• ST-31 Biguan, ST-36 Zusanli, ST-40 Fenglong and G.B.-39 Xuanzhong for the leg.

Only one point from each limb is used at any one time. Five doses, each of 1 cm^3 of solution, are
injected at intervals of two days.

Physiotherapy

This is absolutely essential to aid recovery in the sequelae stage of Wind-stroke. Gentle exercise
is also recommended although it should never be carried out to the point of exhaustion.

Prevention

Old people with symptoms of Yin deficiency, Phlegm, Heat and Liver-Yang rising are more
prone to be attacked by Wind-stroke. High blood pressure and obesity are also predisposing
factors.

If we refer to the four main pathological factors of Wind-stroke, i.e. Wind, Fire, Stasis and
Phlegm, it is easy to see that any elderly person who shows symptoms and signs of four or even
three of these factors may be prone to Wind-stroke. The presence of these four factors can be
observed particularly clearly on the tongue:

• Wind makes the tongue Stiff, Deviated, Moving or Quivering or a combination of these.


• Fire makes the tongue Red, and Empty-Fire makes it Red without a coating.


• Stasis of Blood makes the tongue Reddish-Purple.


• Phlegm makes the tongue Swollen with a sticky coating.

Thus, if an elderly person has a tongue that presents three or four of the above characteristics, he
or she should be treated to prevent the occurrence of Wind-stroke. Action must be taken to
subdue Wind, clear Heat, nourish Yin if there is Yin deficiency, move Blood and resolve
Phlegm.

Some particular prodromal signs are especially indicative of the possibility of Wind-stroke,
including numbness of the first three fingers of one hand and slightly slurred speech.

Other preventive measures can be deduced from analysis of the aetiological factors of
Wind-stroke. An old or middle-aged person with some of the above symptoms and tongue signs