Intradermal Acupuncture and Self-rehabilitation Program in Patients With Severe Bell's Palsy

Exclusion Criteria

• •Facial paralysis caused by acoustic neuroma, otitis media, mastoiditis, mumps, Hunter's syndrome, cranial base meningitis, intracranial metastasis of cancer or multiple sclerosis;
• •Fear of intradermal acupuncture;
• •allergy to adhesive tape;
• •Severe allergic diseases, significant skin lesions, tumors, and severe or unstable internal diseases involving the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, digestive, or hematological system;
• •Cognitive impairment, mental illness, contagious disease, pregnant and lactating;
• •Previously treated withintradermal acupuncture or participating in other clinical trial within 3 months.