[Observation on therapeutic effect of type II early diabetic nephropathies intervened by acupoint thread embedding].

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of type II early diabetic nephropathies intervened by acupoint thread embedding for strengthening spleen and benefiting kidney.

Methods: Sixty cases of type II early diabetic nephropathies were randomly divided into an acupoint thread embedding group and a routine therapy group, 30 cases in each group. In routine therapy group, western medicine routine therapy was applied to control blood sugar, blood pressure and blood lipid.

[Clinical observation on therapeutic effect and instant analgestic effect of inhibitory-needling at Ashi point as major point for treatment of piriformis syndrome].

Objective: To observe therapeutic effect and analgesic eJfect of needling at Ashi point for treatment of piriformis syndrome.

Methods: Eighty cases were randomly divided into an inhibitory-needling method group (INM) and a routine-needling method group (RNM), forty cases in each group. The acupuncture at Ashi point as major point with inhibitory-needling munipulation was applied in the INM group, the acupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30) ,Zhibian (BL 54) ,Yanglingquan (GB 34) with routine-needling method in the RNM group.