Method: 127 patients who suffered from facial spasm are randomly divided into treatment group (79 patients) and control group (48 patients). Treatment group received fire needle therapy on Taiyang, Cuanzhu (BL2) [3], Quanliao (SI18) [4] and Dicang (ST4) [5]; control group received filiform needle therapy with same points. We observe and compare the therapeutic effect on two groups.
Result: The cure rate and effective rate in treatment group are 64.6% and 92.4%, and, 45.8% and 87.5% in control group respectively. The therapy effect has a significant difference in two groups(P<0.05).Conclusion: Fire needle therapy is an effective therapy for facial spasm, its effect is better than that of filiform needle therapy.
Key Words: facial spasm, fire needle
Writer: Jiang Xiao Wu
Physical therapy & healing section office, People's Liberation Army 324 Hospital, Chong Qing, 400020
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