Bell's Palsy Treatment
Bell's palsy
is a weakness of the muscles on one side of your face that causes
the side of your face to droop. The nerve damage may also affect:
- your sense of taste
- how you make tears
- speech
- your sense of hearing
Here
are two interesting explanations of using acupuncture to treat
Bell's Palsy:
Chinese medicine
attributes this condition to Wind and Cold of external origin
which invade the meridians traversing the face and disrupt the
flow of Qi and Blood, preventing the vessels and muscles from
receiving the necessary nourishment. Treatment is directed toward
spreading the Qi through the meridians of the face.
Using acupuncture
to treat Bell's Palsy has been well documented in the tradition
and alternative medical press - . from Acupuncture
Treatment of Bell's Palsy
Normally Wind-Cold attack
would invade through the head and nose and attack the Lung’s
Defensive Qi leading to the familiar symptoms of cold and flu
(Maciocia 2004). It is a sudden pattern which correlates to
modern theories of pathogenic viral attack. In the case of Bells’
palsy the invading Wind-Cold primarily stays in the facial Yang-Ming
channels. The Yang Ming is significant because these are the
channels that are most abundant in Qi and Blood. In Bell’s
palsy it appears that a vacuity pattern debilitates Qi and Blood
thus exposing the channels to injury. The first vulnerable portion
of the channel is then impaired.Bell's
Palsy treatment with Tradional Chinese Medicine.
Nan Acupuncture serves the
Winnipeg, Manitoba area. Call the Nan Acupuncture Clinic at (204)633-6195
to book an appointment for Bell's Palsy treatment.
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