[Regularities of Acupoint Combinations for Facial Paralysis in Chinese Ancient Times Analyzed in Accordance with Modern Complex Network Community Framework Partition].

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of acupoint combinations (formula) for facial palsy in ancient lite-rature, so as to optimize the related acupoint prescriptions in clinical practice.

Methods: The database of ancient acupoint prescriptions for facial paralysis was established first after searching and collecting the related acu-moxibustion literature (178 categories as monographs, specific volumes of a book, etc.) by using key words of "facial palsy" or "deviation of the eye and mouth" including Chinese terms of "Diaoxianfeng ()" "Wopi ()"and "Kouwo()".

[Discussion on disease spectrum treated with acupuncture at shenmen (HT 7) and its compatibility based on bibliometrics].

The modern literatures on the diseases treated with acupuncture at Shenmen (HT 7) were collected. Using literature statistical analysis in bibliometrics, the common compatibility of Shenmen (HT 7) and the disease spectrum were analyzed so as to provide the references of the diseases that can be treated with acupuncture at Shenmen (HT 7). It was found that 39 kinds of diseases and symptoms, mainly nerve system disedses, could be treated with acupuncture at Shenmen (HT 7), including insomnia, depression, anxiety and dementia.

Acupuncture Deqi Intensity and Propagated Sensation along Channels May, Respectively, Differ due to Different Body Positions of Subjects.

Acupuncture as an essential component of complementary and alternative medicine is gradually recognized and accepted by the mainstream of contemporary medicine. For obtaining preferable clinical effectiveness, Deqi is commonly regarded as efficacy predictor and parameter which is necessary to be achieved. Influential factors for acupuncture efficacy, like Deqi sensation as well as propagated sensation along channels (PSCs), enjoyed a long history in acupuncture basic research.