In this article

we selected the points on the head and those of Du Meridian as the major acupoints

while the well points and the points on the hemiplectic side as the adjunct acupoints to observe the role of the combined therapy of electroacupuncture (EA )

swift puncture and seven-star needling on apoplexy. The result showed that the rheological parameters were significantly superior to that of pretreatment(P < 0.05-0.01 ). The total effective rate of the combined therapy treating apoplexy reached 88. 8 percent.