The Clinical Study On Acupuncture Therapy Of Dredging Governor Vessel And Regulating Mentality For Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment

ObjectiveTo offer the treatment of acupuncture on post-stroke cognitive impairment, as so to discuss the clinical curative effect of acupuncture method of Dredging Governor Vessel and Regulating Mentality and effect to cognitive function.MethodsTo assigned the patients to each group. Each group has 30 cases, the basic treatment of cerebrovascular disease was applied to all. the treatment group was treated with acupuncture of Dredging Governor Vessel and Regulating Mentality and take Nimodipine tablets.The control group received only Nimodipine tablets. Both of them were taking four weeks as a course of treatment. A comparison was observed by MMSE and MOCA score between pretreatment and posttreatment to evaluate the therapeutic effect.Results1. The total efficiency was 83.33% in treatment group and control group was 53.33%, and there were statistical significant differences in their total efficiency. (P<0.05)2. After treatment, MMSE scores were higher than before in both groups, and the improvement had a significant difference (P<0.01).and MMSE scores improved more in the treatment group than in the control group which had a significant difference (P<0.05).3. After treatment, MOCA scores were higher than before in both groups, and the improvement had a significant difference (P<0.01).and MOCA scores improved more in the treatment group than in the control group which had a significant difference (P<0.05).ConclusionAcupuncture method of Dredging Governor Vessel and Regulating Mentality combined western medicine has a special advantage in improving cognitive function on post-stroke cognitive impairments, more effective than western medicine alone in the control group. It is a practical and easy treatment.