OBJECTIVE: To search for a therapy for edema of the affected limb in patients of hemiplegia after stroke. METHODS: Eighty patients were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 40 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated by blood-letting puncture at 12 Jing-well points of the hand combined with fuming and washing with herbal lotion, and the control group were treated by oral administration of diuretic. The therapeutic effect was observed after treatment for 10 days. RESULTS: The total effective rate was 85.0% in the treatment group and 70.0% in the control grou...