Research progress on the application of external treatment of traditional chinese medicine in epilepsy
Epilepsy is one of the most common clinical neurological diseases,which is more common in children and adolescents,characterized by spontaneous recurrent seizures and refractory.Antiepileptic drugs are often used in the clinical treatment of epilepsy.The Standardized use of antiepileptic drugs is the first choice and main method for the treatment of epilepsy.However,more than 30%of patients still progress to refractory epilepsy due to drug resistance and other reasons,which brings serious burden to patients,families and society.The external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine has the advantages of safety,low toxic and side effects,and remarkable therapeutic effect,including acupuncture,massage,acupoint catgut embedding,etc.This paper summarizes the common external treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine for epilepsy in recent years,with a view to providing evidence to promote its clinical application in epilepsy and new therapeutic ideas for epilepsy.