Comparative study on curative effect and recurrence rate of chronic scapulohumeral periarthritis treated with different acupuncture techniques.

Objectives: To observe the effects of the local stimulation with 3 acupuncture techniques, i.e. (needle insertion method like dark tortoise detecting point) technique, electroacupuncture (EA) and warm needling (WN) with filiform needles on shoulder pain, shoulder joint function, quality of life, inflammatory indicators and recurrence rate in the patients with chronic scapulohumeral periarthritis (CSP), so as to explore the optimal needling method of acupuncture for the predominant symptoms of CSP during the attack stage in the patients.

Du-Moxibustion in a Mouse Model of Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a progressively worsening and disabling form of arthritis that primarily affects the axial skeleton. This disease mainly involves the spine and the sacroiliac joint. Fusion of the spine and the sacroiliac joint may occur in the later stage of the disease, resulting in spinal stiffness and kyphosis, as well as difficulty in walking, which seriously affects the quality of work and daily living activities and imposes a heavy burden on the patient, the family, and society.

[Thoughts on improving the design quality of acupuncture clinical randomized controlled trials].

published the Acupuncture research album which carried viewpoints, expert consensus, research methods and other genres of papers, providing an authoritative reference for standardizing the design of clinical randomized controlled trial (RCT) of acupuncture and improving the quality of clinical research. Based on the experts' consensus of "acupuncture album" on RCT, combining clinical practice and the related literature reports, and many existing problems existing in the design, we, in the present paper, analyzed ways to improve the design quality of clinical RCT of acupuncture, starting from improving the methodological quality and repeatability of clinica RCT, so as to provide methodological guidance for the design of clinical trials and to promote the standardization of clinical trials of acupuncture.

[Governor vessel moxibustion combined with western medication for mild to moderate depression with kidney- deficiency: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To compare the therapeutic efficacy of governor vessel moxibustion combined with fluoxetine hydrochloride capsule, simple fluoxetine hydrochloride capsule and placebo moxibustion combined with fluoxetine hydrochloride capsule for mild to moderate depression with kidney- deficiency.

Methods: A total of 126 patients with mild to moderate depression with kidney- deficiency were randomized into a governor vessel moxibustion group (42 cases, 2 cases dropped off), a western medication group (42 cases, 1 case dropped off) and a placebo moxibustion group (42 cases, 1 case dropped off). The western medication group was given fluoxetine hydrochloride capsule orally, 20 mg a time, once a day.

[Professor 's experience in treatment of functional gastrointestinal diseases with acupuncture combined with umbilicus moxibustion].

Professor 's clinical experience in treatment of functional gastrointestinal diseases was summerized. Professor believes that this disease is caused by the deficiency of six organs. Dysfunction of six organs in descending transportation is the basic pathogenesis.

Growth of HIV-uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Guangdong, China: an 18-month longitudinal follow-up study.

Background: To evaluate the early growth (weight and length) of HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) children from the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) program in Guangdong Province, China.

Methods: A total of 731 HEU children were longitudinally followed up at 7 time points, with anthropometric measurement conducted of weight and length (supine) in the first 18 months. Z scores were calculated, with and without adjustment for gestational age.