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Clinical study on the 114 facial paralysis patients, visited Won Kwang University Oriental Medical Hospital in Kwang ju from July 1990 to Jun 1991, was carried out. The results obtained are as follows. 1. Prevalence was almost same in both sexes and high in the age of 3 and 4 decades but distributed in an age group. 2. Majority of the patients were nomotensive, which meant blood pressure did not affect the incidence. 3. The incidence distributed in every occupations but high in housewife as 37 cases (32%) and decreased gradually in office employee, labor worker, student and merchant in order. 4. Overwork, wind and cold, emotional stress, and numerous implicated agents were etiological factor. 5. The paralysis mostly occured in summer and winter as 40(35%) and 37 cases(32%) respectively, 18(16%) and 19cases(17%) were recorded respectively in spring and autumn. 6. The majority of patients showed only facial muscle paralysis without other complications, whose cure rate was 60% (47 cases). The patients with auditory impairment or taste loss was less common and cure rate was low. 7. The number of the patients with migraine or mastoid pain was 81(71%), which was more than 33 patients(29%) with such pain. The cure rate was high in the patients without migraine than with migraine as a raito of 64 to 46%. 8. Most of duration from attack to admission were in a week as 86 cases(75%) and the patients with duration over 4 weeks 11 cases(10%). The cure rate of the patients in a week, was 54 cases(60%) and the patients over 4 weeks was none(0%), which meant shorter the duration was, the beter the result was. 9. Response on electro acupuncture on initiating therapy showed good in 39 cases(34%) the majority group, moderate in 37 cases, exellent in 29 cases and poor in 5 cases. 10. The results of treatment were as follows : asymptomatic in 58 cases(51%), improved n 40cases(35%), effective in 10 cases(9%) and ineffective in 6 cases(5%). 11. Cure rate according to the response on electro acupuncture showed 72% in exellent group, 59% in good group, 27% in moderate groop, and 0% in poor group. These show the better the response on the electro-acupuncture is, the higher the cure rate is, which will be able to indicate the prognosis of facial paralysis.
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