METHOD OF TREATING PATIENTS SUFFERING HYPERTENSIVE DISEASE Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61H39/08 A61N1/32 A61H33/00 A61H33/02 A61N5/67 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves reflex therapy (RT) alternated with taking general baths every second day. The RT is conducted by inserting needles into corporeal points and microneedles into auricular points of the systemic effect on the 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 procedures and executing the electric acupuncture of the paravertebral points on the 3, 7, 11, 15, 19 and 23 procedures. If the patients shows predominating psychoasthenic symptoms, iodine bromine baths are taken. The baths contains potassium iodide 50 mg/l and potassium bromide 125 mg/l. Water temperature is 36-37°C. If the vegetative imbalance predominates in the patients, radon baths with the radon concentration of 40-80 nCu/l are taken. Water temperature is 26-28°C. That is combined with the following laser therapy. The laser therapy is generated by Mlada apparatus. What is used is a continuous infrared light at wavelength 0.85 mcm, total output power of the two emitters 30 mWt. The patient is exposed by the standard procedure. The exposure covers 4 fields: a collar, an apex of heart, a middle one-third of chest and a left infrascapular region. The exposure length is 1 minute from 1^st to 3^rd procedure, 2 minutes from 4^th to 6^th procedures, and 3 minutes starting from the 7^th procedure.

EFFECT: method improves the psychoemotional state of the patients thereby normalising the vegetative balance, and improves the working efficiency.