Acupuncture methods for treatment of hemiplegia.
J Tradit Chin Med. 2004 Mar;24(1):46-8.
Affiliated Hospital of Shandong School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan, Shandong Province 265200.
There are several acupuncture methods for various types of paralyses, based on different selections of points and needling methods, i.e. needling the points selected by the yin-yang principle; needling the polar points; needling both the local and opposite points; needling the upper points with the lower ones needled as supplementary; and needling by the method of reinforcing the channels and reducing the collaterals. The specific application of each method are described below.
