title: [Observation on therapeutic effect of scalp acupuncture combined with body acupuncture on stroke].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search for the best acupuncture and moxibustion treatment program for stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Scalp acupuncture combined with body acupuncture has a better clinical therapeutic effect than that of simple scalp acupuncture for the patient of stroke.
authors.affiliation: Liaocheng Demobilized Soldier Hospital, Shangdong, China. wumm040@sina.com
authors.forename: Bo-qing
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yu-pu
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion; D012535:Scalp; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy