卒中是可导致高致死率和高致残率的疾病，不仅严重损害患者的身体健康，更增加了社会负担。 而高血压是导致卒中发生的主要独立危险因素。 血压控制不佳可能引起卒中患者的复发，因此在卒中的二级预防中，管理患者的血压尤为重要。 通过检索近年来的相关临床研究，整理、归纳并总结以往的临床经验，证实针刺以其平稳安全的特点可替代药物，以达到降低血压，改善临床症状，保护靶器官，防止并发症等发生，为针刺降压在卒中的二级预防提供了证据。

Stroke，with high mortality and high morbidity，not only seriously impairs the health of patients and increases social burden.Hypertension is the leading independent risk factor of stroke.The poorly controlled blood pressure may cause a recurrence of stroke.Therefore，in the secondary prevention of stroke，it is particularly important for patients to control blood pressure.This study has searched clinical researches in recent years and summarized that acupuncture with the characteristics of smooth and safe could be an alternative therapy to reduce blood pressure in patients.Acupuncture treatment for hypertension can improve clinical symptoms，protect target organs and prevent complications，which provide evidence of secondary prevention of stroke.