Acupuncture helps to regain the consciousness of a COVID-19 patient complicated with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: a case report

Current state of research about acupuncture for the treatment of COVID-19: A scoping review

“… Yeh et al reported a 73-year-old male chef who was hospitalized due to worsening COVID-19 pneumonia and underwent tracheostomy. 33 This patient had a history of hyperlipidemia and abdominal bleeding. 29 days after admission, the patient had symptoms of coma, and acupuncture treatment was started on the 5th day thereafter.…”

“… Yeh, 2021. 33 Case report/ A comatose COVID-19 patient. 1 73 Acupuncture / NA Consciousness, Blood leukocyte count, CRP After 1 week of acupuncture treatment, the patient gradually regained consciousness, 2 weeks later No adverse events report Acupoints: The choice of acupupoints is different each time.…”

The role of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19: A scoping review

“… Wang M (2020) 60 case series China 7 4/3 39.0, 31∼52 Chinese and western medicine (moxibustion as adjuvant therapy) Three patients were cured and four patients improved, with an efficiency of 100%. Chen X (2020) 61 case series China 192 NR NR Indirect moxibustion 43 health care workers did not develop infections; 149 patients showed some improvement in symptoms and psychological status. Huang X (2020) 62 case series China 42 28/14 47.0, 29∼76 Heat-sensitive moxibustion + conventional treatment Heat-sensitive moxibustion can effectively reduce the negative emotions of patients and improve the symptoms of chest tightness with high patient acceptance.…”

Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Approaches to COVID-19: A Narrative Review

“…Two case studies report on improvement with acupuncture as adjunctive to conventional therapy in COVID-19 patients [56]. A third case study described a COVID-19 patient with pneumonia complicated by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy that was improved with conventional treatment plus acupuncture; the patient had spontaneous eye opening and limb movements after the first acupuncture treatment and he could be weaned off the ventilator following two weeks of acupuncture treatments [57].…”