Abstract:Professor Cheng Hongliang is good at treating cerebrovascular diseases, and has made great achievements in the field for more than 20 years. On the basis of clinical practice and experimental research, he proposed that the main cause of vascular dementia is the deficiency of Yuanyang and the blockage of orifices by phlegm and blood stasis, which leads to the malnutrition of brain marrow. Based on the principles of "syndrome differentiation, disease differentiation, and treatment based on meridian differentiation" and "combination of disease and syndrome", he adopted the treatment method of dredging Governor Vessel and conception vessel, regulating Qi and blood, and resolving phlegm and blood stasis‘, and initially established the treatment idea of acupoints of Governor Vessel + well points + acupoints based on meridian differentiation, using different acupuncture and moxibustion methods. Acupuncture techniques such as "Tongtiao duren acupuncture, shallow thorn well point acupuncture", moxibustion such as "Baihui point pressing moxibustion, suspended moxibustion Yongquan-Guanyuan(Qihai) -Fenglong-Shenting-Dazhui", etc, organic combination, flexible use, play acupuncture and moxibustion with advantages, and achieved good results. At the same time, he further verified the effectiveness of the treatment method from the mechanism of action through experimental research. The method is summarized for reference.