2008•Journal of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineRequires access

Eighty-eight Cases of Peripheral Facial Paralysis Treated with Acupuncture and Acupuncture Medication Combination

Yu-mei Tong

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Objective: To investigate the clinical breaking effects of acupuncture and acupuncture medication combination on treating peripheral facial paralysis.Methods:88 patients with peripheral facial paralysis were randomly divided into two groups: treatment group(acupuncture medication combined group) 45 cases,control group(acupuncture group) 43 cases,all combined with TDP irradiation.Results:The cure rate and total effective rate were 84.44%,95.56%,and the treatment group of cure rate and total effective rate were 53.495%,88.375%,respectively.Through the compare of cure rate and total effective rate,the difference between the two groups was significant(p0.01).Conclusion:The curative effect of acupuncture medicine combination was better than acupuncture.

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Key concepts: Acupuncture, Medicine, Cure rate, Facial paralysis, Clinical efficacy, Significant difference, Surgery, Peripheral