综述单纯针刺治疗中风后抑郁近10 年的研究概况，为临床治疗该病提供相应的参考资料。通过中国知网数据库全文搜索自2003 年1 月1 日至2013 年10 月2 日的文献，以“针刺治疗中风后抑郁”、“针灸治疗中风后抑郁”、“中风后抑郁针”为主题词，把“中风”替换成“卒中”再搜索，共得273 篇相关文献，其中单纯针刺治疗中风后抑郁的文献有35 篇。 单纯针刺治疗中风后抑郁疗效明显，简便廉价，不良反应少，应值得大力推广应用。

To review the simple acupuncture treatment for post stroke depression of recent 10 years of research，providing reference data for the clinical treatment of the disease. Chinese HowNet fulltext databases were searched for literatures published from January 1，2003 to October 2，2013. The“acupuncture therapy in the treatment of post stroke depression”，“acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of post stroke depression”and“post stroke depression needle” were used as the keywords. A total of 273 articles were found including 35 literature articles related to the simple acupuncture treatment for post stroke depression. There was a curative effect of acupuncture treatment on the depression after stroke.The method is simple，inexpensive and less adverse reactions，which should be worth promoting the application.