Scientific Proof to How your Body react to Acupuncture - Epilepsy

Regular sessions of Acupuncture is effective in the treatment of Epilepsy.

Epilepsy is a long-term condition characterized by sudden, abnormal discharges of neurons in the brain, resulting in temporary brain dysfunction. Each seizure experienced by the patient is unpredictable, significantly diminishing their quality of life and leading to varying levels of cognitive impairment, which may present as a decline in attention, memory, abstract thinking skills, reasoning abilities, and even loss of function.

The earliest documentation of epilepsy in China dates back 2000 years. Traditional Chinese Medicine boasts a lengthy history and extensive experience in managing epilepsy. It offers benefits such as consistent therapeutic effects, minimal side effects, and the ability to enhance the recovery of brain cell function, making it a promising option for antiepileptic treatment.

Acupuncture has shown positive therapeutic effects in improving overall effectiveness of epilepsy treatment, reducing the severity of epileptic seizures, and minimizing adverse reactions.

Here are the scientific evidences that support this:

Conclusion: Electroacupuncture stimulation of “Zu-san-li” and “Shang-ju-xu” for 6 weeks significantly reduces the level of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the hippocampus of epileptic rats, resulting in an anti-inflammatory effect. This is a significant strategy for the treatment of epilepsy.

Conclusion: Acupuncture treatment helps to reduce the frequency of epileptic seizures, improves the patient's overall physical and mental health, raises the QI energy, regulates and restores the proper flow of the energy and blood, restores the normal balance of the organism and helps as an adjunct to the medication therapy.

Conclusion: The thalamus is a crucial structure in epilepsy generation and propagation as well as neurostimulation and acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture could evoke sufficient inhibition to modulate or interrupt the pathological oscillation within the thalamus and the cortex attributable to seizure generation and propagation. Acupuncture can also be involved in modulation of synaptic plasticity, neurotransmitters metabolism and neural reconstruction. These can eventually prevent seizure onset and propagation.