Post-stroke depression is a common complication in stroke patients, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients and their families, and increases the morbidity and mortality rate. As the characteristics and advantages of Chinese medicine are getting more and more attention, Chinese medicine characteristic nursing has been gradually applied to the treatment of stroke depression with the advantage of simplicity and cheapness, and has achieved remarkable results. This paper combs through the latest progress of Chinese medicine characteristic care for depressed patients after stroke, and reviews the aspects of Chinese medicine nursing techniques, traditional Chinese medicine exercises and Chinese medicine emotional care, aiming to provide reference for carrying out Chinese medicine characteristic care suitable for depressed patients with stroke, and to provide direction for the subsequent research.

Mengdan Deng, Xiaoyan Duan. Research Progress on Chinese Medicine Specialty Care for Depressed Patients after Stroke. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 6: 17-23. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2024.060603.

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