"Stroke" is a major disease with high incidence rate, disability and mortality. Wrist ankle acupuncture is gradually used to treat stroke and stroke sequelae due to its small pain, obvious curative effect, and convenient operation. This article summarizes, sorts out, and analyzes the literature of the past five years, focusing on the characteristics of the efficacy of wrist ankle acupuncture in the treatment of stroke, and explores the feasibility of wrist ankle acupuncture in the treatment of stroke from the perspective of improving movement, pain, sensory impairment, shoulder hand syndrome, and other important aspects after stroke, in order to provide more research ideas and treatment strategies for the further application of wrist ankle acupuncture in the treatment of acute stroke.

Haofeng Wang and Hujie Song. Current Status of Research on the Treatment of Stroke with Wrist Ankle Acupuncture. International Journal of World Medicine (2023), Vol. 4, Issue 2: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJWM.2023.040201.

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