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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Li, Ying
• Zhang, Zhongyi
• Chen, Yuelai
• Zong, Lei
• Li, Jing
• Tao, Ying
• Zeng, Liang
• Hou, Wenguang

Titel

Clinical efficacy on peripheral facial paralysis at acute stage treated with opposing needling technique

Ist Teil von

• Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ, 2015-01, Vol.35 (1), p.7

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To compare the differences in clinical efficacy on peripheral facial paralysis at acute stage between the opposing needling technique and routine acupuncture at the affected side so as to provide the evidence on the acupuncture treatment for peripheral facial paralysis at acute stage. Forty patients were rando- mized into an opposing needling technique group (19 cases) and an affected side needling technique group (21 cases). The basic medication was same in the two groups. The acupoints were Fengchi (GB 20), Yangbai (GB 14) to Yuyao (EX-HN 4) (penetrating needling method), Jingming (BL 1), Chengqi (ST 1), Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6) to Dicang (ST 4), Hegu (LI 4) and Zusanli (ST 36). In supplementation, in the opposing needling technique group, the acupoints were stimulated on the face of healthy side. In the affected side needling technique group, the acupoints were stimulated on the face of the affected side. The treatment was given three times a week, for 4 weeks. House-Brackmann (H-B) facial nerve funct