Application of Reflexotherapy According to the «Hexagram Balancing» Method in the Combined Treatment of Neuropathy of the Facial Nerve

The article is devoted to one of the most urgent problems of neurology – neuropathy of the facial nerve. Often, various diseases, especially those that are aggravated under the influence of psycho-emotional stress and other adverse psychosocial factors, are accompanied by long-term symptoms. Medicinal methods of treatment are not fully effective, so non-medicinal technologies should be resorted to. Combined treatment of neuropathy of the facial nerve by reflexology methods has been used for a long time, mainly when there is a slowdown in the recovery of the functions of the facial nerve, and this is, first of all, its motor functions in relation to the muscles of the face.

The article also presents the main theoretical principles of the «Balancing of Hexagrams» method and its practical implementation. A clinical case is also presented: neuropathy of the facial nerve with a delayed course. The methods of acupuncture diagnosis are presented, the acupuncture diagnosis is characterized in detail, the description of acupuncture correction is given, the methods of medical correction used in treatment, the features of the «favorable» hexagram are considered.

Thus, patients with neuropathy of the facial nerve with a delayed course are found in the practice of a neurologist and a reflexologist. In the combined of therapeutic measures for neuropathy of the facial nerve with a delayed course, the use of the acupuncture method «balancing hexagrams» is effective.