19/08/2026
I’m genuinely grateful that acupuncture has become such a valuable part of my practice when working with facial conditions and neurological pain.
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with women experiencing Bell’s palsy, facial paralysis, facial twitching and muscle changes after poor Botox experiences, as well as clients dealing with trigeminal neuralgia and significant facial pain.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we may not always approach these conditions by focusing on the same disease labels used in Western medicine. Instead, we look at the patterns happening underneath the symptoms. One concept we may use is a “Wind” pattern—where movement, twitching, shifting or involuntary activity can occur in the muscles of the face.
One of the things I love most about Chinese medicine is that seemingly very different conditions can sometimes share similar underlying patterns. From a practitioner’s perspective, this can make treatment much more focused because we’re looking beyond the label and asking: What is actually happening in the body?
It’s so easy to get caught up in the many names, diagnoses, and categories we use to describe health problems. But when you step back, many imbalances can often be understood through a handful of broader patterns—things like inflammation, trauma, stress, pain, swelling, circulation changes, nervous-system dysfunction, and other underlying imbalances.
That doesn’t mean every condition has one simple cause or that acupuncture is a cure-all. It means there can be tremendous value in looking at the whole person and the patterns behind the symptoms, rather than only the name attached to the condition.
This is honestly one of my favorite topics to discuss. If you’re curious about acupuncture, facial paralysis, Bell’s palsy, facial pain, twitching, or how Traditional Chinese Medicine looks at these kinds of concerns, I’d love to talk with you.
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