Successfully treated male bigorexia with acupuncture combined with homotoxicological drugs: a case report

A combined treatment with specific acupoints and homotoxicological drugs was used to treat a 34 years old male patient who had suffered from Bigorexia for several years. The treatment was applied at a frequency of one session per week for a total number of 12 sessions. At the end of the treatment, the patient’s Bigorexia symptoms rate was visibly reduced and by the end of a six-month follow-up the score of the specific standardized tests had returned to the normal range. Further, there was no relapse of Bigorexia symptoms during the six-month follow-up. Therefore, we hypothesized that this combined treatment induced a sort of desensitization and reprocessing mechanism of the patient’s psyche. This case suggests that a combined treatment with acupunture and unconventional drugs could be used as an effective complementary treatment for male Bigorexia especially in cases where other treatments have failed. Further comparative studies are needed to corroborate the value and mechanisms of this therapy.