Based on his extensive clinical experience and the team's mechanistic research

Professor

XU Nenggui

has proposed the academic concept that "the governor vessel governs the brain and treats cerebral viscus diseases"

and established a novel acupuncture approach for encephalopathy treatment centered on the integrated theory of "governor vessel-brain-mind"

and developed a staged acupuncture protocol of "governor vessel regulating spirit" for ischemic stroke. This article introduces the academic features of this method in treating post-stroke dysphagia from four aspects: theoretical framework

treatment principles and point selection

mechanistic research

and clinical case studies. In clinical application

the method emphasizes syndrome differentiation based on meridians

harmonization between the conception and governor vessels; precise acupoint selection to treat both form and spirit; stage-specific differentiation with targeted needling. Furthermore

Professor

XU

integrates basic research with clinical practice

focusing on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the efficacy of acupuncture in treating post-stroke dysphagia.