Scalp cluster needling is an acupuncture treatment method developed and summarized by Professor YU Zhishun in clinical practice. It has achieved good results in the clinical research of treating ischemic stroke. According to the point of "the pathway of qi"mentioned in Spiritual Pivot（《灵枢》）

combined with the ancient books and modern research related theories

from the form structure of "the pathway"

the composition of "head qi"and the function of the pathway of head qi

this paper explored the connotation of the theory of"the pathway of head qi"

and use this as a theoretical basis. Combined with the intrinsic relationship between the etiology and pathogenesis of ischemic stroke and the"the pathway of head qi"

this paper explained the idea of treating disease by the root causes when using scalp cluster needling in clinical treatment of ischemic stroke

which provided a theoretical basis for the treatment of ischemic stroke with scalp cluster needling.