[Clinical observation on tongue acupuncture for treatment of stroke].
OBJECTIVE
To observe therapeutic effect of tongue acupuncture on stroke.


METHODS
One hundred and ninety cases were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 95 cases in each group. The patients in the observation group were treated by tongue acupuncture combined with body acupuncture, and the control group by simple body acupuncture.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 95.8% in the observation group and 80.0% in the control group, the observation group being significantly better than the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
Tongue acupuncture has a better therapeutic effect on stroke.
Li
Qun
Q
TCM Hospital of Kunming City, Yunnan 650021, China.
Wang
Zu-Hong
ZH
Ye
Jian
J
Zhu
Xiao-Yun
XY
Guan
Zun-Hui
ZH
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy