Bell's palsy (facial palsy) is characterised by facial drooping on the affected half, due to malfunction of the facial nerve (VII cranial nerve), which controls the muscles of the face. Named after Scottish anatomist Charles Bell, who first described it, Bell's palsy is the most common acute mononeuropathy (disease involving only one nerve), and is the most common cause of acute facial nerve paralysis. The paralysis is of the infranuclear/lower motor neuron type. Bell’s palsy affects about 40,000 people in the United States every year. It affects approximately 1 person in 65 during a lifetime. Until recently, its cause was unknown in most cases, but it has now been related to both Lyme disease and Herpes simplex.


Steps

1. Warm the face (warm pillow, scarf etc.).
2. Drink warm liquids, such as tea with cinnamon and ginger.
3. go to Acupuncture Treatment (start with twice a week).
4. Eat garlic with olive oil (mash the garlic and mix it with the olive oil).
5. Use multivitamin complex with B vitamins (B1,B2,B6,B12).
6. Try to avoid milk.
7. Do a deep massage to the face.
8. Avoid exposure to the wind.
9. Put in eye drops, to make sure the eye doesn't get too dry.
10. Exercise the facial muscles daily (smile, lift your eyebrow,try to whistle, close your eyes etc.).

Tips

• Be patient; it takes at least 2 weeks to feel improvements.
• Chewing gum and taking steroids do nothing to help with this treatment.