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Neuro-Acupuncture Helps Restore Brain Function Following Stroke

There are two basic types of strokes called ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Both types of strokes lead to sudden loss of brain function.

• Ischemic strokes, which account for 80% of all strokes, result from a blockage of the normal blood supply
• Hemorrhagic strokes, which account for 20% of all strokes, occur when a blood vessel in the brain breaks and the resulting bleeding causes brain damage

Every year in Canada over 100,000 people have a stroke.

Initially when a stroke occurs a person can experience sudden weakness, numbness, or paralysis on one side of the body or face. Other symptoms can include severe headache, nausea, vomiting, high blood pressure, slow irregular breathing, confusion, slurred speech, the inability to speak, dizziness and loss of consciousness. The symptoms and loss of function may occur suddenly or progressively over hours or days. It is important to call 911 and seek emergency medical help right away if you suspect you or someone you know could be having a stroke.

How Can Neuro-Acupuncture Help My Stroke Recovery?

Neuro-acupuncture treatment helps to restore brain function after a stroke. With advanced stroke research and brain imaging technology, we are continuing to understand how the brain can adapt after a stroke. Research in neuroplasticity suggests that brain cells are highly adaptable and can undergo changes in function and even take over functions of nearby cells that have been damaged by a stroke. Because of this innate ability of your nervous system, neuro-acupuncture treatment stimulates blood flow and healing in the damaged areas and encourages unaffected brain cells to compensate for the loss of function in the damaged regions.

What Can I Expect?

Neuro-acupuncture has been found to be effective in treating symptoms of a stroke including weakness and paralysis, abnormal sensation, and aphasia.

Receiving neuro-acupuncture treatment soon after your stroke leads to a better prognosis. For patients that have had a hemorrhagic stroke, it is important that your condition has stabilized before you receive treatment, about one month after the stroke. Many patients who are years into their recovery can still benefit from neuro-acupuncture treatment although their symptoms may take longer to respond. It can be expected that most patients recovering from a stroke will take several weeks to months to improve and recover. Electrical Stimulation is often used to enhance the effects of neuro-acupuncture and improve recovery.

What Does The Research Say?

"This review comprehensively summarizes literature from the last 25 years, showing that acupuncture can exert strong beneficial effect on PSCI [Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment]. The mechanisms of acupuncture on PSCI involves anti-neuronal apoptosis, promoting synaptic plasticity, alleviating central and peripheral inflammatory reactions, and regulating brain energy metabolism disorders (including improving cerebral blood flow, glucose utilization and mitochondrial structure and function, etc.), etc. The effects and mechanisms of acupuncture on PSCI reviewed in this study provides scientific and reliable evidence for acupuncture application for PSCI."
Li N, Wang H, Liu H, Zhu L, Lyu Z, Qiu J, Zhao T, Ren H, Huang L, Chen S, Hu X, Zhou L. The effects and mechanisms of acupuncture for post-stroke cognitive impairment: progress and prospects. Front Neurosci. 2023 Jun 15;17:1211044. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1211044. PMID: 37397457; PMCID: PMC10309044.

"Scalp acupuncture has the function of bidirectional regulation, which makes the unbalanced abnormal brain function state restore balance."
Lin D, Gao J, Lu M, Han X, Tan Z, Zou Y, Cui F. Scalp acupuncture regulates functional connectivity of cerebral hemispheres in patients with hemiplegia after stroke. Front Neurol. 2023 May 25;14:1083066. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1083066. PMID: 37305743; PMCID: PMC10248137.