Clinical Study On Blood-pricking Therapy At Jing Point In Treatment Of Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment

Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of blood-pricking therapy at Jing Point in the treatment of post-stroke cognitive impairment(PSCI)and provide an easy and standard therapy for PSCI.Methods:62 patients with PSCI were divided into two groups,30 patients as a treatment group with blood-pricking therapy at jing point,and 32 patients as a control.Besides the regular medicine treatment for stroke,rehabilitation exercise trainings and daily living skills training,there is no medicine for the improvement of PSCI.The treatment group were given blood-pricking therapy at jing point at 5 times a week and lasted for 8 weeks.And the control group did not give the treatment with blood-pricking therapy at jing point,just with the cognitive rehabilitation training,as once a day with 45 minutes and lasted for 8 weeks.The scales of Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE)and Montreal Cognitive Assessment(MOCA)were used to evaluate the cognitive function,and activity of daily living was measured with Modified Barthel Index(MBI).Comparing the scales before treatment and 8 weeks after treatments,and recording all adverse events.Results:(1).After treatments,both of two groups in the scales of MMSE?MOCA?MBI were improved,and the difference was statistically significant compared with the scales of the pre-treatment(P<0.05).(2).After treatments,the scales of the group with blood-pricking therapy at jing point were better than the ones of the control group,in the scales of MOCA and ADL,and the significant difference exists in two groups(P<0.05);but the difference between them in the scale of MMSE was no significance(P=0.071)Conclusion:The treatment with blood-pricking therapy at jing point can effectively improve the cognitive function of the patients of PSCI.