Korean Medicine for Treating Facial Palsy - A Literature Review of Case Reports -

Journal of Pharmacopuncture

Hye In Jeong¹  Yoo Min Choi²  Tae-Han Yook²  Beom YongSong²  Jong Uk Kim²  Yong Taek Oh³  Kyeong Han Kim⁴ 

[1] College of Korean medicine, Woosuk University, Jeonbuk, Korea;Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion medicine, College of Korean medicine, Woosuk University, Jeonbuk, Korea;Department of Diagnostics, College of Korean medicine, Woosuk University, Jeonbuk, Korea;Department of Preventive medicine, College of Korean medicine, Woosuk University, Jeonbuk, Korea;

关键词: facial palsy;    case report;    traditional korean medicine;   

DOI  :  10.3831/KPI.2018.21.025

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze case reports on and to study Korean medicine treatments of facial palsy. Methods: Studies published after 2000 were selected by searching for the terms “facial palsy” and “Guanwasa” in four databases and case reports using Korean medicine moderating variables were extracted by two individual researchers. Results: The House Brackmann (H-B) Scale (23 times, 65.7%), and Yanagihara Grading Scale (Y-system) (22 times, 62.8%) were used to assess facial palsy. All case reports used acupuncture, while 19 case reports (51.3%) used electro-acupuncture, and 8 case reports (21.6%) used pharmacopuncture. Main meridian points used were ST6, ST4, GB14, TE23, LI20, BL2. Thirty-two case reports used herbal medicine (86.4%) and both Ligigeopoong-san, Bojunglkgi-tang were used frequently. Conclusion: To treat facial palsy, acupuncture was mainly used in conjunction with electro-acupuncture and pharmacopuncture. Most case reports also used herbal medicine.

【 授权许可】

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