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By Shihan Bolz
Licensed Acupuncturist
Master of Science Oriental Medicine
Master Martial Arts Instructor, 6th Degree Black Belt

Bell’s Palsy is described in allopathic medicine (Western medicine) as idiopathic (of unknown cause) unilateral facial paralysis of sudden onset. According to the Merck Manual, seventeenth edition, the mechanism presumably involves swelling of the nerve due to immune or viral disease, with ischemia and compression of the facial nerve in the narrow confines of its course through the temporal bone.… Read the rest