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Related to treatment of senile dementia, 53 articles conformed the statistical demand were analyzed, finding commonly used methods are acupuncture, moxibustion, acupoint-injection, electro-acupuncture, ocular-acupuncture, scalp-acupuncture, digital-acupuncture and acupuncture plus other therapies, key treatment principle is opening orifice and invigorating brain, frequent selected acupoints are Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengchi (GB 20), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Shuigou (GV 26), etc; and the total effective rate is 89.62%.
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HUANG Qin-feng, QI Li-zhen. Acupuncture and Moxibusition on 54 Disorders. 1st Edition. Shanghai Publishing House of Science and Technology. 2002: 1–2.
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Author: HUANG Qin-feng (1951-), female, associate professor
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Qin-feng, H. Treatment of vascular dementia by acupuncture: A review. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 1, 15–16 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845306
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845306