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Inclusion Criteria: * Participants or their legal guardians must be capable of understanding the study's purpose and risks and provide informed consent. * Eligible subjects are aged 18-80 years (inclusive) at the time of consent, regardless of gender. * All individuals of childbearing potential and male participants must use effective contraception during the study and for at least 6 months after the last dose of the investigational treatment. Additionally, participants must refrain from donating sperm or eggs during the study and for at least 6 months post-treatment. * Inclusion criteria included: confirmed diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with symptom onset ≤48 hours, NIHSS score of 4-20 (with NIHSS category 1a \[level of consciousness\] ≥1), and exclusion of intracranial hemorrhage confirmed by imaging (CT or MRI). * Participants must meet traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnostic criteria for stroke (per the Diagnostic and Efficacy Evaluation Standards for Stroke in TCM issued by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine), including:Primary symptoms: Hemiplegia, altered consciousness, slurred speech or aphasia, sensory disturbance, facial deviation.Secondary symptoms: Headache, dizziness, pupillary abnormalities, dysphagia, gaze deviation, ataxia.Diagnosis requires ≥2 primary symptoms or 1 primary symptom plus ≥2 secondary symptoms. Written informed consent must be obtained. Exclusion Criteria: * Hemorrhagic or mixed stroke. * Severe cardiac, hepatic, or renal dysfunction or malignancy. * Prior stroke resulting in a baseline modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score \>3. * Use of medications judged by the investigator to significantly affect gut microbiota or immune function (e.g., antibiotics, immunosuppressants) during the window period (3 days before baseline to 14±3 days post-treatment). * Allergy to the investigational product or its components. * Prior participation in this study. * Blood donation (≥1 unit) within 90 days, plasma donation within 1 week, or platelet donation within 6 weeks before screening. * Pregnancy, lactation, or plans for pregnancy/breastfeeding during the study or within 30 days post-treatment. * Concurrent or recent (within 90 days) participation in other clinical trials. * Clinically significant suicidal ideation or behavior within the past 12 months per Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). * Inability or unwillingness to comply with protocol requirements. * Significant hearing/visual impairment, language barriers, claustrophobia, or other conditions interfering with neuropsychological assessments or MRI. * Any other unspecified reasons deemed by the investigator to disqualify participation.