Guest guest Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hi all, I am treating my first Bell's Palsey case tomorrow, so I thought I'd see if anyone has any immediate ideas. I do have some good notes from school that I can refer to, but I thought I'd ask. Should I do local points, or stick with distal? Any specific ideas? She developed it last week, and gave birth to a little girl just a few days ago. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Hi Laura, I treat Bell’s palsy with a combination of local points on the affected side and some distal points according to syndrome differentation (wind-cold-phlegm blocking the channels) in combination with facial massage and exercises for the facial muscles as “homework.” I find the facial excersises extremely helpful/important; the exercises consist of ie pulling up the corner of the mouth, frowning etc,; it is a good idea to have the patient do the excercises in front of a mirror to do them correct. Her partner could give her the facial massages if you instruct him how. It tends to work excellent – even patient who’s Bell’s Palsy is has been left untreated for a longer period of time. If the patient compliance is good you can expect to see full recovery, or almost full, in three to eight treatments. Hope this helps Thomas Bøgedal Sørensen WHRDA Lic. Instruktør Kinesisk Medicinsk Terapeut (KMT) Akupunktør (L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. NADA) TuiNa Massage Terapeut (Exam. TuiNa) Klinik for Akupunktur & Traditionel Kinesisk Medicin Albanigade 23A, Kld. 5000 Odense C Tlf.: (+45) 31 25 92 26 Klinik for Akupunktur & Traditionel Kinesisk Medicin <http://www.orientalskmedicin.dk/> http://www.orientalskmedicin.dk --- Odense Hwa Rang Do® Skole Den koreanske kamp- og lægekunst Hwa Rang Do® <http://hwarangdo.mu-in.com/> http://hwarangdo.mu-in.com --- Dansk Sundhedsservice Totalløsninger til din virksomhed <http://www.dansksundhed.dk/> http://www.dansksundhed.dk heylaurag [heylaurag] 8. februar 2005 21:13 Chinese Medicine Bell's Palsey w/newborn Hi all, I am treating my first Bell's Palsey case tomorrow, so I thought I'd see if anyone has any immediate ideas. I do have some good notes from school that I can refer to, but I thought I'd ask. Should I do local points, or stick with distal? Any specific ideas? She developed it last week, and gave birth to a little girl just a few days ago. Laura http://babel.altavista.com/ and adjust accordingly. Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the group requires prior permission from the author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Hey LauraG: ), I have had very good success in treating this condition by 1 treating underlying weakness ie. qi, blood Xu etc. and including St 36 with strong slow stimulation which opens a so called gate of qi which slowly radiates down the leg ( not pain but moving qi) 2LI 4 3 local pts at the effected parts of the face. Best Wishes Anita PS Make sure this woman has some blood tonics such as Black Chicken with Dang Gui -- Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release 2/3/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 My protocol for this condition is very similar to Thomas' with the small difference being that I teach patients to do their own facial acupressure/massage (tui-na). - Matt Bauer - Thomas Bøgedal Sørensen Chinese Medicine Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:56 PM RE: Bell's Palsey w/newborn Hi Laura, I treat Bell's palsy with a combination of local points on the affected side and some distal points according to syndrome differentation (wind-cold-phlegm blocking the channels) in combination with facial massage and exercises for the facial muscles as " homework. " I find the facial excersises extremely helpful/important; the exercises consist of ie pulling up the corner of the mouth, frowning etc,; it is a good idea to have the patient do the excercises in front of a mirror to do them correct. Her partner could give her the facial massages if you instruct him how. It tends to work excellent - even patient who's Bell's Palsy is has been left untreated for a longer period of time. If the patient compliance is good you can expect to see full recovery, or almost full, in three to eight treatments. Hope this helps Thomas Bøgedal Sørensen WHRDA Lic. Instruktør Kinesisk Medicinsk Terapeut (KMT) Akupunktør (L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. NADA) TuiNa Massage Terapeut (Exam. TuiNa) Klinik for Akupunktur & Traditionel Kinesisk Medicin Albanigade 23A, Kld. 5000 Odense C Tlf.: (+45) 31 25 92 26 Klinik for Akupunktur & Traditionel Kinesisk Medicin <http://www.orientalskmedicin.dk/> http://www.orientalskmedicin.dk --- Odense Hwa Rang Do® Skole Den koreanske kamp- og lægekunst Hwa Rang Do® <http://hwarangdo.mu-in.com/> http://hwarangdo.mu-in.com --- Dansk Sundhedsservice Totalløsninger til din virksomhed <http://www.dansksundhed.dk/> http://www.dansksundhed.dk heylaurag [heylaurag] 8. februar 2005 21:13 Chinese Medicine Bell's Palsey w/newborn Hi all, I am treating my first Bell's Palsey case tomorrow, so I thought I'd see if anyone has any immediate ideas. I do have some good notes from school that I can refer to, but I thought I'd ask. Should I do local points, or stick with distal? Any specific ideas? She developed it last week, and gave birth to a little girl just a few days ago. Laura http://babel.altavista.com/ and adjust accordingly. Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the group requires prior permission from the author. If you are a TCM academic and wish to discuss TCM with other academics, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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