Five Clinical Cases of Facial Chuna Manual Therapy with Korean Medicine Treatment for Acute Bell's Palsy

• Main Authors: Jung Min Son (Author), Hye Soo Youn (Author), Eun Chang Lee (Author), Choong Hyun Park (Author), Sun Woo Kwon (Author), Ji Yoon Lee (Author), Da Young Han (Author), Haeni Seo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MEDrang Inc., 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

This study individually analyzed the effects of Korean Facial Chuna Manual Treatment (K-FCMT) combined with Korean medicine (KM) treatment (acupuncture, electroacupuncture, pharmacopuncture, and herbal medicine) on five patients with acute Bell's palsy who visited Dongsuwon Korean Medicine Hospital between August 1 and 31, 2022. During inpatient treatment, two of the five patients received K-FCMT 5-6 times a week, and the other three received the same frequency during outpatient treatment for approximately 2 weeks. Patients with a House-Brackmann grading scale (HBGS) score of ≤4 and Yanagihara unweighted grading system (Y-score) ≥7-8 began to recover after the 2nd-3rd sessions of K-FCMT, which entered the recovery phase quickly. As patients entered the recovery phase (7-9th sessions of K-FCMT), symptoms improved to HBGS scores of 1-2 and Y-scores of 35-40 points. This study suggests the possibility of applying K-FCMT combined with KM treatment to patients in the acute stage of Bell's palsy.

Item Description

10.13045/jar.2022.00276
2586-288X
2586-2898