Acupuncture for Ischemic Post-stroke Depression

This is a multicentre, single Blind ,randomized controlled clinical trial in ischemic post-stroke depression patients.The participants will be allocated randomly in either of the two groups: verum acupuncture plus placebo medication group or sham acupuncture plus true medication group. On the hypothesis that acupuncture intervention could produce the same therapeutic effects as antidepressants. The investigators also hypothesized that acupuncture would be associated with minimal side effects.