Of the 57 cases of aphagia due to pseudobulbar paralysis

27 were treated by acupuncture at the points of Shuigou(DU 26)

Fengchi(GB 20)

Lianquan(RN 23)

and Hegu(LI 4) (the acupuncture group);30 were treated by intravenous instillation of cerebral tissue fluid (the control group). Observation of integral variations of aphagia before and after the treatment showed that the rate of effective cases was 85.2% for the acupuncture grouup and 33.3% for the control group

χ 2=15.69

P<0.01. Statistically processed integrals of the symptoms and signs before and after the treatment revealed improvement in both groups

but obviously better improvement could be seen in the acupuncture group than in the control group (P<0.01). This suggests that acupuncture treatment has definite merits in improving aphagia induced by pseudobulbar paralysis.