Exploration of Preponderant Electroacupuncture Parameters in Stage Treatment of Facial Neuritis / 上海针灸杂志

ABSTRACT

Facial neuritis is clinically a common disease. Electroacupuncture has a positive effect on it and has been widely applied clinically, but how to select electroacupuncture waveform parameters, and whether and how to use electroacupuncture in the acute stage are still inconclusive. Through clinical practice and study, the authors found that the role of electroacupuncture was effectively played and the recover from the disease was quickened by combining the pathological characteristics of facial neuritis in different stages and adjusting the electroacupuncture protocol at a proper time. That is, during the acute stage when the disease is progressing, electroacupuncture is not used or used with sparse-dense waves for anti-inflammation and analgesia; during the convalescent stage, interrupted waves are used to excite the muscles and sparse waves are used to excite the motor neurons after the recovery of facial muscle excitability; during the sequela stage, sparse waves are used to maintain the therapeutic effect or dense waves to relieve facial spasm.