[Relationship between opposite acupoints and acupoint effect from acupoint effect of Sanyinjiao (SP 6)-Xuanzhong (GB 39)].

The acupoint effect of Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Xuanzhong (GB 39) as well as the internal relation of Sanyinjiao (SP 6)-Xuanzhong (GB 39) were analyzed in this paper to explore the relationship between opposite acupoints and acupoint effect. It was found both Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Xuanzhong (GB 39) had acupoint effects, and the two acupoints had close relationship in acupoint effects (specificity along meridian and specificity of acupoints), acupoint-meridian relationship (anatomical locations, meridians and organs, indications). It is indicated the opposite acupoint of Sanyinjiao (SP 6)-Xuanzhong (GB 39) had related aspects in acupoint effects, which is related with acupoint effect through specificity and relationship of acupoint-meridian.

[Discussion on quantum entanglement theory and acupuncture].

The quantum entanglement is a new discovery of modern physics and has drawn a widely attention in the world. After learning the quantum entanglement, the authors have found that many characteristics of quantum are reflected in TCM, acupuncture theory and clinical practice. For example, the quantum entanglement phenomenon is mutually verified with the holism, doctrine, the theory of primary, secondary, root and knot in TCM, etc.

['s flying acupuncture for acute cerebral infarction hemiplegia: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To compare the efficacy difference between 's flying acupuncture combined with conventional treatment and conventional treatment alone on acute cerebral infarction hemiplegia.

Methods: A total of 120 patients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 60 cases in each one. The control group was treated with conventional treatment, including anti-platelet aggregation, lipid-lowering, formula of traditional Chinese medicine which could promote circulation and remove stasis, neurotrophic medication and symptomatic treatment; mannitol was used for cerebral infarction with large area or increased intracranial pressure.

[Skin needle embedding for obese impaired glucose tolerance].

Objective: To explore the effect difference between the skin needle embedding therapy and western medication for obese impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).

Methods: A total of 300 cases of obese IGT were assigned into an embedding group and a western medication group by random number table, 150 cases in each one. Standardized diagnosis and treatment programs were applied to reduce blood pressure, lipid, weight, and exercise and scientific diet management were used.

[Effects of needling depth on clinical efficacy of lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review].

Objective: To evaluate the effects of needling depth on clinical efficacy of lumbar disc herniation (LDH).

Methods: Ten electronic databases, including China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP Database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Wanfang Database, MEDLINE, CENTRAL, CINAHL PLUS, AMED, Embase, PsycINFO, and 6 registry platforms of clinical trials were searched. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared the effect of needling depth on clinical efficacy of LDH were collected; in addition, the reference lists of the studies included were hand searched.

[Effects of electroacupuncture at "Weizhong" (BL 40) on morphology and expression of CK and IL-17 in rats with bupivacaine-induced multifidus muscle injury].

Objective: To observe effects of electroacupuncture (EA) at "Weizhong" (BL 40) on morphology and expression of creatine kinase (CK) and interleukin-17 (IL-17) in rats with bupivacaine-induced multifidus muscle injury.

Methods: A total of 32 male SD rats were randomly divided into a control group, a model group, a Weizhong group and a Shenshu group, 8 rats in each one. The rats in the model group, Weizhong group and Shenshu group were treated with intramuscular injection of 0.

[Visualization analysis of CiteSpace knowledge map for lumbar disc herniation treated with acupuncture and moxibustion].

Objective: To analyze the researches of acupuncture and moxibustion for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in recent 15 years and summarize the research direction and collect the knowledge structure.

Methods: The relevant literature on acupuncture and moxibustion for the treatment of LDH was retrieved from CNKI. After Refworks format reversion, the CiteSpace software was used to create the reproductive map of the authors, research institutions and keywords in the literature on acupuncture and moxibustion for LDH.

[Analysis on the laws of acupoint selection and therapeutic operations with acupuncture based on the characteristics of postherpetic neuralgia].

Postherpetic neuralgia is manifested as drastic lingering pain, which seriously impacts the survival quality of patient. In the paper, focusing on the time of postherpetic neuralgia and in association with the characteristics of symptoms such as the location and nature of pain and skin lesion, the etiology, location of sickness, nature of sickness and pathogenesis were differentiated, and the laws of acupoint selection and therapeutic operations were explored in the treatment with acupuncture. Regarding the apparent pain at night, especially during 23:00 to 3:00, Ashi points (Extra) and Jiaji (EX-B 2) were selected in terms of location differentiation.

[Impact of on acupoint effects in patients with primary dysmenorrhea:a systematic review of randomized controlled trials].

The effects of (arrival of ) on acupoint effects in patients with primary dysmenorrhea (PD) were evaluated.Ten literature databases,including China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI),VIP Database,Wanfang Database,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM),Cochrane Library CENTRAL,MEDLINE,Embase,AMED, CINAHL Plus,PsycINFO were selected.In addition,5 registers of ongoing trials,the reference lists of included articles and grey literature website OpenGrey were added.

[Impacts of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on postpartum weight retention].

Objective: To observe the impacts of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on postpartum weight retention.

Methods: Seventy-one women of postpartum weight retention were divided into an observation group (35 cases) and a control group (36 cases) according to their own wishes when re-examination in 42 days after delivery. In the control group, the nutrition consultation was provided and the calories intake was controlled continuously for 20 weeks.

[Establishing the acupuncture-moxibustion clinical trial registry and improving the transparence of clinical trials of acupuncture and moxibustion].

As a kind of intervention measures of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture-moxibustion is highly adopted on global clinical practice. Even though the global clinical trial registration system was established more than 10 years ago, the proportion of acupuncture-moxibustion clinical trial registration is still very low; and it is very problematic on the methodological quality and report quality in the published acupuncture-moxibustion clinical trials. In order to manage particularly the acupuncture-moxibustion clinical trials, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, collaborated with China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion and World Federation of Acupuncture Societies, established the Acupuncture-Moxibustion Clinical Trail Registry (AMCTR).

[Application of data mining on the relationship between and effect].

Objective: To analyze the relationship between and effect by data mining technique with retrieving clinical literature about acupuncture since the founding of the country.

Methods: The modern computerization and data mining technologies were adopted to set up clinical literature about acupuncture database. The relevant clinical literature was collected, screened, extracted, and statistical and correlation analyses were used so as to explore the relationship between and effect.

[Meridian differentiation of low back pain in ()].

There are various contents about diagnosis and treatment of low back pain in (), which are closely related to meridians and collaterals, forming a complete theoretical system of meridian differentiation for low back pain. Its theory and application are interpreted in this paper from five main aspects, including 18 meridians and collaterals densely distributing in the tendons and bones of the waist, the pathogenesis of low back pain lying in the disorders of the meridian and blood, the nature of low back pain being reflected by the color and shape of meridians and collaterals, the disordered meridians of low back pain being first identified based on syndrome differentiation, the acupuncture prescription being selected according to meridian differentiation. The purpose of this paper is to guide clinical practice, explore the advantages and characteristics of meridian differentiation, and provide theoretical reference and evidence for promoting the standardization of TCM.

[Herbal-partitioned moxibustion for moderate to severe persistent allergic rhinitis with spleen- deficiency syndrome].

Objective: To explore the clinical efficacy of herbal-partitioned moxibustion on moderate and severe persistent allergic rhinitis (AR) with spleen- deficiency syndrome.

Methods: With prospective case series study method, forty-seven patients of moderate and severe persistent AR with spleen- deficiency syndrome were treated with herbal-partitioned moxibustion at Yintang (GV 29), Shenque (CV 8), Hegu (LI 4) and Zusanli (ST 36), once every two days, three treatments a week, continuously for 8 weeks. The visual analogue scale (VAS), rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire (RQLQ) and scores of spleen- deficiency syndrome were recorded before treatment, 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 8 weeks into treatment as well as 4 weeks after treatment; in addition, the improvement rate of each index was compared before and after treatment.

[Impacts of electroacupuncture on benign prostatic hyperplasia and the levels of estrogen and androgen in patients].

Objective: To discuss the therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture on benign prostatic hyperplasia and the impacts on hormone levels in the patients.

Methods: Sixty patients were randomized into an electroacupuncture group and a medication group, 30 cases in each one. In the electroacupuncture group, electroacupuncture was applied to Zhongji (CV 3) and Qugu (CV 2), once a day, 5 times a week.

[Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis at remission stage treated with acupuncture:a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To evaluate the differences in the therapeutic effects on relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) at remission stage between acupuncture at acupoints and shallow needling therapy at the nearby points.

Methods: Forty-two patients of RRMS were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 21 cases in each one. In the observation group, besides the basic treatment, acupuncture was applied according to 's empirical prescriptions as "the empirical ten needles" "thirteen needles of the governor vessel" "twelve needles of hand and foot" as well as the symptomatic points.

[Experimental study of glucose-lowering effects on electroacupuncture at back- points in rats].

Objective: To observe the effects of electroacupuncture(EA) at different acupoints for fasting blood glucose(FBG) and oral glucose tolerance in type 2 diabetes rats so as to verify the glucose-lowering effects of EA.

Methods: Total 100 SD male rats were seen as experimental objects,among which 13 were randomly assigned into a blank group. Other rats were fed with high fat and high sugar diet combined with intraperitoneal injection of small dose streptozotocin (STZ) to establish type 2 diabetes model.

[Efficacy of filiform needle manipulation on primary dysmenorrhea:a systematic review].

The paper is a systematic review on the efficacy of acupuncture manipulation on primary dysmenorrhea. Ten medical literatures database at home and abroad were retrieved, including CNKI, VIP, CBM, WANFANG, MEDLINE, Cochrane, CENTRAL, CINAHL PLUS, EMBASE, AMED and PsycINFO, as well as 6 clinical trial registration platforms. All of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on primary dysmenorrhea treated with different acupuncture manipulations were collected.

[Acupoint selection thought for post-stroke anxiety disorder in terms of heart and brain differentiation].

To explore the relativity between heart-brain and post-stroke anxiety disorder by analyzing the pathogenesis of post-stroke anxiety disorder combined with the physiology and pathology of organs. The acupoint selection thought was explored by its selection rule according to literature. Post-stroke anxiety belongs to the brain organic anxiety disorder, whose basic pathogenesis is mind injury.

[Study on electroacupuncture along the visual conductive pathway for ocular cell apoptosis in anterior ischemic optic neuropathy].

Objective: To study the protective effect of electroacupuncture (EA) along the visual conductive pathway for the optic nerve tissue of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) in terms of the structure and apoptosis.

Methods: The AION model of right eye was established with laser in 48 New Zealand white ear rabbits. All rabbits were randomly divided into a model group, an acupuncture group and an acupuncture combined with EA group, 16 rabbits in each one.

[Research progress of Shenshu (BL 23)].

In order to accurately understand the location of Shenshu (BL 23) and to improve the efficacy of acupuncture, a discussion is performed in this paper from aspects of acupoint function, anatomical structure, experiment research, clinical application, etc., hoping to provide benefit for future animal experiments and clinical selection of acupoint. The characteristics of rat spine is different from that of human, and the reliability and authenticity of acupoint location would be compromised if the anatomical characteristics of human was inflexibly applied on animals.

[Clinical study for stroke treated with meridian-collateral diagnosis and therapy by ].

Objective: To compare the effect difference for stroke between meridian-collateral diagnosis and therapy by and conventional acupuncture with syndrome differentiation.

Methods: Totally 148 patients were assigned into an observation group(72 cases) and a control group(76 cases) by random number table,with 10 cases dropping out in the observation group. In the observation group,meridians were examined and differentiated and then the treating meridians and acupoints were defined.

[Detection of pain thresholds of acupoints for irritable bowel syndrome].

Objective: To compare the pain thresholds of acupoints in the meridians related to irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) between IBS patients and healthy people.

Methods: Thirty-four healthy adults were collected into a normal group,and 60 patients with IBS were arranged into an IBS group. Pain thresholds were detected on the acupoints of large intestinal,small intestinal,stomach,spleen,gallbladder meridians and some commone use acupoints for IBS by pain measuring apparatus three times.

[Impacts on physical and mental health of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome treated with electroacupuncture:a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To explore the impacts on physical and mental health of the patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) treated with electroacupuncture (EA) or Diane 35.

Methods: Seventy-two patients of PCOS were randomized into an acupuncture group and a western medication group, 36 cases in each group. In the acupuncture group, acupuncture was applied to relieving liver stagnation and regulating activity at Ganshu (BL 18), Danzhong (CV 17), Qimen (LR 14), Zhongwan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zigong (EX-CA 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36) and Taichong (LR 3).

[History of acupuncture in India].

India and China are both featured with ancient civilization. During the communication between the two countries, the communication from Indian culture, especially Buddhism, to China was predominant, while communication from Chinese culture to India was rare. So it was with medical communication until the end of 1950s when acupuncture was introduced to India.