The Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Crocodile Tears Syndrome
10.3937/kampomed.63.322
- VernacularTitle:ワニの涙症候に対する針の効果
- Author:
Makoto TAKEDA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
crocodile tears syndrome (gustatory-lacrimal reflex);
peripheral facial nerve palsy;
aberrant regeneration;
acupuncture
- From:Kampo Medicine
2012;63(5):322-324
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
I treated crocodile tears syndrome (gustatory-lacrimal reflex) after right facial nerve palsy with acupuncture. The patient was a 74-year-old female. Her right peripheral facial nerve palsy had started one and a half years earlier.
Most of her facial nerve palsy symptoms disappeared in about 5 months. Sixteen months after onset of the condition, her crocodile tear phenomenon occurred spontaneously. Three acupuncture points on the face were stimulated with fine needles for 10 minutes. Her crocodile tears disappeared completely with the first acupuncture session. This case suggests the possibility of acupuncture treatment for aberrant regeneration after facial nerve palsy.
