Facialis – Facial Paralysis
Facialis (Bell's palsy) is a form of facial paralysis caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve. This neurological disorder affects about 40,000 Americans every year. It can affect almost anyone at any age, though it disproportionately strikes pregnant women and people suffering from diabetes, flu, colds, or any upper respiratory illness. In addition to […]
Facialis (Bell’s palsy) is a form of facial paralysis caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve.
This neurological disorder affects about 40,000 Americans every year. It can affect almost anyone at any age, though it disproportionately strikes pregnant women and people suffering from diabetes, flu, colds, or any upper respiratory illness.
In addition to one-sided facial paralysis with an inability to close the eye, symptoms of this paralysis may include pain, tearing, drooling, oversensitivity to sounds in the affected ear, and a diminished sense of taste.
Facialis and Chinese medicine:
Bell’s palsy can be treated with Chinese acupuncture and Chinese herbal remedies.
Western doctors and patients are becoming more interested in treatment with Chinese medicine as a complementary or alternative treatment, since treatment through Chinese medicine has been proven effective for over 2,500 years, with generations of patients and doctors relying on traditional remedies to treat all kinds of disorders.
One of the areas where Chinese medicine and Chinese acupuncture are very effective is in treating facial paralysis. Although this aspect of Chinese acupuncture is not well known to the general public, many doctors recommend that a patient who develops facial paralysis consider this option without delay.
Early treatment leads to fast results and a good response. A family doctor I knew, who knew how effective acupuncture is for facial paralysis, referred me a patient who had felt weakness in his facial muscle, mild pain and constant drooling for two days, and after four treatments the facial muscles strengthened and the condition returned almost to normal. After about six more treatments – no trace remained.
But treatment is not only possible in acute cases that happened recently; chronic cases too are worth trying acupuncture treatment for.
Herbal remedies are involved in the medical process and should be used.
In Western medicine, attempts are made to treat the paralysis with medications or steroids, both of which can cause severe side effects. I recommend you try Chinese acupuncture first.