Methods Cerebral thrombosis rats model were produced through injecting thrombin into the internal carotid artery (ICA) by introducing a catheter.

Object: to explore the methods of acupuncture and acupoint selection to increase the effect of head acupuncture on treatment of cerebral thrombosis hemiplegia.

Methods Adopting randomized, single-blinded, controlled method, 93 patients suffering from hemiplegia following cerebral thrombosis were randomly assigned to 3 groups, 31 in each group.