Auricular Acupoint Therapy Plus Acupuncture for Crohn’s Disease: A Case Report

Abstract

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Its pathogenesis is not clear, and there is no gold standard for diagnosis [1], but its incidence is gradually increasing [2]. As for its treatment, Western medicine often uses hormones, surgery, nutritional support and other treatments, but the curative effect is not stable and there are many adverse reactions [3]. Chinese medicine (CM) has unique advantages in treating the disease, especially acupuncture, which has good antiinflammatory and analgesic effects [4], and can improve symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and poor mental state in patients with Crohn’s disease [5]. Previous medical records reported acupuncture combined with thunder-fire moxibustion to treat CD [6]. There is no report on the auricular acupoint therapy for this disease. In this report, we present the case of a patient diagnosed with CD who was successfully treated with auricular point therapy plus acupuncture.