Objective To observe the clinical effects of easing cardinal acupuncture in auxiliary treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Methods Sixty-three patients were randomly divided into the head-body acupuncture group（ 32 cases） and the easing cardinal acupuncture group（ 31 cases）. Both two groups were given conventional treatment. In addition

the easing cardinal acupuncture group was also treated with easing cardinal acupuncture

and the head-body acupuncture group was also treated with head and body acupuncture. Two weeks was a period of treatment

and both groups were treated for three periods of treatment. Scores of the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale were compared in the two groups before treatment and at the end of the 1st

2nd and 3rd period of treatment

and the clinical effects were evaluated. Results The total effective rate was 93. 5% in the easing cardinal acupuncture group

and 81. 3% in the head-body acupuncture group

with a significant difference between the two groups（ P < 0. 05）. Scores about upper and lower limbs and total scores of the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale in the two groups at the end of the 1st

2nd and 3rd period of treatment were higher than those before treatment（ P < 0. 01）;The total scores of the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale in the easing cardinal acupuncture group at every time point were much higher than those in the head-body acupuncture group. Scores of the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale about upper and lower limbs at the end of the 2nd and 3rd period of treatment in the easing cardinal acupuncture group were much higher than those in the head-body acupuncture group（ P < 0. 01）. Conclusion Easing cardinal acupuncture can improve motor function of limbs in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease

and its curative effect is better than that of head and body acupuncture.