Retrospective Study
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World J Clin Cases. Jan 26, 2023; 11(3): 556-565
Published online Jan 26, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i3.556
Qixue Shuangbu decoction and acupuncture combined with Western medicine in acute severe stroke patients
Li-Kun Gou, Chun Li
Li-Kun Gou, Chun Li, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Lanzhou Second People’s Hospital, Lanzhou 730046, Gansu Province, China
Author contributions: Gou LK and Li C design the study; Gou LK drafted the manuscript; Gou LK and Li C collected the data; Li C analyzed and interpreted data, Gou LK and Li C wrote and revised the manuscript.
Supported by Lanzhou Science and Technology Development Plan Project, No. 2020-ZD-126.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Lanzhou Second People’s Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Chun Li, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Lanzhou Second People’s Hospital, No. 388 Jingyuan Road, Lanzhou 730046, Gansu Province, China. lanzhoulichun@126.com
Received: May 6, 2022
Peer-review started: May 6, 2022
First decision: May 30, 2022
Revised: June 18, 2022
Accepted: December 21, 2022
Article in press: December 21, 2022
Published online: January 26, 2023
Core Tip

Core Tip: Severe stroke is an acute and critical disease of the nervous system, which is a group of diseases that cause brain tissue damage due to the sudden rupture of brain vessels or the failure of blood to flow into the brain due to vascular obstruction. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the disease belongs to the category of "stroke.” There is evidence that lack of multi-factor endowment, aging, and yang hyperactivity wind, or drinking of syrup, overeating fat, climate change and other incentives result in viscera dysfunction, qi and blood disturbance, disturbing the brain orifices, and channeling the meridians for stroke.