Bell's palsy
Conditions
Interventions
Real Bi'nao Group:Acupuncture therapy on conventional acu-points plus Bi'nao
Sham Bi'nao Group:Acupuncture therapy on conventional acu-points plus placebo point
Control Group:Acupuncture therapy on conventional acu-points
Sponsors
Baoshan Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with Bell's palsy who are meeting the following inclusion criteria will be enrolled in the study: unilateral facial paralysis; age ranged from 18 to 60 years; Bell's palsy onset more than one month but less than three months; most symptoms recovered but hypophasis exist, the upper and lower eyelids distance larger than two millimeters; with negative pathological signs; without heart failure, liver function abnormalities, or other serious diabetes complications.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: pregnancy or breastfeeding; woman of child bearing during the study period; patients who had received medicine or acupuncture therapy in other hospitals before this study; diabetes course =5 years, Grade 3 hypertension =3 years, and hyperlipidemia =3 years; history of malignant tumors, sexually transmitted disease, renal or hepatic disease, gastric or duodenal ulcer, glaucoma, acute otitis, ipsilateral chronic otitis, tuberculosis, immunodeficiency syndromes, recent head injury, psychiatric disease, infectious diseases, or any other conditions that is at risk of being influenced by the study treatment or that may affect the completion of the study; and patients participated in other clinical trials within 3 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Eye Crack Width Measurement; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Eyelid Strength Assessment; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLiu Zhidan
Baoshan Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Outcome results
None listed