Is acupuncture useful for tinnitus?

In the clinical acupuncture is able to treat tinnitus, tinnitus is a relatively common disease in the clinic, tinnitus etiology including kidney deficiency and liver fire two aspects, different etiology, acupuncture treatment direction is also different, the choice of acupuncture points is also different, according to the specific situation of the specific analysis, roughly two aspects.

1. Kidney deficiency tinnitus, in the treatment is mainly to benefit the kidney and nourish the orifices, often choose to Zhaohai point, the ear door point, listening to the Palace point, Taixi point for acupuncture treatment can play a very good therapeutic effect.

2. Liver fire tinnitus, the patient will appear tinnitus such as thunder, this time should be to clear the liver and fire, the method of acupuncture is also based on diarrhea, often choose to listen to the Palace of Science, listen to the point, cataract point, the Man Xi point for acupuncture treatment can see very good results. There are many types of tinnitus, and acupuncture can treat neurogenic tinnitus. Acupuncture can dredge the meridians, improve blood circulation in the inner ear, increase blood supply to the inner ear, which can not only reduce the damage of pathological products to the inner nerve, but also increase the blood and oxygen supply to the endings of the auditory nerve, which is conducive to the repair and regeneration of damaged neurons. Tinnitus occurs for a variety of reasons, otogenic and systemic diseases can cause tinnitus, there are some physiological and psychological factors can also cause tinnitus, you can relieve the symptoms of tinnitus through adequate sleep and self-psychological regulation. Before choosing acupuncture to treat tinnitus, the cause of tinnitus should be clarified, and a treatment plan should be formulated according to the cause of the disease.