title: [Observation on therapeutic effects of different methods on peripheral facial paralysis at different stages].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe therapeutic effects of different therapeutic methods for treatment of peripheral facial paralysis at different stages.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the treatment group, 26 cases at acute stage were treated by acupuncture at corresponding acupoints at the healthy side, 15 cases at resting stage by acupuncture at the affected side with shallow needling method, and 2 cases at restoration stage by routine acupuncture and moxibustion, and their therapeutic effects were compared with the control group of 36 cases who were treated by routine acupuncture and moxibustion. The acupoints selected in the two groups were same.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cured-markedly effective rate was 97.7% in the treatment group and 75.0% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01). The treatment group needed 2.7 therapeutic courses and the control group needed 4.0 courses in average with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different acupuncture methods at different stages are better than routine acupuncture method in treatment of peripheral facial paralysis.
authors.affiliation: The Second Workers' Hospital, Wuhan Iron and Steel Commany, Wuhan 430085, China.
authors.forename: Rong-Ying
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Li-Chun
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion