title: Forty-five cases of apoplexy treated by electroacupuncture at the points of yin meridians.
abstract: Forty-five cases of apoplexy were treated by electroacupuncture only at the points of Yin Meridians (i.e. the Hand- and Foot-Taiyin Meridians), and the other 30 cases as the controls were treated only at the points of Yang Meridians (i.e. the Hand- and Foot-Yangming Meridians). The total effective rate was 91.1% in the former and 86.7% in the latter, with no statistically significant difference between the two groups, indicating that acupuncture only at the points of Yin-Meridians is also an effective therapy for apoplexy.
authors.affiliation: First Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016740:Meridians; D008875:Middle Aged