Metaphysical Energy Therapy in the Treatment of Cranial Nerve Palsies with Special Reference to Bell’s Palsy

C V Krishnaswami,C Ramesh,A Ganesan,B Sampoornam,V Rajan

doi:10.4236/jbm.2016.410008

Abstract

Neuropathy, or nerve injury, is a severe and common impediment of diabetes. Studies evaluate that 50% of people with diabetes will develop neuropathy. Diabetic nerve injury is impairment of a single solitary nerve (also named mononeuropathy). Com- monly 2 cranial nerves Viz., cranial nerve VII and cranial nerve VI are involved in facial nerve palsies. The former one is called Bell’s palsy and is acute Lower Motor Neuron facial nerve paralysis (>80%) causing an inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. The later one is sixth nerve palsy, (the abducens nerve), which is responsible for triggering contraction of the lateral rectus muscle to abduct (i.e., turn out) the eye resulting in double vision on the affected side. In recent times, we have found to our amazement, rapid restoration of normalcy within a few hours to a few days, of Cranial Nerve palsies in diabetic subjects at our centre. We are presenting a group of cases having Type2DM over different time periods from 6 to 20 years and those who suddenly suffered facial nerve palsy and they came to VHSDRC for treatment. They were started on the new modality called the Dynamic Acupuncture Mediated Meta-physical Energy Therapy (DAMM Therapy), to recover from the facial palsy. The DAMM therapy is a unique novel way of infusing and transferring healing energy from the therapist to the patient. Within 2 - 7 sittings of DAMM therapy patients showed 75% - 100% improvement in their clinical condition.

Highlights

Studies evaluate that 50% of people with diabetes will develop neuropathy
We have found to our amazement, rapid restoration of normalcy within a few hours to a few days, of Cranial Nerve palsies in diabetic subjects at our centre
They were started on the new modality called the Dynamic Acupuncture Mediated Metaphysical Energy Therapy (DAMM Therapy), to recover from the facial palsy

Summary

Introduction

The most common cause of facial nerve paralysis is trauma (accidental or surgical). Bells palsy is an idiopathic lower motor neurone (LMN) facial nerve paralysis that accounts for most new cases (incidence 10 40/100,000 population each year) [9]. Bell’s palsy is the most common severe disease involving a single solitary nerve and is the most common cause of acute facial nerve. Bell’s palsy is a form of facial paralysis resulting from a dysfunction of the cranial nerve VII which controls the muscles of the face (the facial nerve), causing an inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. While the sensory-motor peripheral polyneuropathies are due to segmental demyelination and axonal disintegration of the long nerves, cranial mononeuropathies have occlusion of the vasa nervosum/stroke/ compression of the nerve as the proposed cause [15]

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