ZHANG Xuemei, ZHANG Hongtao

（First Department of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina，Gansu TCM Hospital，Lanzhou，730030，China）

Abstract: Objective:  Purpose To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy  method and  routine  acupuncture  on  Intractable  facial paralysis.  Methods:  fifty-eight cases were randomly divided into a treatment group (30cases) and a control group (28cases). The treatment groups were treated with acupuncture and moxibustion therapy；  the control groups were treated with twirling uniform reinforcing-reducing method. After treatment for 3 course，their  therapeutic  effects  were  compared.  Results:  The  cured-markedly  effective  rate  and  the effective rate were 86.67% and 100% in the treatment group 64.29% and 85.71% in the control group. With a very significant difference in the cured-markedly effective rate (P<0.01) and with a significant difference in the effective rate (P<0.05) between the two groups.  Conclusion: The therapeutic effect of the treatment group is significantly better than that of the control group after cure.

Key Words：Acupuncture and moxibustion,  Moxibustion Therapy,  Intractable facial paralysis, The routine acupuncture method