title: [Discussion on the control of treatment amount of acupuncture and moxibustion for peripheral facial paralysis].
abstract: To explore the control principles of treatment amount of acupuncture and moxibustion for peripheral facial paralysis. (1) Early stage: in this period, the selected acupoints should be few, therapy should be easy and simple, and the treatment amount should be small and basically constant, which is called constant acupoints and amount. (2) Middle stage: the treatment of this stage should be given with more acupoints and various therapies, the treatment amount should be gradually increasing and reach the peak within a certain time and keep it for an appropriate time, which is called increasing acuponts and amount. (3) Late stage: the treatment at this stage should be given with more acupoints, lesser therapies, and the treatment amount should be gradually decreasding and get the valley point within a certain time, which is called more acupoints and less amount. (4) Sequelae stage: the selection of acupoints at this stage should be focus on areas which there are the obvious symptoms, and solo type of therapy and little treatment amount is required, which is called changing acupoints and little amount. In a word, the best therapeutic effect could be achieved on condition that the control principles of treatment amount for peripheral facial paralysis are followed during the clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of TCM, Jinan 250011, China. hsw509@163.com
authors.forename: Shu-Wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Chang-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chang-Chun
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion