[Mechanism of emodin in relieving neuropathic pain by regulating serum metabolism].

The present study investigated the effect of emodin on the serum metabolite profiles in the chronic constriction injury(CCI) model by non-target metabolomics and explored its analgesic mechanism. Twenty-four Sprague Dawley(SD) rats were randomly divided into a sham group(S), a CCI group(C), and an emodin group(E). The rats in the emodin group were taken emodin via gavage once a day for fifteen days(50 mg·kg~(-1)) on the first day after the CCI surgery.

[Effect of scalp acupuncture on glucose metabolism in brain of patients with depression].

Objective: To observe the effect of scalp acupuncture (SA) on the glucose metabolism in different regions of brain in patients with depression by positron emission computed tomography (PET).

Methods: Twelve depressive patients were treated by scalp acupuncture on middle line of vertex (MS5), middle line of forehead (MS1) and bilateral lateral line 1 of forehead (MS2), once a day for six days per week, and received PET detection on different region of brain before and after 6 weeks acupuncture treatment. Semiquantitative analysis was used to compare the average values of radioactive count gotten from various brain regions before and after treatment, which could reflect the condition of glucose metabolism at the brain region detected.

[Combination of Fu needling with electric acupuncture for tennis elbow].

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of Fu needling combined with electric acupuncture in treating tennis elbow.

Method: One hundred patients with tennis elbow were divided into 3 groups randomly to receive the treatment with Fu needling (n=30), treatment with electric acupuncture (n=30), and treatment with the combination of the above 2 methods (n=40). The effects were observed 3 weeks after the treatment.

Treatment of stroke with "five-center needling": clinical observation of 78 cases.

Objective: To observe the efficacy of "five center needling" in the management of stroke.

Method: Seventy-eight patients suffering stroke were divided into 2 groups to receive either routine acupuncture (control group, n=38) treatment or "five-center needing" therapy besides the routine treatment (treatment group, n=40). The curative effect between the 2 groups was compared after 30 days treatment.