CHEN Peng1, GE Baohe2, LIU Jie1, et al. Clinical Observation on the Effect of Acupuncture and Point-injection on Bell’s Palsy[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2009, 50(9): 808-810.
CHEN Peng1, GE Baohe2, LIU Jie1, et al. Clinical Observation on the Effect of Acupuncture and Point-injection on Bell’s Palsy[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2009, 50(9): 808-810.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2009.09.012.
Objective To study the therapeutic effect and mechanism of acupuncture and point-injection with cobamamide at Fengchi(GB 20) for Bell’s palsy.Methods Totally 93 cases were randomized into 3 groups: the treatment group(32 cases) was treated with acupuncture and point-injection
the control group I(30 cases) was treated with acupuncture and intramuscular injection
and the control group II(31 cases) was treated with acupuncture only.The changes of symptoms and electrophysiological indices before and after treatment were detected.Results The effect of treatment group was better than that of control groups in effective rate and electrophysiological indices(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion The treatment of acupuncture and Fengchi(GB 20) injection with cobamamide can promote the repairing of injured facial nerve significantly