Advances of studies on acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of spastic paralysis after stroke / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To introduce progresses of studies on acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of spastic paralysis after stroke.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The literature about acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of spastic paralysis after stroke in recent ten years were reviewed from the clinical and mechanism studies and so on.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>A great number of clinical and mechanism studies have proved that acupuncture and moxibustion therapy can relieve spastic paralysis after stroke, with better therapeutic effect, no side-effects, flexible selection of acupoints and more methods, but clinical and mechanism studies still need further to be improved and raised.</p>