Overview
Attention Deficiency Disorder is a common behavior disorder disease in children, which is characterized by uncontrolled excessive act, distractibility, disorder of emotion and behavior, even difficulty in learning. It is also called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, minimal brain dysfunction. Onset of symptom occurs most in boys and school age children. There is no special discussion in ancient medical books. Inherent deficiency, birth trauma, external injury lead to unbalance between yin and yang, disorder of heart, liver, spleen, kidney. In clinic, the disease may show up asthenia syndrome. Therapeutic principle is nourishing kidney and liver, benefiting qi and calming the nerves.

Treatment
1. Baihui (DU 20)
Let the patient lay on the back, with routine sterilization, needle quickly into the skin with 1 cun 30 gauge filiform needle (the needle tip and the epicranium makes a included angle of 30). When the needle tip reach to aponeurosis of occipitofron talis muscle, acupuncturist may feel the force of resistance diminishes, then needle with twirling and rotating methods into 0.5 cun, and rotate quickly at the speed of 200 cycles per minute and continuously for 1-2 minutes. Retain the needle for 30 minutes. Treatment is done once every day and 10 times makes up a course of therapy. Take a rest for 3-5 days, continue the next therapy course.

2. Yingtang (EX-HN 3)
Let the patient be sitting or dorsal position, with routine sterilization, choose the Yintang point, and needle horizontal at the depth of about 0.5 cun with 1 cun 30 gauge filiform needle. Continuously rotate the needle in little angle for 1 minute and retain the needle for 30 minutes. Treatment is done once every day and 10 times makes up a course of therapy. Take a rest for 3-5 days, continue the next therapy course.

Note
1. Acupuncture therapy is the effective way to treat hyperkinetic syndrome of childhood. Patients should create confidence, improve self-control, educe initiative. The parents should give ill child a relaxed environment to live and study, avoid letting child sorrow and terrified. No blame and corporal punishment. Train patiently good living habit. Give encouragement once gaining improvement. The prognosis is better. Most of patients take a turn for the better and fully recover from the illness.

2. Acupuncture should control the acupuncture direction and depth, avoid damage brain tissue.