The treatments in the two groups enabled the blood flow in the responsible blood vessels slow down and the results in the acupuncture group L ( 60.54 + / -11.76 ) cm/s , ( 36.17 + / -8.65 ) cm/s ] were better than those in the western medicine group [ ( 72.34 + / -9.15 ) cm/s , ( 65.23 + / -8.99 ) cm/s ] ( P < O. 05 ) .