Early spring chills need to prevent facial paralysis

Patient XXX, female, 29 years old. diagnosed on February 29, 2016. No. m593 of facial palsy. no obvious cause found occipital pain, left ear hearing abnormal, left eye tearing, left nostril ventilation, loss of taste during eating and left cheek food storage, left forehead, facial movement can not, left corner of the mouth dew gas (dew water), consulted a local doctor to give oral, intravenous drip Chinese and Western drugs, acupuncture treatment for 10 days did not work, friends referred to our office for consultation. He was unable to move his left forehead and face, his left eye was closed with about 4 mm slit, his left nasolabial groove was shallow, his mid-mouth groove was right distorted, his mouth was distorted to the right when he puffed, and his left corner of his mouth was dewy. The tongue is stretched out in the middle, the tongue is red with thick sublingual veins and purple-black color, the tongue coating is thin and the pulse is small and stringent. The patient was initially diagnosed to have facial palsy due to deficiency of positive qi, lack of solidity outside the body, and cold evil taking advantage of the deficiency to enter the middle meridians, paralyzing the qi and blood, resulting in longitudinal and non-retracting facial muscles. He was treated with the unique “Fire Acupuncture Holistic Balancing Method” once a week and recovered after 6 treatments. The facial palsy mentioned in the previous case is called facial nerve palsy and facial neuritis in Western medicine; it is commonly known as crooked mouth and eyes, crooked mouth and crooked mouth wind. It is a common acupuncture disease characterized by motor dysfunction of the facial expression muscles. Once the disease develops, the patient is often unable to perform even the most basic movements such as raising the eyebrows, closing the eyes, puffing the cheeks and nuzzling the mouth; some patients also suffer from pain behind the ear, under the ear and in the ear, loss or disappearance of the sense of taste and auditory hypersensitivity. If the disease is prolonged, the paralyzed muscles may contract and the corners of the mouth may recoil to the affected side, forming the phenomenon of “inverted error”. The disease is characterized by sudden onset, complex etiology, slow recovery, many sequelae, and great psychological trauma to the patient. As early as in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, there is a statement that “if the righteousness exists within, the evil cannot dry up; if the righteousness is insufficient, the evil will come together.” The expression of “righteousness” is used here. The “righteousness” refers to the normal functional activities of the human body, as well as its ability to adapt to the external environment, resist disease and recover, and its ability to maintain its own physiological balance and stability; the “evil” refers to disease and evil spirits, and refers to various disease-causing factors. The meaning of these 16 words in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine is that only those who have sufficient positive energy will not get sick. Specifically, facial paralysis is a disease. Because the climate in early spring is unpredictable, hot and cold, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large. If you do not pay attention to the warmth of your face and neck, it is inevitable that your mouth will be distorted and your eyes slanted when the cool wind blows. Spring is the high season of facial paralysis, how can we prevent it from happening in spring? I think the first thing to do is not to take things to the extreme and avoid fighting continuously and making yourself extremely tired. Pay attention to adjusting your emotions and don’t let your liver fire too much. In terms of diet, avoid eating too many foods that can easily cause fire, such as fried, barbecued and shabu-shabu foods. Eat more vitamin-rich foods, fresh vegetables and raw fruits, beans and their products, etc. It is best to eat a lighter diet. Replenish the necessary water, on the one hand, to help replenish the righteousness, on the other hand, also help to calm the body upward fire, promote the balance of the body. The second is to wipe your face regularly. Repeatedly wiping your face hot can promote the operation of facial qi and blood, correct “table deficiency”, enhance the ability of facial meridians to resist wind and cold, and avoid facial paralysis. The third is to keep warm, do not rush to take off the cotton clothes. Although the temperature starts to warm up in spring, the temperature difference between morning and evening is still relatively large, so people can easily catch a cold. The principle of “spring cover and autumn freeze” should still be observed, so that you can avoid contracting wind and cold. Fourthly, pay attention not to sleep with the cold wind blowing against the window. There are motorcycles, electric cars, bicycles must wear masks, helmets; driving or sitting in the car do not open the window for a long time, so that the wind blowing face, neck. Fifth should be based on different ages, different physique, choose such as walking, running, gymnastics, playing taijiquan, climbing and other different exercise programs to enhance physical fitness, improve the ability to resist disease. Sixth, once you find that your eyes cannot close; the corners of your mouth are crooked when you wake up; you go out to work in the morning and become “crooked mouth” when you arrive at work, etc.; asymmetry of the two sides of the face, stiff facial muscles, cheek movements, inability to frown, drooping corners of the mouth, mouth crooked to one side, inability to control saliva flow from the corners of the mouth and other abnormalities. When the first time to see a doctor at a Chinese medicine hospital, the early adoption of traditional acupuncture methods to regulate will only have good results.