ABSTRACT
Objective To compare the efficacy of Wang Juyi meridian regulating method for determining abnormal meridians versus syndrome differentiation-based acupoint selection in the textbook in treating stroke patients and analyze whether this method has an advantage in discriminating and treating stroke disorders. Method One hundred and thirty-eight stroke patients were allocated, in order of visits, to treatment and control groups. The therapeutic effects were evaluated after 20 treatments and compared at three months after treatment. The Stroke Specific Quality of Life (SS-QOL) scale score, meridian distribution state and correlation between syndrome type and meridian distribution were used as indicators. Result In the treatment group, the SS-QOL score had a statistically significant difference after treatment and at three months after that compared with before (both P<0.05), indicating that the quality of life improved in the treatment group of stroke patients. There was no statistically significant difference in the SS-QOL score after treatment (P>0.05) but there was at three months after treatment (P<0.05) between the two groups, indicating that after stroke the quality of life improved more in the treatment group than in the control group. In the stroke patients,meridian abnormality mainly occurred in hand and foot Taiyin, hand and foot Yangming, foot Jueyin and hand and foot Shaoyang meridians and seldom in hand and foot Taiyang, foot Shaoyin, Ren and Du meridians. There was a correlation between every syndrome type and a certain meridian. Conclusion Meridians have a specific distribution in stroke patients. There is a correlation between different syndrome type and the corresponding meridian. In stroke patients, Wang Juyi meridian regulating method can improve the quality of life in discriminating and treating stroke disorders.