Acupuncture therapy to the head and face to treat post-trauma paralysis of peripheral fascial nerve dextra

1st Physics and Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry Symposium

物理学;医药卫生

Mihardja, H.^1 ; Meuratana, P.A.^1 ; Ibrahim, A.^1

Department of Medical Acupuncture, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia^1

关键词: Acupuncture points;    Acupuncture therapy;    Evidence-based;    Facial nerve;    Facial palsy;    Healing time;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/884/1/012132/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/884/1/012132

学科分类：卫生学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Damage to the facial nerve due to trauma from traffic accidents is the second most common cause of paralysis of the facial nerve. The treatments include both pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy. Acupuncture is a method of treatment that applies evidence-based medical principles and uses anatomy, physiology, and pathology to place needles atcertain acupuncture points. This paper describes a 26-year-old female patient with right-side facial palsy following a traffic accident who had animproved Brackmann's score after 12 sessions of acupuncture treatment. The acupuncture points were chosen based on Liu Yan'sbrain-clearing needling technique. Acupuncture can shorten healing time and improve the effect of treatment for facial-nerve paralysis.