Cerebral infarction is caused by atherosclerosis resulting in narrowing of the lumen or shedding of plaque, which blocks the cerebral blood vessels with blood circulation. Acupuncture treatment for cerebral infarction should be prescribed according to different symptoms. Common symptoms include headache, dizziness, vertigo, nausea, aphasia and even coma, some of which are manifested as choking on drinking water, difficulty in swallowing or hemiplegia of limbs. Headache and dizziness can be selected from Baihui and Si Shencong, using parallel stabbing method and leaving the needle for fifteen minutes. Nausea, vomiting is obvious, you can needling the inner wrist Neiguan point and leg foot Sanli, using diarrhea method to stay in the needle for twenty minutes. Inability to speak can choose Shenmen point of the Heart meridian. For hemiplegia of the upper limbs, one can choose Quchi, Sanli of the hands, and Hegu. Lower limb hemiplegia can choose Yanglingquan, Blood Sea, Liangqiu, with electroacupuncture to stay in the needle for half an hour. In short, acupuncture treatment of cerebral infarction still has certain advantages, with Western medicine and adhere to the treatment, generally can live on their own.