Cerebral infarction can cause depression. Depression caused by cerebral infarction is also clinically known as post-stroke anxiety and depression. Patients may be depressed and unhappy, lose interest in daily life and people around them, and may be pessimistic and desperate, and in severe cases, they may show signs of lightness of life. Patients may also experience symptoms of various organs of the body, such as indigestion, abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, and weight loss. For depression after stroke, patients should be given medication intervention if necessary, commonly used drugs can be Dextran, Escitalopram Oxalate. If the patient’s symptoms are mild, Chinese medicine and herbal medicine can also be used to relieve depression after cerebral infarction, such as herbal tonics and acupuncture.