Almeida Júnior, José Jailson deGarcia, Lícia Regina SiqueiraSouza Neto, Henrique Affonso OliveiraGarcia, Lígia Rejane Siqueira2024-01-312024-01-312020ALMEIDA JUNIOR, José Jailson de; GARCIA, Lícia Regina Siqueira; SOUZA NETO, Henrique Affonso Oliveira; GARCIA, Lígia Rejane Siqueira. Acupuntura no tratamento da paralisia facial periférica: uma revisão sistemática. Revista Recien - Revista Científica de Enfermagem, [S.L.], v. 10, n. 29, p. 155-165, 31 mar. 2020. Revista Recien - Revista Cientifica de Enfermagem. http://dx.doi.org/10.24276/rrecien2358-3088.2020.10.29.155-165. Disponível em: https://recien.com.br/index.php/Recien/article/view/253. Acesso em: 22 dez. 2023.2358-3088https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/57460Peripheral facial paralysis is a sudden onset disturbance, marked by weakening of the muscles on one side of the face. Objective: to review scientific publications those demonstrate the effects and results of the use of acupuncture in the treatment of peripheral facial paralysis. The search was done in the database websites: Pubmed, Medline, Scielo, Virtual Health Library, resulting in five randomized clinical trials. Acupuncture has demonstrated efficacy in relieving the symptoms of the disease: headache, trigeminal neuralgia and retro-auricular pain, as well as improving muscle recovery and quality of life of patients. Theclinical trials did not demonstrate the efficacy of acupuncture in relation to other treatments. Acupuncture is a safe treatment option in patients with Peripheral Facial Paralysis, since there were no reports of serious adverse events in the studies and contributed satisfactorily to facial nerve recovery in both the acute and late phases of the diseasehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/deed.pt-brTerapia por AcupunturaParalisia FacialTerapias ComplementaresAcupuncture therapyFacial paralysisComplementary therapiesarticle10.24276/rrecien2358-3088.2020.10.29.155-165