J Tradit Chin Med. 1994 Sep; 14(3): 185-8.

52 cases of apoplexy treated with scalp acupuncture by the slow-rapid reinforcing-reducing method.

Pang H.

Institute of Acupuncture, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.

85 cases of apoplexy were treated with scalp acupuncture, including 52 cases by the method of slow-rapid reinforcing-reducing and 33 cases by the method of flat twisting. The total effective rates differed insignificantly between the 2 methods. However, in respects of improving the myodynamia and motile functional disturbances of the limbs, the method of slow-rapid reinforcing-reducing was markedly superior to the method of flat twisting.