Herbal acupoint sticking combined with electroacupuncture therapy in the treatment of Bell's palsy: a randomized controlled trial.

Qi-hua QI; Shan-shan NI; You-lan Wang; Kai Peng; He-nian QU; Cai-hua Yang; Jin Wang; Wei XI

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Herbal acupoint sticking combined with electroacupuncture therapy in the treatment of Bell's palsy: a randomized controlled trial.

Author: Qi-Hua QI ¹ ; Shan-Shan NI ² ; You-Lan WANG ³ ; Kai PENG ⁴ ; He-Nian QU ² ; Cai-Hua YANG ² ; Jin WANG ³ ; Wei XI ³
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1. Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Qingdao Hiser Medical Center, Qingdao 266033, Shandong Province, China. doctorqiqihua@163.com
2. Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Qingdao Hiser Medical Center, Qingdao 266033, Shandong Province, China.
3. Qingdao Institute for Drug Control, China.
4. TCM Hospital of Zhangdian District of Zibo City, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Acupuncture Points; Administration, Cutaneous; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bell Palsy; drug therapy; therapy; Combined Modality Therapy; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; administration & dosage; Electroacupuncture; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult
From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2013;33(11):965-969
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo observe the clinical efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture (EA) combined with herbal acupoint sticking in the treatment of Bell's palsy and provide optimizations for the clinic.
METHODSOne hundred and two cases of Bell's palsy were randomized into an EA combined with herbal acupoint sticking group (group A, 50 cases) and an EA group (group B, 52 cases), EA at Cuanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Taiyang (EX-HN 5), Quanliao (SI 18),Xiaguan (ST 7), Yingxiang (LI 20), etc. were applied in both groups and "facial paralys No.I " was applied at Yifeng (TE 17) in group A, once daily and 10 times totally were needed. The score of facial nerve function, clinical efficacy were compared before and after treatment. At 1 and 3 month follow up visit, the quality of life scale( WHOQOL-BREF) and the occurrence of complication were observed.
RESULTSThe scores of facial nerve function in group A and group B were all significantly improved compared with those before treatment (48. 2+/- 2. 9 vs 25. 7 +/- 4. 9, 45. 9 +/- 6. 2 vs 25. 8 +/- 5. 5, both P0. 05). The occurrence of complication in group A (1 case) was significantly less than that in group B (8 cases, P 0. 05).
CONCLUSIONCompared with EA, the combination of EA and acupoint sticking therapy for Bell's palsy cannot only improve the clinical efficacy and reduce the occurrence of complication but also reliable without any side effect.