Xingnao Kaiqiao Acupuncture Combined with Butylphthalide Sodium Chloride Injection in the Treatment of Acute Cerebral Infarction and Its Effect on the Levels of Serum Malondialdehyde, Superoxide Dismutase, and Glutathione Peroxidase

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to explore the therapeutic effect of Xingnao kaiqiao acupuncture combined with butylphthalide sodium chloride injection on acute cerebral infarction and its effect on the levels of serum malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH). METHODS: 120 patients with acute cerebral infarction who were treated in our hospital from March 2020 to March 2022 and met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were divided into two groups. The control group was treated with sodium butylphthalide chloride injection, and the study group was treated with Xingnao kaiqiao acupuncture combined with sodium butylphthalide chloride injection. RESULTS: After treatment, the levels of neurotransmitters, the TTP and RI and MDA in both groups decreased, and the Qmean, CBV values, and the levels of SOD and GSH increased, and the changes of index in the study group were more significant than those in the control group (P < 0.05). After treatment, the NIHSS score and syndrome score of the two groups decreased, the MMSE score increased, the NIHSS score and syndrome score of the study group decreased more significantly than that of the control group, and MMSE score increased more significantly than that of the control group (P < 0.05). In terms of clinical efficacy, the total effective rate of the study group was higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Xingnao kaiqiao acupuncture combined with butylphthalide sodium chloride injection is effective in patients with acute cerebral infarction. It can improve the level of neurotransmitters and cerebral blood flow perfusion and inhibit the abnormal expression of MDA, SOD, and GSH.