Publications by authors named "Xiao-Lan Ji"

Article Synopsis
  • Chronic Sciatica is a painful condition with significant impacts on health and quality of life, and current treatments are ineffective long-term, prompting this study on acupuncture's potential benefits.
  • The study involves 216 patients, randomly assigned to receive either real or sham acupuncture, with treatment over 4 weeks and follow-ups extending to 52 weeks to evaluate pain and disability outcomes.
  • The trial is ethically approved, will gather informed consent from participants, and aims to publish its findings in peer-reviewed journals to share results with the medical community.
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Objective: To observe the inhibiting effect of acupuncture on blood lipid, myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis in mice with hyperlipemia, and explore its possible action mechanism.

Methods: Ten inbred mice (C57) were applied. Forty ApoE(-/-) mice who removed gene of apolipoprotein E were randomly divided into a control group, a non-acupoint group, an acupoint group and a medication group.

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Objective: To study the effect of Chinese medical herbs for Shen tonifying, blood nourishing and activating (CMHSTBNA) on the cycle of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) of assisted reproductive technique (ART).

Methods: A large sample randomized control trial was performed. Infertility women patients, younger than 42 years (infertility due to tubal factor and/or male factor) were randomly assigned to the CMHSTBNA intervention group (abbreviated as the treated group) and the control group, 184 cases in each group.

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Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE To study on vesicant characteristics of Uylabris and Seeds of Brassica Alb in crude herb moxibustion.

Methods: One hundred and seventy-five healthy subjects were randomly divided into 5 groups. The vesicant rate, vesicant time and vesicant size and pain degree of different medicines or doses were observed.

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