Apoplexy is referred to acute cerebrovascular diseases in modern medicine. It is one of the four severe diseases which threaten human health. It is characterized by sudden onset, severe symptoms and high death rate. Treatment in time can avoid death, but most patients have sequelae such as hemiplegia, etc..489 cases in the in-patient department of acupuncture in our hospital were treated with acupuncture from 1984 to 1993. Among them, 99 cases were cured clinically, accounting for 20. 2%; 370 cases improved, accounting for 75. 7%; 20 cases were ineffective or died, accounting for 4.1%. The total effective rate was 95. 9%. There was a larger gap between this effective rate and those of advanced units in treatment of acute cerebrovascular diseases in China. The main reasons may be that the patients had a longer duration of disease, severe state of illness and more complications. It is also related to the insufficiency of our subjective effort. The more impressive experience are summed up in the following.1. In order to enhance the cured rate, shorten the therapeutic course, reduce the death rate and recurrence rate, doctors should skilfully apply the skills of diagnosis and emergency treatment of Chinese and Western medicine in five aspects.2.In order to treat the stubborn sequelae, the comprehensive methods such as acupuncture,drugs, exercise, and dietetic treatment should be adopted.3. Patients’ coordination and firm confidence in curing disease, harmonious emotions, exercise in the early stage and in a persistent way, establishment of recovery goal in stages are essential conditions to enhance the therapeutic effect of the disease; Periodical follow up survey and acupuncture treatment for consolidating the therapeutic effect are necessary measures to prevent recurrence of apoplexy.
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