title: [Advances of studies on acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of spastic paralysis after stroke].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce progresses of studies on acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of spastic paralysis after stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  The literature about acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of spastic paralysis after stroke in recent ten years were reviewed from the clinical and mechanism studies and so on.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A great number of clinical and mechanism studies have proved that acupuncture and moxibustion therapy can relieve spastic paralysis after stroke, with better therapeutic effect, no side-effects, flexible selection of acupoints and more methods, but clinical and mechanism studies still need further to be improved and raised.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Department, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangdong 528400, China. daifu123@tom.com
authors.forename: Zhi-qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ji-lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000628:therapy*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000628:therapy*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*