A Case Report of Acupotomy and Herbal Medicine Treatment for Patient with Essential Head Tremor

Introduction: This case study aimed to report the effects of acupotomy and herbal medicine treatment on patients with essential head tremors.One patient with essential head tremors was treated with acupotomy and herbal medicine.The patient reported that the tremor was significantly relieved.Therefore, acupotomy and herbal medicine treatment are effective for essential head tremors.Methods: We report one case of head tremor patient who visit our clinic and treated by acupotomy and herbal medicine.Result and Conclusion: This case study aims to show that combined acupotomy and herbal medicine are more effective than conventional acupuncture in treating patients with essential head tremors (EHT).In this study, acupotomy and conventional acupuncture were alternately treated for two months in one EHT patient, and a markedly rapid improvement was observed.Nevertheless, no apparent improvement was seen while acupotomy treatment was discontinued and treated only with conventional acupuncture.It shows that symptoms can be significantly improved with sufficient acupotomy treatments.