60 cerebrovascular accident (CAV) patients were divided into experimental group and control group. Each group had 30 CAV patients. There was no significant difference between the two groups in their age

sex

education

course of disease or affected side. Along with the routine therapy of acupuncture

rehabilitation training and clinical pharmacotherapy

some special points such as Sishencong

Tougli

Benshen

Shenting

Zhaohai

Shesanzhen etc. were selected for the acupuncture in the experimental group. And the cognitive test which was formulated by Huang Dengfeng was used to estimate the efficacy of acupuncture on the cognition of the early stroke patients. The results showed that after 3 to 4 months' treatment

the cognition of the experimental group was improved much better than that of the control group (P < 0. 01 ). Hence it is believed that acupuncturing some special points can obviously increase the cognitive scores of the early stroke patients.