[Observation on therapeutic effect of aponeurotic system penetration needling on peripheral facial paralysis].
OBJECTIVE
To observe therapeutic effect of aponeurotic system penetration needling on peripheral facial paralysis.


METHODS
One hundred and ten cases of peripheral facial paralysis were randomly divided into a Jingjin group (n=68) and a control group (n=42). The therapeutic effects of acute stage, resting stage and sequela stage, and the relation between the facial nerve lesion degree and the therapeutic effect were investigated.


RESULTS
The effective rates of the two needling methods were respectively 98.5% and 90.5%, the Jing1in group being better than the control group (P < 0.05); at the acute stage, the therapeutic effect of acupuncture was obvious, and the therapeutic effect at the sequela stage and for the patient of nerve faulty type in the Jingjin group were better than that of the control group (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture and moxibustion has definite therapeutic effect on facial paralysis at the acute stage and in the patient of nerve active type, and aponeurotic system penetration needling can be used for the patient of facial paralysis at the sequela stage or with nerve faulty type.
Affiliated Hospital of Putian College, Fujian 351100, China. xks20052008@sina.com
Kai-sheng
KS
Xu
Man-wei
MW
Huang
Qiong-mei
QM
Wang
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion