Objective: To observe the efficacy and treatment course of Shuangyin Jiuzheng decoction combined with acupuncture in the treatment of wind-heat type peripheral facial paralysis. Method: One hundred and eight patients with wind-heat type peripheral facial paralysis were randomly divided into acupuncture group (54 cases) and treatment group (54 cases) according to the number table method. Patients in acupuncture group accepted acupuncture treatment

qd and one day interval every week. The patients in treatment group were additionally given with Shuangyin Jiuzheng decoction based on one acupuncture treatment

3 times/day

1 dose/day taken orally. The treatment course was 4 weeks in both groups. Facial disable index physiology(FDIP)

facial disability index society(FDIS)

house-branckmann(H-B) scale

and traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndrome were scored in both groups before and after treatment. Result: The total effective rate in treatment group was 90.74%

higher than 75.93% in acupuncture group (P<0.05). The clinical cure rate was 50% in treatment group

higher than 24.07% in acupuncture group (P<0.05). The number cured cases in treatment group was higher than that in control group at the 2nd week after treatment (P<0.05). After treatment

FDIP score in treatment group was higher than that in acupuncture group

with statistical significance between two groups (P<0.05)

and FDIS score in treatment group was lower than that in acupuncture group (P<0.05). Decrease of H-B score and TCM syndrome score in treatment group was more significant than that of acupuncture group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Compared with acupuncture alone

Shuangyin Jiuzheng decoction combined with acupuncture can obviously improve the total effective rate and shorten the course of treatment in the treatment of wind-heat type peripheral facial paralysis

and deserves clinical application.