Analysing the Effects of Xingnaojing for Mild-to-severe Acute Ischemic Stroke

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of Acute ischemic stroke；
• Symptom onset within 24 hours；
• 35 ≤ Age ≤ 80 years；
• 4 ≤ NIHSS ≤ 25；
• Patient or legally authorized representative has signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Expected length of hospital stay is less than 10 days;
• Planned or already receiving intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular treatment;
• Use of drugs with unknown composition within 1 week before enrollment;
• Patients with acute infectious diseases (e.g. acute pneumonia) or taking related drugs within 1 month before treatment in the group;
• Suspected secondary stroke caused by tumor, brain trauma, or hematological diseases;
• Already dependent in activities of daily living before the present acute stroke (defined as modified Rankin Scale score ≥ 2) ;
• Other conditions that cause cardiogenic embolism (e.g., atrial fibrillation, rheumatic heart disease, valvular heart disease);
• Other conditions that lead to motor dysfunction (e.g., severe osteoarthrosis, rheumatoid arthritis);
• Significant renal or hepatic insufficiency (defined as a serum creatinine concentration, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) value that is twice the upper limit of normal);
• Life expectancy of 3 months or less due to other life-threatening illness (e.g.,advanced cancer)
• Other conditions that render outcomes or follow-up unlikely to be assessed;
• Known to be pregnant or breastfeeding;
• Currently receiving an investigational drug.