title: [Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture on early peripheral facial paralysis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe therapeutic effects of acupuncture at different opportunities on peripheral facial paralysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-two cases were randomly divided into a treatment group (n=28) and a control group (n=24). The treatment group at the acute stage (1-10 days) were treated with acupuncture at Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Yangbai (GB 14), etc., with less than 4 points selected on the face and with shallow puncture, and 10 days later electroacupuncture were added at acupoints selected routinely; the control group were treated with the same methods as the treatment group but acupuncture was not given at the acute stage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cured rate of 78.6% in the treatment group was significantly higher than 50.0% in the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early acupuncture is a key for achieving the best therapeutic effect on facial paralysis.
authors.affiliation: Section of Rehabilitation, Siyang People's Hospital, Jiangsu 223700, China. syajj123@136.com
authors.forename: Xiao-hu
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors