Cluster Headache

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Chinese Medicine Research Hub

Case Report

Acupuncture for cluster headache may be more effective if treated in the same way as has been shown effective for trigeminal neuralgia.

2018 Acupuncture in Medicine Acupuncture for Episodic Cluster Headache: A Trigeminal Approach
Simon Hayhoe

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Review Article

There is an emerging role of acupuncture in the treatment of cluster headache with a possible influence on the opioid system.

2014 Neurological Sciences Acupuncture in cluster headache: four cases and review of the literature
Fofi L, Allais G, Quirico PE, Rolando S, Borgogno P, Barbanti P, Benedetto C

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A Case Report published in 2018 in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine found that Acupuncture for cluster headache may be more effective if treated in the same way as has been shown effective for trigeminal neuralgia. Acupuncture has not generally been successful for cluster headache. This may be due to acupuncturists approaching the problem as one of severe migraine. In fact, cluster headache is classed as a trigeminal autonomic cephalgia. In this case report, episodic cluster headache is treated in the same way as has been shown effective for trigeminal neuralgia. Acupuncture is applied to the contralateral side at points appropriate for stimulating branches of the trigeminal nerve. Thus, ST2 is used for the infraorbital nerve, BL2 and Yuyao for the supratrochlear and supraorbital nerves, and Taiyang for the temporal branch of the zygomatic nerve.

A Review Article published in 2014 in the journal Neurological Sciences found that There is an emerging role of acupuncture in the treatment of cluster headache with a possible influence on the opioid system. We describe four patients with cluster headache treated with acupuncture as a preventive treatment, combined with verapamil or alone. In all patients an interruption of cluster attacks was obtained. To our knowledge, this is the first report concerning acupuncture in cluster headache patients which details the protocol approach, acupoints and duration of the treatment. Our results offer the opportunity to discuss the emerging role of acupuncture in the therapy of cluster headache, assuming a possible influence on opioid system.

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