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post stroke recovery and acupuncture
by Milana, Mar 23, 2005 12:00AM
Has anyone had any experience using acupuncture in addition to rehabilitation? My mother's physical therapists see nothing adverse in trying this to help my mother's impaired right arm.
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In order to explore acupuncture treatment of stroke mechanism, China has done a lot of research work, and of many of the objective data. As of patients with acute EEG, cerebral blood flow, hemorheology indicators and serum lipoproteins, such as measured before and after the treatment, have shown a marked improvement. Acupuncture can suggest patients with acute cerebrovascular disease of the brain blood circulation volume, increasing the brain tissue oxygen tension, strengthen lesions around the brain cells of nutrition, improve cortical inhibition, enhance compensatory mechanism for the brain tissue repair. Recently, from the needle puncture on the stroke lesions inoma ultrastructure of the in-depth study.
Acupuncture (1 : cerebral hemorrhage)
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Main Points : Shuigou, Neiguan, Sanyinjiao.
Points allocation : Hegu, Zusanli, Taichong, Fengchi, Jiquan, Fengchi, Yifeng
Body acupuncture (2 : cerebral infarction)
Points
Main Points : Neiguan, Shuigou.
Points allocation : Jiquan, Weizhong, Sanyinjiao, Chize; Plus pseudobulbar palsy Fengchi, Yifeng
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