Clinical Observation on the Effect of Acupuncture plus Blood-letting with Three-edged Needle on 50 Patients with Bell's Palsy in the Acute Stage
- VernacularTitle:针刺配合三棱针放血治疗风热型Bell麻痹急性期50例临床观察
- Author:
Jiping ZHAO
;
Yanzheng PIAO
;
Jun WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acupuncture;
Blood-letting with three-edged needle;
Acute stage of Bell's palsy
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1993;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture plus blood-letting with three-edged needle for the acute stage of Bell's palsy of wind-heat syndrome in TCM.Methods The 100 patients were randomized into treatment and control groups with 50 in each,and treated with acupuncture plus blood-letting with three-edged needle and only acupuncture respectively.Four courses of treatment were given.The main symptoms,signs and clinical efficacy were observed at 1 week,2 weeks and 1 month after treatment.Results In both groups,the scores of symptoms and signs before and after treatment were remarkably different(P