Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Hospital integrates Chinese and Western medicine to help stroke patients seize golden period for recovery

Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Hospital has launched tiered post-stroke rehabilitation treatment, with a post-acute stroke treatment programme serving patients 1 to 60 days after onset, and a post-stroke sequelae treatment programme serving patients from 60 days to 3 years. Experts say the optimal golden period for limb function recovery is within 3 months after a stroke, while international consensus holds that the first 6 months after onset still count as the recovery period; early acupuncture during this period significantly benefits cognitive, limb, speech and swallowing functions.