Therapeutic Efficacy Observation on Mild Lifting and Superficial Pulling Point-towards-point Needling for Intractable Facial Palsy

• Published in: Journal of acupuncture and tuina science 2014-02, Vol.12 (1), p.39-43
• Main Authors: Zheng, Qiao-ping, Zhang, Bi-meng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Clinical Study; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health
• ISSN: 1672-3597; 1993-0399
• DOI: 10.1007/s11726-014-0745-2

Objective： To observe and compare the clinical effects of combining mild lifting and superficial pulling point-towards-point needling and point injection and integrated standard electroacupuncture（EA） with intramuscular injection of Mecobalamin for intractable facial palsy. Methods： Eighty cases with intractable facial palsy were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 40 in each group. Cases in the treatment group were treated with mild lifting and superficial pulling point-towards-point needling Xiaguan（ST 7） coupled with point injection of Mecobalamin. Cases in the control group were treated with standard EA coupled with intramuscular injection of Mecobalamin. After three courses of treatment, the between-group comparisons of Portmann scores and clinical effects were conducted. Results： After three courses of treatment, the Portmann scores in both groups were higher than the scores before treatment（P〈0.01）; the Portmann score in the treatment group was higher than that in the control group（P〈0.05） and the total effective rate in the treatment group was higher than that in the control group（P〈0.05）. Conclusion： Combining mild lifting and superficial pulling point-towardspoint needling and point injection of Mecobalamin could obtain better effect for intractable facial palsy than standard EA coupled with intramuscular injection of Mecobalamin.