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How does Chinese medicine treat facial paralysis?
1. Symptomatic facial paralysis is actually one of the best diagnosed diseases. According to the main symptoms and medical history, the diagnosis can be basically made. The patient's mouth is mainly crooked and he can't close his eyes, that is, "mouth-eye deviation". Usually one side. When patients wake up, they often find muscle stagnation, numbness, paralysis, disappearance of frontal smell, dry eyes, tears, shallow nasolabial groove, pain behind the ear, taste disorder and so on. Sometimes accompanied by superficial syndrome.

2. Etiology and Pathogenesis Chinese medicine believes that factors such as overwork, lack of healthy qi and invasion of six evils are the causes of facial paralysis. Because Shaoyang Meridian and Yangming Meridian are located in the facial area, they are also the meridian positions of diseases. Understanding this point has certain guiding significance for acupuncture treatment.