Clinical Observation on Treatment of 27 Cases of Blepharospasm with Acupuncture
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2009.04.035
- VernacularTitle:针刺治疗眼睑痉挛27例临床观察
- Author:
Xiuping ZHANG
;
Xia MA
;
Weili DENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Blepharospasm;
Acupuncture;
Western medicine
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2009;31(4):347-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe clinical effect of treating blepharospasm with acupuncture. Methods 27 patients with blepharospasm were randomly recruited into a control group and a treatment group. The control group was treated with western medicine, and the treatment group was treated with acupuncture. The clinical effects of both groups were observed. Results Total effective rate in the treatment group and the control group was 85.7% and 69.2%, respectively. There was a significant dieffference between the two groups (P<0.05) . Conclusion The treatment of acupuncture on blepharospasm is better than western medicine.
