Stroke is indicated tobe the leading cause of death in China, according to the new stroke monitoring program of World Health Organization. Stroke unit(SU) is a new mode of cerebrovascular disease management. It can provide patients with drug treatment, limb rehabilitation, language training, psychological rehabilitation and health education, and plays an important role in the first aid and rehabilitation of stroke patients. This paper explores it from the following aspects: an overview of SU, understanding of stroke in traditional Chinese medicine, the theoretical basis of the consciousness-restoring resuscitation acupuncture therapy (Xingnao Kaiqiao), construction of SU, and SU as the optimized mode of acupuncture treatment for stroke.

Acupuncture therapy; Stroke; Pattern