Clinical Observation of Yu's Scalp Acupuncture on Poststroke Depression

OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical efficacy of Yu's scalp acupuncture on poststroke depression. METHODS: 42 cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group,and each group had 21 cases.The treatment group was selected by the treatment of the frontal area of Yu's scalp acupuncture and point selection in accordance with traditional Chinese medicine of syndrome differentiation.The control group was selected by fluoxetine hydrochloride.All patients were treated by primary care of stroke.The therapeutic efficiency in the groups was evaluated with HAMD score(24) before the treatment,two weeks and four weeks after the treatment. RESULTS: All patients in the groups with HAMD score there was a significant difference(P0.05) before and after treatment.There was no significant difference(P0.05) between two groups with HAMD therapeutic efficiency after four weeks treatment. CONCLUSION: Yu's scalp acupuncture may significantly improve depressive state of poststroke depression patients.