title: [Clinical research on 50 cases of stable stage apoplexy treated by acupuncture using brain activating and consciousness regaining principles].
abstract: This paper reports 50 cases of stable stage apoplexy (the disease course ranged from 3 weeks to 3 months) treated by acupuncture treatment with Activating-Brain and Regaining-Consciousness Principle from March to November of 1986. The basic curative cases were 2T (42%), the marked effective cases were 12 (24%), the effective cases were 13 (26%), the ineffective and died cases were 4 (8%), the total effective rate was 92%. The acupoints mainly were in Yin-channels, secondarily in Yang-channels, which were different from the traditional method in which the points mainly in Yang-channels, secondly in Yin-channels. The experimental research also indicated that this therapeutic method could improve blood rheology, microcirculation, increase the content of HDL and resist thrombosis. Thus, it could promote the injured cerebral cells to be recovered.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods; D000368:Aged; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012212:Rheology