Influence of Acupuncture on Cerebral Vasomotoricity of Ischemic Stroke

• Published in: Journal of acupuncture and tuina science Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 32 - 34
• Main Author: 陈文 顾红卫 马维平 李启珊 喻强 刘兴勤 刘世红 李文华 刘惠玲 戴美堂 朱函亭（Translator）
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer Nature B.V 01.02.2007
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Ischemia; Stroke; 脑血管意外; 足三里; 针刺疗法
• ISSN: 1672-3597; 1993-0399
• DOI: 10.1007/s11726-007-0032-6

ObjectiveTo observe the influence of acupuncture at Zusanli (ST 36) and Xuanzhong (GB 39) on cerebral vasomotoricity of ischemic stroke and its possible mechanism.MethodsAll the appropriate cases were randomly divided into treatment and control groups with 80 cases in each group. The routine treatment of cerebral apoplexy was given to the two groups. Zusanli (ST 36) and Xuanzhong (GB 39) were added to the treatment group. The change of velocity of blood blow of the cerebral central artery was observed by transfrontal Doppler ultrasound detecting method before and after treatment to evaluate the cerebral basomotoricity of the patients.ResultsThe cerebral vasomotoricity in the treatment group was greatly improved compared with pre-treatment (P<0.05) and there was a significant difference compared with the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionAcupuncture at Zusanli (ST 36) and Xuanzhong (GB 39) could obviously improve the cerebral vosomotoricity of the patients with cerebral ischemic stroke, which might be one of the action mechanisms of acupuncture treatment for cerebral ischemic stroke.