Treatment of apoplectic hemiplegia by digital acupoint pressure--a report of 42 cases.
Forty-two cases of apoplectic hemiplegia treated by digital acupoint pressure (DAP) therapy are briefly reported in this paper. This results were: basic cure in 10 cases (23.8%), marked effect in 17 cases (40.5%) and effect in 11 cases (26.2%). The total effective rate reached 90.5%. This therapy has several advantages, such as simple and convenient operation, low cost, reliable results and so on.
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Digital-Acupoint-Pressure Medical Center of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province.
D019050:Acupressure; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged