The purpose of this study is to determine whether plum-blossom needle is effective in the treatment of juvenile myopia and compare the efficacy with Tropicamide Eye Drops.
Plum-blossom needle is a historical treatment technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and has been applied to ophthalmic diseases, such as myopia and glaucoma, for nearly one hundred years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
98
* acupoint selection: Zhengguang 1, Zhengguang 2, GB20, GV14, LI4. * plum-blossom needle manipulation methods: After the skin has been wiped with 75 % alcohol, plum-blossom needles will be tapped perpendicularly on the skin at the selected acupoints with wrist force and then lifted immediately. Each point will be tapped repeatedly for 20 to 50 times and both sides of cervical vertebra and temporal region, Suprao-infraorbital margin will be tapped repeatedly. Acupuncturists should tap the points gently to make patients feel only a little pain and stop when the skin gets flushed but is not bleeding.
Instill one drop in both eyes every night before bed.
School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
RECRUITINGChanges of vision acuity
International Standard Visual Acuity Chart
Time frame: Every 30 days for 150 days
Changes of cycloplegic refractive errors
Measured using subjective refraction
Time frame: Every 30 days for 150 days
Changes of accommodation responses
Time frame: Every 30 days for 150 days
Changes of accommodation facility
Time frame: Every 30 days for 150 days
Changes of ciliary body thickness
Time frame: Every 30 days for 150 days
Changes of axial length
Time frame: Every 30 days for 150 days
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