Patient's question:
These past few days, I've been unconsciously drooling, and when I laugh, my colleagues always say my mouth is crooked. I took a look in the mirror and saw that it really was crooked. Today, I went to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor said I have facial paralysis.Doctor's answer:
Hello, from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, whether it is due to the invasion of pathogenic factors such as wind-cold or wind-heat, the fundamental cause is the weakness of the patient's own healthy Qi, the emptiness of meridians, leading to the inability of Qi and blood to flow normally, which results in the lack of nourishment for facial muscles and triggers the condition. Acupuncture techniques regulate and unblock meridians through the principle of "strengthening the deficient and draining the excess," allowing the patient's Qi and blood to achieve balance and normal flow, thereby nourishing the affected facial muscles for normal movement. Nowadays, the use of electroacupuncture has become a common technique for some doctors in treating facial paralysis (of course, it is also applicable to many other indications for acupuncture).