[Acupoint selection thought for post-stroke anxiety disorder in terms of heart and brain differentiation].

To explore the relativity between heart-brain and post-stroke anxiety disorder by analyzing the pathogenesis of post-stroke anxiety disorder combined with the physiology and pathology of organs. The acupoint selection thought was explored by its selection rule according to literature. Post-stroke anxiety belongs to the brain organic anxiety disorder, whose basic pathogenesis is mind injury. The crucial cause is heart and brain disorder at the same time. Thus, Baihui (GV 20), Fengfu (GV 16) for brain and Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7) for heart can improve anxiety disorder according to the theories such as five organ, qijie (qi thoroughfare), sihai (four seas), meridian and collateral.