| OBJECTIVE:In order to study the nape-acupuncture therapy for treatment of pseudobulbar palsy according to the acupoint property of "nearby-action".METHODS: The patients were divided into control group,including 30 cases and treated by drugs against cerebrovascular diseased and treatment group ,60 cases and by nape-acupuncture combined with the above drugs. Swallowing function and linguistic function were used as the major observation indexes. The relation between the disease cases, the age and the curative effect was also studied.RESULT: The result showed that the total effective rate was 96.67 per cent in the treatment group and 46.67 per cent in the control group, suggesting a significant difference (X2=31.25,P<0.005) between the two groups, and it also existed between them in comparison of swallowing and linguistic functions elevated over three degrees after the treatment .The curative effect was better for patients younger or with the shorter disease course.CONCLUSION:It was indicated that the curative effect of the nape-acupuncture for pseudobulbar palsy was good. The mechanism of the nape-acupuncture therapy has many facts, such as: raising the patients cerebral cell's excitation, recovering the pharynx reflex, improving the cerebral blood circulation in focus.
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