Research shows that acupuncture added to convention treatment better for acute stroke treatment.
X-ray of a person’s skull who had a stroke.
In this research review, they looked to compare conventional treatment for a person with an acute ischemic stroke stroke to conventional treatment (CT)+ acupuncture. They used 31 studies with a total of 3604 people. They found on 3 different stroke measurement scales/tools that the CT + acupuncture had more positive results. This mirrors what I find in clinic as well. In clinic we find the sooner the treatment after the stroke the better the recover.