Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1988 ; 88(11): 101-3.

[Combined acupuncture reflexotherapy and hypnosis in treating neuroses]

OleÄnikov NI.

Observed were 117 patients with different neuroses (neurasthenia, hysteria, obsessive) involving intense vasoautonomic paroxysms of sympathetic-adrenal, vagoinsular and combined nature. Unfavorable course of such neuroses was noted. Combined one-session acupuncture and hypnosis treatment is put forth and the increased hypnogenicity phenomenon was demonstrated under acupuncture therapy. Both techniques benefited from their combination. The possibility of eliciting hypnoid states under the physical methods of treatment is discussed together with their therapeutic application and arising deontological problems.