[Distribution of Press-sensitive Acupoints in Patients with Tinnitus].

Objective: To explore the regularity of distribution of press-sensitive acupoints on the body surface in tinnitus patients, so as to provide evidence for selecting suitable acupuncture points in the treatment of tinnitus.

Methods: Sixty-three cases of tinnitus patients (from 25 to 75 years in age) were recruited in the present study. The patient was asked to take a sitting, supine and prone position, successively, and the operator used the thumb to moderately press the subject's head, neck, back, four limbs below the knee- and elbow joints along the three Hand- and three Foot- and meridians.

Influences of Deqi on Immediate Analgesia Effect of Needling SP6 (Sanyinjiao) in Patients with Primary Dysmenorrhea in Cold and Dampness Stagnation Pattern: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Deqi, according to traditional Chinese medicine, is a specific needle sensation during the retention of needles at certain acupoints and is considered to be necessary to produce therapeutic effects from acupuncture. Although some modern researches have showed that Deqi is essential for producing acupuncture analgesia and anesthesia, the data are not enough. It is a paper of a multicenter, randomized controlled study protocol, to evaluate the influences of Deqi on acupuncture SP6 in Cold and Dampness Stagnation pattern primary dysmenorrhea patients, in terms of reducing pain and anxiety, and to find out the relationship between Deqi and the temperature changes at SP6 (Sanyinjiao) and CV4 (Guanyuan).

A randomized controlled trial of single point acupuncture in primary dysmenorrhea.

Background: Acupuncture is often used for primary dysmenorrhea. But there is no convincing evidence due to low methodological quality. We aim to assess immediate effect of acupuncture at specific acupoint compared with unrelated acupoint and nonacupoint on primary dysmenorrhea.

An exploratory survey of deqi sensation from the views and experiences of chinese patients and acupuncturists.

Deqi sensation is believed to be important in clinical efficacy according to TCM theory. The measuring method of Deqi sensation has significant implications for the result of research trials. This study makes an investigation on acupuncture-experienced patients and expert acupuncturists in China and aims to find out the patient's needling sensations and acupuncturist's sensations which can be acceptable as descriptors of Deqi sensation, so as to provide foundation for more systematic and sensitive quantitative evaluation method of Deqi sensation.

[Cumulative analgesic effects of EA stimulation of sanyinjiao (SP 6) in primary dysmenorrhea patients: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial].

Objective: To compare the cumulative analgesic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) stimulation of Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuanzhong (GB 39) and non-acupoint for primary dysmenorrhea patients.

Methods: A total of 200 patients with primary dysmenorrhea were randomly assigned to Sanyinjiao (SP 6, a dysmenorrheal-relieving related acupoint) group, Xuanzhong (GB 39, an unrelated acupoint) group, non-acupoint group and control group, with 50 cases in each group. The participants were administered with EA (2 Hz/100 Hz, 0.

[Effect of electroacupuncture of "Chize" (LU 5) and "Shangjuxu" (ST 37) on mesenteric microcirculation and vasoactive intestinal peptide levels in the lung, colon and hypothalamus in rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases].

Objective: To observe the influence of electroacupuncture (EA) of "Chize" (LU 5, He-sea acupoint) and "Shangjuxu" (ST 37, lower He-sea acupoint) on mesenteric microcirculation, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) levels in the lung, colon and hypothalamus tissues in rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), so as to investigate its mechanism underlying improvement of lung derived intestinal disorders in clinical practice.

Methods: Thirty-two male Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal control, model, EA-Chize (LU 5, EA-LU 5) and EA-Shangjuxu (ST 37, EA-ST 37) groups, with 8 rats being in each group. COPD model was established by intratracheal infusion of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 1 mg/mL, 0.

[Effect of electroacupuncture at different acupoints on plasma TXB2 and 6-keto-PGF(1alpha), contents in dysmenorrhea rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on plasma thromboxane B2(TXB2) and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha (6-keto-PGF1alpha) levels in dysmenorrhea rats in order to investigate its mechanism underlying relief of primary dysmenorrhea and specificity of acupoint efficacy.

Methods: Female SD rats with diestrus were randomly divided into saline control (control), model, EA Sanyinjiao (SP 6), EA Xuehai (SP 10), EA Xuanzhong (GB 39) and EA non-acupoint (NAP) groups, with 10 rats in each. Dysmenorrhea model was established by subcutaneous injection of Estradiol Benzoate (0.

Immediate analgesia effect of single point acupuncture in primary dysmenorrhea: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Acupuncture is often used for primary dysmenorrhea.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of a single point of acupuncture in the management of primary dysmenorrhea compared with sham acupuncture and no acupuncture.

Methodology: Patients with primary dysmenorrhea were randomly assigned to acupoint group (n=50), unrelated acupoint group (n=50), nonacupoint group (n=46), or no acupuncture group (n=48).

Immediate effect of acupuncture at Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Xuanzhong (GB39) on uterine arterial blood flow in primary dysmenorrhea.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare immediate effect of acupuncture at SP6 on uterine arterial blood flow in primary dysmenorrhea with that of GB39.

Design: This was a prospective, randomized clinical trial.

Setting: Sixty-six (66) patients with primary dysmenorrhea from the Affiliated Hospital of Shangdong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were recruited.

[Effect of preventive moxibustion on heat shock proteins and stress hormones in natural menopausal rats].

Objective: To investigate the effect of preventive moxibustion at the acupoint of 'Guanyuan" (CV 4) on the stress-related hormones, proteins and genes in natural menopausal rats, and explore its protective mechanism.

Methods: One hundred and twenty eight healthy female SD rats were used in this study, in which 16 rats aged 4 months were used as normal control group, the rest 10-month-old rats with disorder of estrus cycle were randomly divided into 7 groups, including 4 control groups at the age of 10, 12, 14 and 16 months, and 3 preventive moxibustion groups at the age of 12, 14 and 16 months, 16 cases in each group. The 10-month-old rats were treated with preventive moxibustion at the acupoint of "Guanyuan" (CV 4), twice a week for 8 weeks consistently, then observed on the following 12, 14 and 16 months.

[Multi-central randomized controlled study on electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40) for regulating blood lipids].

Objective: To investigate the clinical effects of electroacupuncture (EA) at Fenglong (ST 40) on blood lipids.

Methods: Two hundred and four patients of hyperlipidemia were randomly divided into a Fenglong group and a Xuezhikang group, 102 cases in each group. The patients in the Fenglong group were treated with electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40).

[Experimental study on changes of expressions of ER-alpha and ER-alpha mRNA in different hypothalamic nuclei and the effect of "preventive acupuncture and moxibustion" in ovariectomy rats].

Objective: To explore the mechanism of "preventive acupuncture and moxibustion" for regulating hypothalamic function in ovariectomy rats.

Methods: Thirty female SD rats, aged 3.5 months, were randomly divided into normal group, sham operation group, ovariectomy model group, preventive acupuncture group and preventive moxibustion group.

Systematic review of clinical trials of acupuncture-related therapies for primary dysmenorrhea.

Background: Acupuncture-related therapies might be an effective intervention for primary dysmenorrhea.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of acupuncture-related therapies for treating primary dysmenorrhea.

Search Strategy: A specified literature search was performed of the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CNKI, and CBM databases.

[Observation on the protective effect of preventive acupuncture and moxibustion on uterus in ovariectomized rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of preventive acupuncture and moxibustion of "Guanyuan" (CV 4) on uterus in ovariectomized (OVX) rats.

Methods: A total of 80 female SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: normal control, sham-operation (sham), model, preventive acupuncture (PA) and preventive moxibustion (PM) groups, with 16 cases in each. PA (with the needle retained for 20 min after insertion) and PM (one moxa-cone/rat) were applied to "Guanyuan" (CV 4) separately before ovariectomy, two times a week, 4 weeks altogether.

[Discussion on the national standard, the Name and Location of Acupoints].

Location of a part of acupoints in the national standard, The Name and Location of Acupoints, are studied. In combination with anatomy, record of ancient literature and teaching experience, the location of Naohui (TE 13), Chengshan (BL 57), Fengshi (GB 31), Zhongdu (GB 32), Toulinqi (GB 15), Yinbao (LR 9) and Shaoshang (LU 11) in the national standard are analyzed and the relative location methods are raised.

[Effects of electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40) on SOD and MDA in different organs of the hyperlipemia rat].

Objective: To probe into the target organ of Fenglong (ST 40) and the mechanism in resolving phlegm.

Methods: Thirty SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups, a blank control group, a model group and a Fenglong group, 10 rats in each group. The hyperlipemia rat model was prepared by feeding high fat forage.

[Study on optimization parameters of electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40) for adjusting blood lipids].

Objective: To study the effects of different parameters (frequency, intensity, needle-retained time and treatment interval) of electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40) for adjusting blood lipids, so as to find out the optimization parameter.

Methods: Fifty-four cases meeting the criteria for hyperlipoidemia were randomly divided into 27 groups with orthogonal design L27 (3(13) ). According to the orthogonal design program they were treated with electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40).