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Composite acupuncture treatment of mental retardation in children
1Institute of Acupuncture, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.
Abstract:
128 children of mental retardation were diagnosed in accordance with the diagnostic standards proposed by WHO in 1985. The patients were treated compositely with acupuncture, auriculo-acupoint pellet pressure and herbal plasters on acupoints, bringing about improved mental developments in intelligence quotient (IQ) and social adaptation behaviour (SAB), as evidenced by recognized intelligence tests for children.