Acupuncture for essential hypertension.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of acupuncture for treatment of essential hypertension and the efficacy of acupuncture using prescription adhering to the principles of "syndrome differentiation."

Data Sources: Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (September 2008).

Study Selection: Randomized, controlled trials comparing acupuncture with sham acupuncture, antihypertensive drugs, Chinese herbal medicine, or exercise in essential hypertension.

[Effects of acupuncture at "open" or "close" time and in "host" or "guest" sequence on uterine contraction in late pregnancy rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of acupuncture at "open" or "close" time and in "host" or "guest" sequence on uterine contraction in late pregnancy rats so as to explore the regularities of acupoint application.

Methods: A total of 32 pregnant rats were divided into "open/host-guest" (OHG) group, "open/guest-host" (OGH) group, "close/host-guest" (CHG) group and pregnancy group, with 8 cases in each. Eight normal rats were made up of normal control group.

[Review on clinical application of needling techniques in chapter Guan Zhen (Official Needling Techniques) of Ling Shu (Spiritual Pivot)].

In the present paper, more than 380 theses related with clinical application of "nine needling techniques", "twelve needling techniques" and "five needling techniques" recorded in chapter Guan Zhen (Official Needling Techniques) of Ling Shu (Spiritual Pivot) were found through retrieving the data in the internet in latest 10 years. Among the 130 theses about clinical application of "nine needling techniques", 108 involve the application of opposing needling. Of the 180 theses about clinical application of "twelve needling techniques", 95 involve the application of triple needling.