How does acupuncture treat facial palsy?

  Facial palsy is divided into peripheral facial palsy and central facial palsy. Peripheral facial palsy (facial nerve palsy, facial neuritis) is mostly caused by viral invasion of the facial nerve, and is an impotent disease with sudden facial numbness and tilting of the mouth and eyes as the main manifestations. The clinical manifestations are sudden onset of one side of the mouth and eyes, inability to close the eyes, drooping of the corners of the mouth or pain behind the ears, tinnitus, and lacrimation. In the case of the disease, the corners of the mouth are drooping and skewed to the healthy side, lacrimation or salivation, shallowing of the nasolabial fissure, enlargement of the eye fissure, disappearance of the frontal line, or inability to frown, close the eyes, show the teeth, puff the cheeks, whistle, etc.  The disease is often triggered by cold, overwork, mental tension, and depression. Improper or delayed treatment may result in paralysis, ipsilateral lateral muscle spasm or crocodile lacrimation (tears flowing from the sick side when chewing food).  According to traditional Chinese medicine, this disease is often caused by deficiency of positive energy, deficiency of veins and ligaments, lack of solidity outside the body, wind and evil invading the veins and ligaments, causing paralysis of qi and blood on the side, loss of moistening of the veins and ligaments, resulting in muscle relaxation and weakness on the side, and distortion by pulling on the opposite side. The cause of the disease is mainly wind, followed by wind-cold, wind-heat, or a combination of wind and phlegm-stasis.  Acupuncture treatment is based on foot Shaoyang, Sun and hand-foot Yangming meridian points, which can dispel wind and cold, clear heat and meridian pulling, with significant efficacy and safety without side effects.  Pay attention to keep warm during treatment. Avoid prolonged exposure of the face to wind, especially cold wind, and pay attention to prevent colds. Keep your mood happy and relaxed. Eat more green vegetables and fruits. Add the intake of vitamin B group appropriately. You should also enhance your physical fitness and improve your ability to resist diseases. “When the righteousness is in the memory, the evil cannot be dried up.”