title: Acupuncture treatment of acute cerebral infarction by the 'Three-Step Needling' method.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic effects of acupuncture treatment by the 'Three-Step Needling' Method for acute cerebral infarction.
  
  
  METHODS
  While receiving the routine medical treatment, 68 cases were treated by the acupuncture method of 'Three-Step Needling'.
  
  
  RESULTS
  27 of the 68 cases were basically cured, 23 markedly improved, 15 improved, and 3 failed, the total effective rate being 95.59%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The acupuncture method of 'Three-Step Needling' can give quite good therapeutic effects for acute cerebral infarction.
authors.affiliation: The Second Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510095, China.
authors.forename: Zeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hongwen
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged