title: [Observation on therapeutic effect of eye acupuncture on cognition disorders in patients of chronic cerebral circulation insufficiency].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic effect of eye acupuncture on cognition disorders in patients of chronic cerebral circulation insufficiency (CCCI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty cases were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. All patients were treated with oral administration of compound Danshen tablets, and the observation group was treated with eye acupuncture based on the pharmacotherapy and upper energizer area, kidney area, spleen area were selected. Their therapeutic effects were observed after 8 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of 80.0% in the observation group was better than that of 53.3% in the control group (P<0.05). The score of mini-mental state (MMSE) in the observation group was also higher than that in the control group (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Eye acupuncture has a good effect on cognition disorders in patients of CCCI and can enhance life quality of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of TCM, Shenyang 110032, China. lizhi19720523@sina.com
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000368:Aged; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000151:congenital* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000098:blood supply*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome