Prednisone treatment of facial paralysis with acupuncture and clinical observation.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Prednisone treatment of facial paralysis with acupuncture and clinical observation The author treated 48 cases of facial neuritis given acupuncture and oral prednisone tablets treatment, to achieve a satisfactory effect, are summarized as follows: 1 General Information 48 patients were males and 27 cases, female 21 cases, aged 15-63 years with a mean age of 38.2 years, 25 cases of facial paralysis on the left, right interview in 23 cases. Course of 1 day -1 month, an average of 9.7 days. Two treatment 2.1 Acupuncture points: According to the facial nerve to go out of line positions, the meridian line through the site, the use of local and distal acupoints of the basic principles, take the affected side and thoroughly fish Yang White waist, Shimonoseki, ground penetrating warehouses cheek cars, people, bearing slurry, 4 white, Hegu (bilateral). 2.2 Acupuncture Methods: The patient was supine, use 1.0-1.5 milli-inch needle, complementary routine disinfection, using reinforcing-reducing hair, with the G6805 - Π -type power electro-acupuncture for 20 minutes in order to partial Suanma is appropriate, facial muscle micro - beating, every 10 days as a course of treatment, continuous treatment 2-3. 2.3 Drug treatment: prednisone tablet ,20-60mg / day ,3-10 days, after reduction up to 10-14 days out. Note that the side effects of hormones, in conjunction with antiviral drugs and vitamins. 3 Results Cured 41 cases, accounting for 85.4%; markedly effective in 5 cases, accounting for 10.4%; improvement in 1 case, accounting for 2.1%; ineffective one cases, accounting for 2.1%. 4 Discussion Nei Jing said: ‘Foot-Yangming’s tendons soldier his mouth disease provision, worry about who is not covered, heat the bars vertical, head not open. ‘Chinese medicine believe that the main disease of this disease because of venae emptiness, cold face of the invasion of evil Cheng Xu tendons, resulting in blocking blood, muscle relief do not accept Erzh