[Clinical experiences on acupuncture for treatment of cerebellar ataxia after stroke]

To introduce the authors' clinical experiences on acupuncture for treatment of cerebellar ataxia after stroke. Through the past five years in clinical practice, the authors summed up and classified a series of treatment protocols based on personal clinical experiences. And these treatment protacols applied to treat cerebella ataxia after stroke are: needling in row at occipitoposterior region; scattered needling at forehead, vertex of head and temporal area; skillful application of acupoints for opening orifices or restoring resuscitation; combination of cervical Jiaji points (cervical paravertebral points), and body acupuncture according to the syndrome differentiation etc., which showed preferable therapeutic effect in clinic.