A Case Report of Diplopia and Limitation of Eye Movement in Oculomotor Nerve Palsy Treated with Korean Medicine

Abstract

A 70-year-old Korean female with diplopia and left ptosis due to oculomotor nerve palsy presented to the hospital. The patient was treated with electroacupuncture, sweet bee venom pharmacopuncture, and moxibustion. She also received acupuncture and herbal medicines Siryeng-tang and Boikyangwi-tang. The change in length (mm) from the medial canthus to the lateral iris was measured to evaluate limitation of eye movement, and Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for diplopia. Limitation of eye movement and diplopia was used to determine diplopia. The limitation of eye movement and diplopia were improved after the administration of the Korean medicines. Korean medicine may be effective in treating limitation of eye movement and diplopia due to oculomotor nerve palsy.

A Systematic Review of Acupuncture for Oculomotor Nerve Palsy

“…Among the 33 studies that used acupuncture as the main intervention, there were 18 case reports [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] RCT, randomized controlled trial. [10,20] and 1 used chuna [7].…”