Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 18 years old, regardless of gender. 2. Previously diagnosed with diabetes, or with an unknown medical history, meeting the WHO 2023 diagnostic criteria for type 2 diabetes, including any of the following: * Fasting blood glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L. * 2-hour postprandial blood glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L. * Glycated hemoglobin ≥ 6.5%. 3. Acute cerebral infarction meets the diagnostic criteria of \*Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke 2023\*: * Acute onset. * Focal neurological deficits, with a few cases showing global neurological deficits. * The presence of a responsible lesion on imaging or symptoms/signs persisting for more than 24 hours. * Exclusion of non-vascular etiologies. * Exclusion of intracerebral hemorrhage by brain CT/MRI. 4. Onset of cerebral infarction \< 48 hours. 5. TCM syndrome conforms to the "toxin damaging brain collaterals" syndrome (referring to the diagnostic criteria (draft) of \*Research on the Diagnostic Criteria for the Syndrome of Mutual Binding of Stasis and Toxin in Ischemic Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases\* (Ju Jianqing et al., 2023)). 6. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) before onset: 0 - 1 point. 7. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at admission: 4 - 24 points. 8. Signed informed consent form.