Abstract：【Objective】 To observe the clinical effects of timing herbal foment in the treatment of patients with Qi-deficiency and blood stasis type of post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome (stage Ⅰ). 【Methods】 A total of 80 patients with post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome in stage I who were admitted to the Department of Encephalopathy in our hospital from May 2020 to October 2021.They were selected and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group, with 40 cases in each group. The control group was treated with routine nursing and rehabilitation training. The observation group was treated with timing herbal foment in addition to the control group. After continuous observation for 3 weeks, modified Fugl Meyer upper limb motor function score (FMA), the Changhai pain scale and activities of daily living score of the two groups were compared. 【Results】 Compared the effects of treatment in the two groups before treatment, the FMA score increased and the Changhai pain scale decreased after treatment; And the differences were significant (P<0.05). There was no difference in FMA and Changhai Pain Scale scores between the two groups before treatment (P>0.05).After treatment, the FMA score of the observation group was higher than that of the control group, while the score of Changhai pain sacle was lower than that of the control group. There were significant difference (P<0.05). The total clinical effective rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). During the treatment, no adverse reactions such as rash, itching, blisters, and ulceration occurred in the two groups of patients. 【Conclusion】 Timing herbal foment can effectively improve the limb motor function and reduce pain in patients with Qi-deficiency and blood stasis type of post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome (stage Ⅰ). Thus, it improves the clinical efficacy, which is suitable for clinical comprehensive treatment.
2023, Vol. 40 
