title: Acupuncture treatment for hypertension: a case study.
abstract: This report describes the regular use of acupuncture treatments for a patient with hypertension who could not tolerate the side effects of the antihypertensive agents. The patient received 60 acupuncture treatments in the course of 12 weeks, during which time his overall wellbeing improved, his blood pressure reduced and the side effects of antihypertensive drugs were removed. Although acupuncture plus the drug appeared to have a substantial synergistic effect that was weakened when the drug was discontinued, acupuncture may still play a role in the management of hypertension, especially for patients who cannot tolerate the side effects of antihypertensive agents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, , Tianjin, PR China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: ACUPUNCTURE