Current situation of clinical research in acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of apoplexy spastic paralysis

Apoplexy spastic paralysis is due to the damage caused by stroke(infarction or cerebral hemorrhage),which induced the impairment in motor cortex projection area and upper motor neuron pathway. Apoplexy spastic paralysis is clinically characterized by increased muscle tone,hyperreflexia and decreased superficial reflex. This study summarized the past five-year-literatures on clinical research of acupuncture treatment for apoplexy spastic paralysis. There are varied methods in the acupuncture treatment of spastic paralysis after stroke. It is easy to operate and no adverse reactions. Throughout the literature,there are body acupuncture,scalp acupuncture,abdominal acupuncture and other special acupuncture. All of these acupuncture therapies show the unique advantages and significant effect on the spastic paralysis after stroke.