Umbilical needling therapy for neck pain during pregnancy: A case report.

Rationale: Neck pain during pregnancy is a common disease during pregnancy. It is urgent to find a safe and effective method without side effects. Acupuncture therapy including umbilical needling has been widely used in many diseases.

Acupuncture-adjuvant therapies for treating perimenopausal depression: A network meta-analysis.

Background: The issues related to the treatment of perimenopausal depression (PMD) are the side effects of antidepressants and hormone replacement therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency and safety of acupuncture and moxibustion in PMD patients.

Methods: Databases, namely PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, EMBASE, CNKI, CBM, VIP, and WanFang, were reviewed for related randomized controlled trials dated between database inception and November 22, 2022.

[Effect on clinical symptoms and mechanism of chloasma in premenopausal women with liver stagnation treated with acupoint catgut embedding].

Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect and mechanism of acupoint catgut embedding for chloasma in premenopausal women with liver stagnation.

Methods: A total of 92 patients of chloasma in premenopausal women with liver stagnation were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 46 cases in each one.In the observation group, acupoint catgut embedding was applied at Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), also the surrounding acupuncture was performed at facial part, once a week.

[Clinical observation on mild perimenopausal depression of kidney deficiency and liver stagnation syndrome treated with acupoint catgut implantation].

Objective: To observe the efficacy of catgut implantation at back-shu points in treatment of mild perimenopausal depression of kidney, deficiency and liver stagnation syndrome and analyze its essential function on target symptoms.

Methods: Forty-five cases were randomized into a catgut implantation group (23 cases) and atid acupuncture group (22 cases). In the catgut implantation group, catguts were implanted at Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Xinshu (BL 15), Pishu (BL 20), etc.

[Acupoint injection of kakkonein for early- or mid-stage Parkinson's disease: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial].

Objective: To investigate short- and long-term benefits and safety of acupoint injection of kakkonein for early- or mid-stage Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods: A total of 135 patients with early- or mid-stage PD were enlisted and 116 cases completed the observation, including 40 cases in the acupoint-injection group, 37 cases in the acupuncture group and 39 cases in the medication group. Patients of the acupoint-injection group were treated by injection of kakkonein (2 mL) into bilateral Fengchi (GB 20), once very other day for 8 weeks.

Electroacupuncture exerts an anti-inflammatory effect in a rat tissue chamber model of inflammation via suppression of NF-κB activation.

Objective: Electroacupuncture (EA) has beneficial effects in patients with various inflammatory diseases. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. As the kappa B inhibitor/nuclear factor-kappa B (IκB/NF-κB) pathway exerts a pivotal role in the mammalian immune response, we examined the involvement of the IκB/NF-κB pathway in EA-induced anti-inflammation.

[Efficacy observation on abdominal acupuncture for adhesion-stage shoulder periarthritis].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of abdominal acupuncture for adhesion-stage shoulder periarthritis.

Methods: One hundred and fifty-seven cases of shoulder periarthritis were randomly divided into an abdominal acupuncture group (79 cases) and a body acupuncture group (78 cases). The abdominal acupuncture was applied at Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangqu (KI 17) and Huaroumen (ST 24) in the abdominal acupuncture group while conventional acupuncture was applied at Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (TE 14) and Jianzhen (SI 9) in the body acupuncture group.

[Observation on the analgesic effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for breast radical carcinoma operation].

Objective: To observe the analgesic effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) in assisting general anesthesia (GA) for radical operation of breast carcinoma so as to explore its clinical application value.

Methods: Sixty patients scheduled for radical operations of the breast carcinoma were randomly and equally divided into GA group and TEAS+ GA group. For GA, Propofol [4.

[Randomized controlled study on ear-electroacupuncture treatment of endometriosis-induced dysmenorrhea in patients].

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of ear-electroacupuncture (Ear-EA) on dysmenorrhea in patients with endometriosis and to explore its underlying mechanism.

Methods: A total of 80 endometriosis patients were randomly and equally divided into ear-EA group and body-EA group. EA (50 Hz, 0.

[Treatment of hypomenorrhea by acupoint catgut embedding].

Objective: To observe therapeutic effect of acupoint catgut embedding on hypomenorrhea.

Methods: The patients were divided into an acupoint catgut embedding group and an electroacupuncture group. They were treated respectively by acupoint catgut embedding and electroacupuncture at Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zigong (EX-CA 1), Ciliao (BL 32) , etc.

[Acupuncture and moxibustion academic essence of Classic On 81 Medical Problems and analysis].

Discuss contribution of Classic on 81 Medical Problems to acupuncture and moxibustion science, and emphatically introduce theories of Eight Extra Channels, eight Hui-points, five Back-shu points, clinical application of source points, theory of Back-shu and Front-mu points, and special needling technique, etc., which provide thinking and methods for the modern workers of acupuncture and moxibustion to study and research classical works of TCM in combination with clinical practice.

[Study and clinical application of the book "A Study on The Eight Extra-Channels"].

Li Shi-zhen's contribution for eight extra-channel theory and effects of this theory on medicine, and the author's experiences on clinical application of this theory are introduced. It is held that the eight extra-channel theory, one of the essence of TCM, has wide application values in resolving clinical practical problems.

A combined use of acupuncture, moxibustion and long dan xie gan tang for treatment of 36 cases of chronic pelvic inflammation.

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on chronic pelvic inflammation.

Method: Thirty-six cases of chronic pelvic inflammation were treated with acupuncture, the ancient recipe of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang ([symbol: see text] Decoction of Radix Gentianae for Purging the Pathogenic Fire of the Liver) and medicinal cake moxibustion.

Result: The treatment resulted in cure in 9 cases, obvious effect in 16 cases, effect in 7 cases and no effect in 4 cases.