Observation on therapeutic effect of scalp acupuncture combined with body acupuncture on stroke / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for the best acupuncture and moxibustion treatment program for stroke.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and eighty-three cases of stroke were divided into a scalp-body acupuncture group of 62 cases, a scalp acupuncture group of 60 cases and a body acupuncture group of 61 cases. They were treated for 2 months and then their therapeutic effects were compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In the scalp-body acupuncture group, 13 cases were basically cured, 32 cases improved obviously, 15 cases improved, 2 cases was ineffective, and corresponding figures in the scalp acupuncture group were 8, 21, 24, 7, and in the body acupuncture group were 11, 28, 19, 3, with a significant difference between the scalp-body acupuncture group and the scalp acupuncture group (P<0.05) , and with no significant differences between the scalp-body acupuncture group and body acupuncture group, and between the body acupuncture group and the scalp acupuncture group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Scalp acupuncture combined with body acupuncture has a better clinical therapeutic effect than that of simple scalp acupuncture for the patient of stroke.</p>