Abstract:

Parkinson's disease has a high rate of disability and seriously reduces the quality of life of the middle-aged and elderly people. Acupuncture and moxibustion therapy， as one of the treatments for Parkinson's disease， has attracted more and more attention. The visualization analysis results showed that the number of papers on acupuncture and moxibustion for Parkinson's disease was on the rise year by year，among which the most researches were funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. On the one hand， it indicated that single drug therapy for Parkinson's disease could no longer meet the needs of patients. On the other hand， acupuncture-moxibustion as a supplementary treatment for Parkinson's disease is a hot and difficult research point. Through the analysis of the literature， it can be found that there are various acupuncture and moxibustion treatment methods for Parkinson's disease， including single conventional acupuncture techniques， together with special techniques such as electroacupuncture， eye acupuncture，abdominal acupuncture， acupoint embedding and so on， as well as a combination of various therapies. This paper summarizes the sorted literature on different acupuncture and moxibustion treatment methods for clinical reference.

Key words: Parkinson disease, Acupuncture-moxibustion, Review