what does it look like to heal from a mild stroke?!

In my opinion, both from my own clinical experience, but also based in published research, your best overall outcomes in stroke recovery are going to be from acupuncture treatments done by a licensed professional acupuncturist, not through a variety of herbal formulas. There is certainly a potential role for Chinese herbal medicine but it has to be completely tailored to you as an individual not based on the symptoms (see “how to choose a formula” for basics on that). It would also be a secondary role compared to the acupuncture. Generally speaking you would be looking at weekly treatments for 7-10 visits and then probably bi-weekly or monthly for awhile after that depending on both how you respond and how appropriate properly tailored herbal medicine might be in your case. It’s much easier to arrive at the correct herbal approach if you have a practitioner who is fully familiar with your medical history and who has the opportunity to physically inspect you.

All that said, generally speaking, stroke recovery and dealing with the contributing factors is commonly dealt with in Chinese Medicine (possibly with some western medicine as well in many cases). The functional aspects of stroke recovery in particular tend to resolve extremely well with proper acupuncture. Our theory site has a section of stroke treatment with some clinical pointers and our blog has a stroke section with some articles relevant to the Chinese Medicine treatment of stroke.