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Published on: March 1, 2015
[Professor YANG Jun's experience in treatment of refractory facial paralysis based on acupuncture manipulation]
Hong-Yu Xie1, Ai-Hong Yuan1, Bin Pan1
1Second Department of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of CM, Hefei 230031, China.
Abstract:
To summarize professor YANG Jun's experience in treatment of refractory facial paralysis by different acupuncture manipulation. Professor YANG Jun believes that refractory facial paralysis has prolonged course, qi and blood deficiency and collaterals injury after a long illness, and it is difficult to obtain obvious curative effect with routine acupuncture. Aimed at the etiology, pathogenesis and characteristics of disease, professor YANG Jun adopts 3 kinds of acupuncture manipulations, such as "penetration needling with long needle" "pulling technique exert after needle stuck" "contralateral-balance needling on the healthy side", to relieve deviation.

