Is it true that facial paralysis can be cured with just one herbal remedy?

It is not true that “facial paralysis can be cured with only one herbal medicine”. If you want to use Chinese medicine to treat facial paralysis, you have to use a combination of medicines through the identification of evidence, and at the same time, you have to cooperate with acupuncture and physical therapy to get good results. The pathogenesis of facial paralysis is mainly wind-phlegm obstruction, so the principle of treatment in Chinese medicine is to dispel wind and clear the channels (to remove wind and dredge the meridians), and to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis (to promote the operation of the blood and eliminate blood stasis in the body). Usually, Taohong Siwu Tang combined with Duo Zheng San can be chosen for treatment. Among them, Tao Hong Si Wu Tang can nourish and invigorate the blood and clear the channels, while Hua Zheng San can dispel wind and phlegm, stop spasms, and treat the symptoms. In the clinical application, it is necessary to identify the symptoms, if the first wind-heat symptoms, you need to work with Scutellaria baicalensis, forsythia, etc.; if the wind-cold is heavy, you need to add ephedra, cinnamon sticks, fine Xin, etc.; if the facial muscle spasm is more serious, you need to work with the centipede, stiletto, etc., so it must be flexible in the application. In addition, but also in the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine under the guidance of the identification of reasonable choice of acupuncture points acupuncture, such as wind pool, water gutter, save bamboo, fish waist, and so on. With massage, hot moxibustion and other methods to carry out integrated management. Drugs must be selected under the guidance of the TCM doctor’s diagnosis, can not blindly use drugs, acupuncture should also be carried out under the treatment of a professional doctor, so as not to bring adverse consequences.