Patient's question:
I got facial paralysis from blowing air conditioning, and I want to ask what the TCM treatment for facial paralysis is.Doctor's answer:
It is also possible to treat facial paralysis with Traditional Chinese Medicine. The characteristics of wind-heat obstructing collaterals are sudden onset, facial drooping, incomplete eyelid closure, headache, facial warmth or fever, aversion to wind, restlessness, and thirst. Pain in the ear area, red tongue with thin yellow coating, and floating rapid pulse. Yin Qiao San (Forsythia and Peony Decoction) is prescribed with modifications. It primarily helps to dispel wind, clear heat, and unblock collaterals.The characteristics of wind-phlegm obstructing collaterals are sudden facial drooping, facial muscle numbness or twitching, facial swelling, or drooling from the corners of the mouth. The head feels heavy as if wrapped in cotton, chest and hypochondriac discomfort, dry vomiting with phlegm, a large and swollen tongue with white greasy coating, and wiry slippery pulse. Qian Zheng San and Dao Tan Tang (Correcting Qi Decoction and Phlegm-Dispelling Decoction) are prescribed with modifications. They primarily help to dispel wind, cool blood, unblock collaterals, and stop spasms.