A study involving 439 with Bell’s palsy was published in the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2006; 26(1): 3-7). The subjects were randomly divided into three groups. The control group received treatment with prednisone, thiamin, vitamin B12, and dibazol. A second group received acupuncture and moxibustion treatment (moxibustion is the stimulation of acupuncture points using a heated and smoking material called moxa). A third group received a combination of the treatments given to the first two groups. The patients were evaluated using the House-Brackmann grading scale and facial disability indexes. Subjects in the receiving acupuncture and moxibustion and the subjects receiving the combined treatment both did better than the subjects in the control group.