Treating Bell's Palsy with Acupuncture
Bell's Palsy is one of the commonest peripheral facial paralysis that many people experience. When it occurs, most people think that they had a stroke. I t often happens suddenly and mostly after being exposed to cold wind. A lot of people recover spontaneously, however, sometimes the condition lingers and this can cause frustration for many. It falls under the condition of true wind stroke in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
It often occurs mostly in the middle-aged and it usually affects one side of the face. Bell's Palsy usually occurs all of a sudden. The patient experiences numbness and sometimes pain around one side of the face, ear and mouth. The mouth can become deviated, the nasolabial groove can no longer be seen and the facial region is relaxed and strengthless. The patient can't close their eye fully. it is difficult for them to frown, speak and eat. Often, saliva comes out from the corners of the mouth. Sometimes, the sense of taste is lost and the sense of hearing can be hypersensitive.
Case Study
Male, 48years old, came into the clinic suffering from Bell"s Palsy. He worked as a butcher and often walked in and out of the freezer many times a day. Prior to the Bell's Palsy, the patient did catch a cold. The onsetof the Bell's Palsy was sudden and the duration was short. The eyes and mouth were deviated. He had difficulty closing his right eye completely. The accompanying symptoms and signs were headache, discomfort, red tongue with thin white coating and a tight pulse. The treatment principle was to expel pathogenic wind cold and to remove obstruction from the channels. Acupuncture was the pfeferred choice of treatment. Points selected were Bladder 2, Triple warmer 23, Stomach 4 inserted towards Stomach 6. All of these points were on the right side. Large intestine 4, Stomach 36 and Liver 3, all bilateral. The patient was also encouraged to put hot compresses on the right side of his face and he was given some mouth exercises to do to restore the strength back in his facial region. After five treatments with the above point selection, the patient fully recovered.
It often occurs mostly in the middle-aged and it usually affects one side of the face. Bell's Palsy usually occurs all of a sudden. The patient experiences numbness and sometimes pain around one side of the face, ear and mouth. The mouth can become deviated, the nasolabial groove can no longer be seen and the facial region is relaxed and strengthless. The patient can't close their eye fully. it is difficult for them to frown, speak and eat. Often, saliva comes out from the corners of the mouth. Sometimes, the sense of taste is lost and the sense of hearing can be hypersensitive.
Case Study
Male, 48years old, came into the clinic suffering from Bell"s Palsy. He worked as a butcher and often walked in and out of the freezer many times a day. Prior to the Bell's Palsy, the patient did catch a cold. The onsetof the Bell's Palsy was sudden and the duration was short. The eyes and mouth were deviated. He had difficulty closing his right eye completely. The accompanying symptoms and signs were headache, discomfort, red tongue with thin white coating and a tight pulse. The treatment principle was to expel pathogenic wind cold and to remove obstruction from the channels. Acupuncture was the pfeferred choice of treatment. Points selected were Bladder 2, Triple warmer 23, Stomach 4 inserted towards Stomach 6. All of these points were on the right side. Large intestine 4, Stomach 36 and Liver 3, all bilateral. The patient was also encouraged to put hot compresses on the right side of his face and he was given some mouth exercises to do to restore the strength back in his facial region. After five treatments with the above point selection, the patient fully recovered.
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