Role of Acupoint Area Collagen Fibers in Anti-Inflammation of Acupuncture Lifting and Thrusting Manipulation.

The role of the acupoint area collagen fibers in the efficacy of acupuncture lifting and thrusting (L&T) manipulation will be explored in this paper. 30 male NZW rabbits were randomly divided into 6 groups: sham operation group (Group N), model group (Group M), acupuncture without manipulation group (Group W), acupuncture L&T manipulation group (Group A), collagenase pretreatment group (Group JM), and collagenase pretreatment + acupuncture L&T manipulation group (Group JA). The bacterial endotoxin was used to generate the rabbit fever models.

Effects of Herb-Partitioned Moxibustion on the miRNA Expression Profiles in Colon from Rats with DSS-Induced Ulcerative Colitis.

This study explored the mechanism of herb-partitioned moxibustion (HM) on dextran sulfate sodium- (DSS-) induced ulcerative colitis (UC) from the miRNA perspective. Rats were randomly divided into 3 groups [normal control (NC) group, UC model (UC) group, and herb-partitioned moxibustion (UCHM) group]. The UC and UCHM groups were administered 4% DSS for 7 days.

[Developmental status and prospect of musical electroacupuncture].

Through searching domestic and foreign medical journals in CNKI, Wanfang database, VIP database and Pubmed database from January of 2003 to November of 2013, 39 articles regarding musical electroacupuncture (MEA) were analyzed. The result showed that MEA was clinically used to treat neurological and psychotic disorders; because it was combined with musical therapy and overcame the acupuncture tolerability, and MEA was superior to traditional electroacupuncture. However, problems such as low research efficiency and the mechanism of MEA superiority and the musical specificity not being revealed by research design still exist.

[Adaptive de-noising of ECG signal based on stationary wavelet transform].

According to the limitations of wavelet threshold in de-noising method, we approached a combining algorithm of the stationary wavelet transform with adaptive filter. The stationary wavelet transformation can suppress Gibbs phenomena in traditional DWT effectively, and adaptive filter is introduced at the high scale wavelet coefficient of the stationary wavelet transformation. It would remove baseline wander and keep the shape of low frequency and low amplitude P wave, T wave and ST segment wave of ECG signal well.

[Effect of scalp-acupuncture on energy metabolism of brain tissue in intracerebral hemorrhage rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on mitochondrial SDH and Na+ -K+ -ATPase activity, and lactate acid (LA) content in the peri-hemotoma tissue in rats with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) so as to explore its mechanisms in resisting cerebral ischemia.

Methods: A total of 80 Wistar rats were randomized into normal group, sham group, model group, EA group. The last three groups were further divided into 24 h, 72 h and 168 h subgroups respectively, with 8 cases in each group/subgroups.

[Effects of scalp penetration acupuncture on plasma endothelin (ET) and calcitonin related peptide (CGRP) contents in the patient of acute intracerebral hemorrhage].

Objective: To study the mechanism of scalp penetration acupuncture treating acute cerebral hemorrhage (ACH).

Methods: The treatment group (n = 30) and the control group (n = 30) were treated with the same basic therapy, but scalp penetration acupuncture was added to the treatment group. Changes of plasma ET and CGRP contents were compared.