increases the effectiveness of electroacupuncture for protection against induced seizures. Some Chinese herbs used to treat epilepsy have a significantly high amount of taurine. Electroacupuncture applied to body points in rats with epilepsy levels caused by pilocarpine showed that electroacupuncture reduced epileptiform secretions in improved cognitive deficits and prevented shrinkage of areas in the limbic system of the brain. Electroacupuncture functions as a neuroprotective agent. Probably, acupuncture and electroacupuncture are reverse signs of brain aging and mental decline.
© Dr. R Stone, MD India
