METHOD OF TREATING NEUROPATHY OF FACIAL NERVE Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A61H39/00 A61H39/08 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to reflexotherapy. It can be used to treat neuropathy of the facial nerve. Method involves acupuncture and therapeutic exercises. Before each therapeutic procedure, Chvostek sign is determined and therapeutic actions are started in case of a negative symptom on the affected side. Acupuncture needles are placed on biologically active points in the forehead, eyes and mouth. After the needles are installed, under the supervision of a doctor, therapeutic exercises of facial muscles are performed, including wrinkling of the forehead muscles and eyebrow reduction, closing the eyes and opening the eyes, pronouncing certain vowels or whistling. Acupuncture on the affected side is performed according to the tonic technique, on the healthy side – according to the inhibitory technique.

EFFECT: method can be used not only in stationary conditions, but also on an outpatient basis, enables to achieve a result in a short time.

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