Acupuncture With Deqi And Psychological Effects in Treatment of Bell's Palsy
Acupuncture With Deqi And Psychological Effects in Treatment of Bell's Palsy
The purpose of this study is to observe the influence of Deqi and neuropsychological factors
 on effects of acupuncture treatment for Bell's Palsy.
Through long-term clinical practice，acupuncture treatment on facial paralysis has been
 generally proved effective；the large number of ancient and modern medical literature also
 have suggested that acupuncture is beneficial for facial paralysis. However,a scientific
 basis is still needed to be established to make sure the efficacy of acupuncture be
 recognized internationally.This study will adopt a series of international practice scales
 ,such as House Brackmann Scale,Facial Disability Index(FDI),World Health Organization Quality
 of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), Cattell Personality Factors (16PF),and Cancellation test to
 evaluate the role of deqi and neuropsychological factors in the acupuncture treatment for
 Bell's Palsy.
Inclusion criteria:

 1. Patients who were diagnosed to have unilateral facial-nerve weakness without any
 identifiable causes within 168 hours after onset of symptoms;

 2. aged 18 to 65 years.

 Exclusion criteria：

 1. illiterate;

 2. the facial paralysis is caused by herpes zoster;

 3. recurrent facial paralysis;

 4. noticeable asymmetry of the face before the illness which may affect the evaluation;

 5. history of peptic ulcer disease, severe hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, liver and
 kidney dysfunction, pregnancy, mental illness, or serious systemic diseases which may
 affect the treatment.