Scientific Proof to How your Body react to Acupuncture - Stroke

Regular sessions of Acupuncture is effective in the treatment of Post Stroke Rehabilitation.

Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the primary cause of disability in the world. Among neurological disorders, stroke ranks first in disability-adjusted life-years (DALY) in 21 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) regions. The complications of stroke mainly include movement, sensory, epilepsy, cognitive, emotional, speech, swallowing, excretion, thromboembolism, fatigue, pain, fever, and cardiopulmonary dysfunctions. It was discovered that stroke patients often have their daily lifestyle activities affected because of post stroke complications such as depression, hemiplegia which is the paralysis of one side of body, aphasia which is language disorder due to the damage to a part of the brain, cognitive impairments. Therefore the treatment and rehabilitation of stroke and stroke-related complications and disabilities remains a significant problem to be resolved.

There is growing evidence that acupuncture has been widely recognized to treat the various clusters of symptoms occurring during stroke rehabilitation.

Here are the scientific evidence that support this:

Conclusion: Acupuncture affects the increment of blood perfusion in injured brain areas, reduction of the inflammatory reaction, stimulation of neuronal cell reorganization, and restoration of neural plasticity.

Conclusion: Acupuncture can facilitate the recovery of movements and emotional and cognitive function by widely activating various physiological pathways in the central and peripheral nervous systems.

Conclusion: Acupuncture can not only inhibit the activation and infiltration of inflammatory cells, but can also regulate the expression of inflammation-related cytokines, balance the effects of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors, and interfere with inflammatory signaling pathways. This provides a foundation to explore the multiple molecular mechanisms by which acupuncture promotes nerve function restoration.