2021•PubMedOpen access

Clinical effect of Chinese herbal medicine for removing blood stasis combined with acupuncture on sequelae of cerebral infarction.

Jilin Yan, Yu Dan Dong, Lihui Niu, Jing Cai, Lili Jiang, Congmin Wang, Jijun Xing

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine for removing blood stasis combined with acupuncture in the treatment of sequelae of cerebral infarction. METHODS: Ninety patients with cerebral infarction admitted to our hospital from April 2018 to April 2020 were enrolled and equally allocated to an experimental group and a control group. The control group was treated with aspirin, and the experimental group was treated with Chinese herbal medicine for removing blood stasis combined with acupuncture. The recovery of the ability of daily living (ADL), recovery of hemiplegic limb function, blood viscosity, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and quality of life were evaluated. RESULTS: < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Chinese herbal medicine for removing blood stasis combined with acupuncture treatment can better improve the hemiplegic limb function and the quality of life, and reduce blood viscosity of patients with sequelae of cerebral infarction.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Blood stasis, Traditional Chinese medicine, Blood viscosity, Acupuncture, Cerebral infarction, Quality of life (healthcare), Aspirin