The unique pharmaceutical methods for the processing of botanical drugs according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) affect clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment. The objective of this study was to comprehensively elucidate the principles and mechanisms of an herbal processing method by investigating the alterations in the metabolites of Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (AMR) processed by Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (AFI) decoction and to determine how these changes enhance the efficacy of aqueous extracts in treating functional dyspepsia (FD). A qualitative analysis of AMR before and after processing was conducted using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS, and HPLC was employed for quantitative analysis.
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December 2022
Sini Decoction (SND) is the main prescription for treating Shaoyin disease in Zhang Zhongjing's Treatise on Typhoid diseases in Han Dynasty. It is composed of Aconitum carmichaeli Debeaux, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch ex DC and Zingiber officinale Roscoe. It has the effects of warming middle-jiao to dispel cold and revive the yang for resuscitation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: No review or meta-analysis exists to elucidate the efficacy and safety of quadratus lumborum block (QLB) on the pain intensity, opioid requirement, and mobilization in patients undergoing hip surgery. This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials were designed to compare QLB with no block or placebo (without other nerve/plexus blocks) for patients undergoing hip surgery.
Methods: Two individual researchers conducted the platform searches on the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases from inception to June 12, 2021.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
December 2021
Migraine is a disease whose aetiology and mechanism are not yet clear. Chuanxiong Rhizoma (CR) is employed in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to treat various disorders. CR is effective for migraine, but its active compounds, drug targets, and exact molecular mechanism remain unclear.
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October 2021
Ziziphi Spinosae Semen (ZSS) is a common natural medicine used to treat insomnia, and to show clearly its method of action, we managed and did an in-depth discussion. Network pharmacology research is very suitable for the analysis of multiple components, multiple targets, and multiple pathways of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). According to the relevant theory, we first carefully collected and screened the active ingredients in ZSS and received 11 active ingredients that may work.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccording to the treatment records of Yang deficiency syndrome (YDS) with characteristic decoction pieces of lateral root of -Yinfupian (YF) in traditional Chinese medicine prepare school, known as "Jianchangbang". The aim of this study was to investigate differences in the composition and therapeutic mechanism of the unprocessed lateral root of (ULRA) and its processed product (YF). Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis method were used to determine and screen the main components of ULRA and YF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the relationship between the cardiotonic activity of Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, RALP) and its fingerprint determined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).
Methods: First, the fingerprints of six processed products of RALP were established by high performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HPLC-Q-TOF-MS) followed by analysis of the principal component of the relative peak area of its common peaks. Next, the scores of the first five principal components were used as input for an artificial neural network (ANN).
Primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNETs) are rare malignant small round cell tumours. Notably, despite widespread reports of PNET in multiple parts of the body, it is extremely rare in the pelvis. Here, a rare case of giant PNET of the pelvis, that was treated with surgical intervention comprising hemipelvectomy and amputation, is reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: As a new minimally invasive surgery developed in recent years, the procedure of endoscope-assisted transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has not been well described. We herein describe a patient with lumbar disc herniation who underwent direct foraminoplasty and thorough decompression using a self-designed endoscopic trephine in endoscope-assisted TLIF at L4–5.
Methods: A 57-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of low back and right leg pain.
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res
October 2019
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
January 2019
Introduction: Fixation of displaced patella fractures with metal implants may be associated with implant failure, post-operative pain, and high re-operation rate. This study reports preliminary clinical results of using five-pointed star lattice sutures for the management of patella transverse fractures.
Methods: A five-pointed star lattice suture configuration was produced intraoperatively, and 25 patients with patella transverse fractures were treated with this newly designed sutures fixation.
Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi
March 2016
Objective: To investigate the effects of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) transplantation for treating spinal cord injury (SCI) in rat and the cytokine expression changes in the local injury tissues.
Methods: BMSCs were separated from Sprague Dawley (SD) rat and cultured with the whole bone marrow culture method. rAd-EGFP was used to transfect the 5th generation BMSCs for green fluorescent protein (GFP) label.
Objective: To explore a operative approach and its effect to the central protrusion of lumbar intervertebral disc.
Methods: From February 1999 to December 2005,34 patients with central protrusion of lumbar intervertebral disc were treated with an improved operative procedure. The study involved 25 males and 9 females with an average of 46.