Clinical Observations on the Combined Treatment of Acute-stage Cerebral Infarction with Acupuncture and Medicine

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of combined acupuncture and medicine in treating acute-stage cerebral infarction and provide new and effective thinking for clinical practice.Method Forty patients with acute-stage cerebral infarction were enrolled as subjects.An acupuncture-medicine group received brain-activating and orifice-opening acupuncture plus scalp acupuncture and took edaravone and Shuxuetong.A medication group took the same medicines as in the acupuncture-medicine group.The post-treatment effects were evaluated using the Neurological Deficit Score and the Activities of Daily Living in the two groups.Result The total efficacy rate was 95.0% in the acupuncture-medicine group and 65.0% in the medication group.The cure and marked efficacy rate and the total efficacy rate were higher in the acupuncture-medicine group than in the medication group(P 0.01).The pre-/post-treatment difference in the neurological deficit score was significantly larger in the acupuncture-medicine group than in the medication group(P0.05).The Barthel Index score was significantly higher in the acupuncture-medicine group than in the medication group(P0.05).Conclusion The combined use of acupuncture and medicine is more effective than medication in treating acute-stage cerebral infarction.