title: [Clinical observation on tongue acupuncture for treatment of stroke].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: TCM Hospital of Kunming City, Yunnan 650021, China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zu-Hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Xiao-Yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zun-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy