The Influence of Apex Ear Bloodletting and Dairy Product Restriction in Fibromyalgia Patients Treated with Auricular Acupuncture ??? a Double-blind Study

Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by widespread
musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep,
memory and mood issues. According to traditional Chinese
medicine, the genesis of Fibromyalgia is the Blood
deficiency and invasion of external factors, such as Cold
as Wind. The disease is also related to awareness of the
vulnerability of the body during the post-partum period.
When the strength of the body is not recovered after the
birth, fibromyalgia may appear in the future. A retrospective
double-blind investigation by telephone interview of
the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture (AA), on the
treatment of patients with fibromyalgia treated holistically
according to Yin, Yang, Qi, Blood and Heat retention
disturbances, observing: age and gender, influence of
apex ear bloodletting and dairy product restriction, a numerical
analysis of the quantity of pain before and after
AA treatment.
Before acupuncture the intensity of pain in points were
between 8,992 to 9,931 and after were 2,935 to 4,834. In
patients younger than 45 years old the intensity of pain
in points before the treatment were around 3,25 to 9,95
and after acupuncture became lower than 7,786. When
the patients did not follow the restriction of dairy products
the intensity of pain were between 5,691 to 9,975,
but when they follow the intensity of pain were 2,982 to
6,161. In relation to the procedure of apex ear bloodletting,
92% of the patients received this treatment and 61%
had an improvement, but all the 8% patients had not received
the treatment got an improvement.All of the subjects
were females. There was an important reduction in
the pain intensity after auricular acupuncture treatment
mainly when the patient restricted his intake of dairy
products. Apex ear bloodletting was not a significant procedure
in the improvement of this type of patient in this
study. More studies should be done with larger quantities
of patients to obtain more scientifically rigorous results.

Author(s): Huang Wei Ling

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