Objective To seek a better therapy for treating post-stroke dysphagia. Methods Patients with stroke and swallowing disorders were randomly divided into ordinary acupuncture group （group A, 58 cases） and swallowing neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined with acupuncture group （group B, 62 cases）. Two-group patients were given the same basic internal medical treatment. In addition, group A was given normal acupuncture treatment with the choice of local points： Junjin （金津 EX-HN 12）, Yuye（玉液 EX-HN 23）, Fengchi （风池 GB 20）, Yifeng （翳风 TE 17）, Lianquan （廉泉 CV 23）, Wangu （完骨 GB 12）. Group B was given swallowing neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined with acupuncture： GB 20, Fengfu （风夜 GV 16）, TE 17, Yiming （翳明 EX-HN 14）, Yamen （哑门 GV 15）, Tianrong（天容 SI 17）, Tianchuang （天窗 SI 16）, CV 23, the uniform reinforcing-reducing manipulation was used; EX- HN 12, EX-HN 13, the piercing and blood-letting method （1-2 mL blood） was used; at the same time, the swallowing neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy device was used to electrically stimulate the nerves and muscles in the throat and neck at specific output pulse current （50-100 Hz）. Treatment was made twice a day, 30 minutes each time. Two weeks after the treatment, the patients were assessed in symptoms improvement and clinical efficacy. Results The total effective rate in group B was 91.4% and 75.8% in group A; in the total efficiency comparison in both groups, χ^2=5.232, P〈0.05. The difference in improvement of symptoms with post-stroke dysphagia treated with above mentioned combination treatment was statistically significant between both groups （P〈0.05）. Conclusion The above mentioned swallowing neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined with acupuncture treatment has a better clinical effect when compared with ordinary acupuncture.
