To confirm the clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on Bell’s palsy.Methods:480 cases from 4 hospitals were enrolled for this study,among whom 439 cases completed thewhole course of the study.T...To confirm the clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on Bell’s palsy.Methods:480 cases from 4 hospitals were enrolled for this study,among whom 439 cases completed thewhole course of the study.The patients were randomly divided into the following 3 groups,a controlgroup(treated with prednisone,vitamin Bl,vitamin B12and dibazol),an acu-moxibustion group（treatedwith filiform needle plus moxibustion）,and a basic treatment plus acu-moxibustion group（treated withoral medicine like those in the control group plus acupuncture,and with moxibustion like in theacu-moxibustion group）.The whole treatment course lasted 4 weeks.The therapeutic effects wereevaluated according to the symptoms and signs,House-Brackmann grading scale and facial disabilityindexes（FDI）.Results:All the 4 centers（hospitals）completed this study well,with no statisticallysignificant difference found among the 4 centers in therapeutic effects.The patients with differentconditions were well distributed in the 3 groups,thus the basic general,data were comparable（P>0.05）.The therapeutic effects of the two treatment groups were better than the control group（respectivelyP<0.05 and P<0.01）,and it was the best in the acu-moxibustion group（P<0.01）.Conclusion:Acupuncture and moxibustion may exert definite therapeutic effects on Bell’s palsy,better than that ofthe basic treatment group or the basic treatment plus acu-moxibustion group.展开更多
文摘To confirm the clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on Bell’s palsy.Methods:480 cases from 4 hospitals were enrolled for this study,among whom 439 cases completed thewhole course of the study.The patients were randomly divided into the following 3 groups,a controlgroup(treated with prednisone,vitamin Bl,vitamin B12and dibazol),an acu-moxibustion group（treatedwith filiform needle plus moxibustion）,and a basic treatment plus acu-moxibustion group（treated withoral medicine like those in the control group plus acupuncture,and with moxibustion like in theacu-moxibustion group）.The whole treatment course lasted 4 weeks.The therapeutic effects wereevaluated according to the symptoms and signs,House-Brackmann grading scale and facial disabilityindexes（FDI）.Results:All the 4 centers（hospitals）completed this study well,with no statisticallysignificant difference found among the 4 centers in therapeutic effects.The patients with differentconditions were well distributed in the 3 groups,thus the basic general,data were comparable（P>0.05）.The therapeutic effects of the two treatment groups were better than the control group（respectivelyP<0.05 and P<0.01）,and it was the best in the acu-moxibustion group（P<0.01）.Conclusion:Acupuncture and moxibustion may exert definite therapeutic effects on Bell’s palsy,better than that ofthe basic treatment group or the basic treatment plus acu-moxibustion group.
