[Stimulating Frequency-dependent Analgesic Effect of Electroacupuncture via Down-regulating Expression of VEGF in Dorsal Horns of Lumbar Spinal Cord in Post Herpetic Neuralgia Rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of different frequencies of electroacupuncture (EA) stimulation on pain threshold (PT) and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in dorsal horns (DHs) of the lumbar spinal cord in resiniferatoxin (RTX)-induced post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) rats, so as to reveal its mechanism in alleviating PHN.

Methods: Male SD rats were randomized into control, model, 2 Hz-EA, 15 Hz-EA, 100 Hz-EA and sham EA groups (=16 in each). The PHN model was induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of RTX (250 μg/kg), and rats of the control group received intraperitoneal injection of the same dose of vehicle (10% Tween 80, 10% alcohol and 0.

[Therapeutic effects of acupoint injection at cervical Jiaji points and effects on ET and CGRP in the patient of ischemic stroke].

Objective: To observe effects of point injection at cervical Jiaji points on endothelin (ET) and calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) in the patient of ischemic stroke (IS).

Methods: Seventy cases of IS were randomly divided into a treatment group of 35 cases and a control group of 35 cases. The treatment group were treated with acupoint injection at cervical Jiaji points and routine acupuncture, and the control group only with routine acupuncture.