Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1986 ; 86(4): 515-8.

[Reflexotherapy in neuralgias of the trigeminal nerve]

Grechko VE, Puzin MN, Mamedbekov FN.

Acupuncture was used in 82 patients with trigeminal neuralgila. In 17 patients trigeminal neuralgia was predominantly of the central and in 65 of the peripheral genesis. Selection of points for acupuncture was based on the findings about electrical conductivity of symmetrical acupuncture points on the patient's face. The study has shown that the method of acupuncture in patients with trigeminal neuralgia should be used differentially. It is effective only in patients with peripheral trigeminal neuralgia.