Clinical Research Of Cupping Therapy Combined With Traditional Needing Therapy In The Treatment Of Peripheral Facial Paralysis

Objective:This study is to investigate the therapeutic effect of cupping therapy combined with traditional needling therapy in the treatment of peripheral facial paralysis and to exploring better treatment method for it by using the Toronto facial grading system to value the improvement of the two group’cases.Method:The clinical inclusion criteria in line with the selection of patientswith obstinate peripheral facial paralysis40cases were randomly divided intotwo groups,each group20cases, treatment time is two courses(14days pertreatment)。Treatment group,"added the cupping therapy toTraditional needling",the control group of "Traditional needling"to observe the clinical effect of the two groups by using the Toronto Facial Grading System to value the improvement of symptoms of the two group’cases, and statistics the date with SPSS17.0.Result:1. It has not bigger different after the first course but the difference in group composition in the two groups was significant(p<0.05) after the second course. So all patients’facial nerve functions significantly improved aftertreatment(p<0.05).2. The treatment group had significantly better improvement in theirfacial nerve Functions than that of the control group(p<0.05).3. Over half of the treatment group patients were clinically recovered after treatment,but the control group composed of patients having very effective and effective results.After statistical analysis,the difference in group composition in the two groups was significant(p<0.05).Conclusions:cupping therapy and traditional needling combined therapy is more effective than sole traditional needling therapy in treating peripheral facial paralysis.