[Effects of needle knife relaxing therapy on tension of local soft tissue and pain of osteoarthritis of knee].

Objective: To probe into the mechanism and methods of needle knife relaxing therapy for treatment of osteoarthritis of knee from biomechanical view.

Methods: Needle knife relaxing therapy was given to 92 pain points around the knee joint in 14 cases of osteoarthritis of knee, and the displacement of the local pain point under the stress of 500 g (L500 g) was measured and the VAS scores were recorded before and after treatment.

Results: L500 g of the pain point was (4.

[Original relations of acupoints with channels-collaterals and acupuncture therapy].

With analysis and systematization of ancient medical books being unearthed Mazoangdui tomb and other literatures, it is found that ancient names and meanings of moxibustion and acupuncture parts passed the courses from Mai to Maikou, the place and region above Mai, then to acupoints on the body surface showing channels, gi and blood. This change trace reveals original relationship acupoints with channels-collaterals, and acupuncture therapy. The acupoint is a point and channels-collaterals are lines, except a less acupoints which located by obvious anatomic markers, most of are special parts on the channels and collaterals, are not a isolated point.

[Clinical observation on strong stimulation of acupoints around eyes for treatment of adolescent myopia].

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect and influential factors of strong stimulation of acupoints around eyes by reducing method of twisting the needle for treatment of adolescent myopia, and to compare the different curative effects of both weak and strong stimulus intensities and wearing glasses in daytime.

Methods: According to the principle of knowing and permission, the patients were divided into a strong stimulation group (60 cases, 120 eyes), a weak stimulation group (60 cases, 120 eyes) and a wearing glasses group (60 cases, 120 eyes). Both the strong stimulation group and the weak stimulation group were treated by reducing method of twisting the needle, with Cuanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (EX-HN 4), Sizhukong (TE 23), Sibai (ST 2) and Taiyang (EX-HN 5) selected.

[Assessment of effectiveness of electroacupuncture and fluoxetine for treatment of depression with physical symptoms].

Objective: To study on clinical therapeutic effect and safety of electroacupuncture and Fluoxetine for treatment of mild or moderate depression with physical symptoms.

Methods: Seventy-five cases were randomly divided into a western medicine group (group A), an electroacupunctue group(group B) and an electroacupuncture plus medicine group (group C), 25 cases in each group. The group A were treated by oral Fluoxetine, 20 mg each day; the group B by electroacupuncture with Baihui (GV 20) and Yintang (EX-HN 3) selected as main points; the group C by oral administration of Fluoxetine plus electroacupunctue.

[Experimental research about the effect of Rehmannia glutinosa on the drug effect fingerprints of the rabbit's blood serum of Yin deficiency and heat flourishing syndrome].

Objective: To study about the effect of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch on the drug effect fingerprints of the rabbit's blood serum of yin deficiency and heat flourishing syndrome.

Methods: The infusion of furosemide and escherichia coli endotoxin were used to replicate rabbit' s yin deficiency and heat flourishing syndrome animal model; high performance liquid chromatography gradient elution was adopped to study the change of the rabbit serum drug effect fingerprint in copying between before and after model-making and administration.

Results: Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch mainly affected metabolism level of the inner substance with the function of nourishing yin clearing heat.

[Multi-central randomized controlled observation on clinical therapeutic effect of the new Bian-stone therapy on scapulohumeral periarthritis].

Objective: To study the clinical curative effect of the new Bian-stone therapy.

Methods: According to clinical trail principle of multi-centers, randomized grouping, parallel control and single-blind, the observation group (n=120) were treated by the new Bian-stone therapy, with multi-functional Bian-stone respectively dredging qi and blood of channels on the neck and shoulder, the shoulder and back, the limbs, and the control group (n=120) by electroacupuncture with Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (SJ 14), Jianzhen (SI 9), and other points selected. Their therapeutic effects were compared.

[Clinical study on correlativity of stagnation of the liver-qi with tenderness response of auricular points].

Objective: To probe into the correlativity of TCM syndromes to auricular points.

Methods: Sixty-three cases of typical liver-qi stagnation syndrome and 52 healthy persons were divided into an observation group and a control group, respectively. The auricular points on both side were respectively detected by auricular point pressure pain method with spring pressure bar and a pressure of 50 g, and then the number of auricular points with positive response on both sides were respectively calculated and the positive rates between the two groups were compared.

[Assessment and investigation of therapeutic effects of different needling methods for treatment of spastic state of post-cerebrovascular disease].

Objective: To study on rehabilitation therapeutic effect of different needling methods on spastic state of apoplectic hemiplegia.

Methods: With unified diagnostic criteria, enrolled criteria and unified needling methods, 152 patients with apoplectic hemiplegia were randomly devided into body acupuncture (BA) group (A group). BA plus scalp acupuncture (SA) group (B group), BA plus abdominal acupuncture (AA) group (C group) and BA+ SA+ AA group (D group).

[On relationship of acupoint-injection with injury of peripheral nerves].

Objective: To provide basis for strengthening safety of acupoint-injection and increasing clinical therapeutic effect.

Methods: Analyze and study on the relative articles from the databank of whole articles of Chinese periodicals of CNKI by information retrieval with computer, with acupoint-injection, nerve injury as key words.

Results: Most of clinical reports focus on acupoint-injection for treatment of nervous injury induced by trauma and birth injury.

[Study on the train of thought about study of standardization of the nomenclature of acupuncture and moxibustion].

Acupuncture and moxibustion sciences have a long history, and their unique discipline language and theoretical system determine the obvious differences between acup-moxibustion sciences and modern natural sciences in the nomenclature. Their inheritance and development of several thousand years make the complicated nomenclature of acupuncture and moxibustion more confusing, unclear classification, unclear definition. Therefore, establishment of a unified and standard acupuncture and moxibustion nomenclature system is not only an important premise and basis for standardization, modernization, internationalization and information construction of acupuncture and moxibustion sciences, and also is an important composition of whole TCM standardization.

[Bibliometrics study on dominant diseases in modern acupuncture clinic].

Objective: To find out the dominant diseases in the clinic of modern acupuncture.

Methods: By means of bibliometrics, clinical acupuncture study literatures from 1978 to 2004, searched from CBM database, were sorted and counted to show the different clinical utilizing quantities and developing trends of different disease groups in the acupuncture clinic.

Results: Obviously dominant type: nervous system diseases; mature type: motor system diseases; developing type: 3 kind of diseases including psychosis; premature type: diseases related with surgery; steady type: 3 kind of diseases including digestive system diseases (diseases of liver and gallbladder are not included); pre-developing diseases: 5 kind of diseases including otorhinolaryngologic diseases.

[Study on mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia].

Acupuncture analgesia is involved in various functions of the whole nervous system. The spinal cord is the first station for processing and translating the acupuncture analgesia; the brain stem is the relay station for systematization, differentiation and analysis, excitation, synthesis of acupuncture analgesic message, playing an important role in acupuncture analgesia; the thalamus functions complicated analysis and comprehensive regulation on various messeges with many kinds of neurohumoral factors involved and it is a coordinate center for strengthening and controlling acupuncture analgesia; the limbic system and its nuclear groups with many neurotransmitters involved, play coordinate action on acupuncture analgesia; the cerebral cortex is the high center and functions not only excitation and inhibition processes, but also is a center for complicated regulation and command, strengthening acupuncture analgesia and inhibiting the excess, so as to exerts interaction of dynamic balance.

[Study on optimization parameters of electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40) for adjusting blood lipids].

Objective: To study the effects of different parameters (frequency, intensity, needle-retained time and treatment interval) of electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40) for adjusting blood lipids, so as to find out the optimization parameter.

Methods: Fifty-four cases meeting the criteria for hyperlipoidemia were randomly divided into 27 groups with orthogonal design L27 (3(13) ). According to the orthogonal design program they were treated with electroacupuncture at Fenglong (ST 40).

[Effect of electroacupuncture at Hegu (LI 4) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) on short-term adverse effects of drug-induced abortion].

Objective: To search for a therapeutic method for alleviating the short-term adverse effect of drug-induced abortion.

Methods: Ninety cases of early pregnancy were divided into 3 groups randomly. Control group were treated with medicine, electroacupuncture group I with electroacupuncture at both Hegu (LI 4) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) simultaneously within 30-60 min after the medicine was given, and electroacupuncture group II with electroacupuncture at Hegu (LI 4) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) successively within 30-60 min after the medicine was administrated.

[Clinical application of acupoint sticking therapy].

Objective: To summarize clinical application of acupoint sticking therapy in various fields of Chinese medicine.

Methods: Review acupoint selection, drug selection and problems of clinical studies in acupoint sticking therapy.

Conclusion: Acupoint sticking therapy has a good therapeutic effect with no adverse effect, safety and convenient manipulation.

[Professor ZHANG Ji's clinical experience].

Professor ZHANG Ji has unique experience on therapeutic methods for rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and obstinate facial palsy. (1) In acupuncture and moxibustion, he adopts the Governor Vessel and etiological analysis and differentiation, local acupuncture three step acupoint selection for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis; and supplementing the liver and kidney and strengthening the Governor Vessel and tonifying yang for ankylosing spondylitis; and dispelling wind and removing dampness, and dredging channels and activating the collaterals for obstinate facial palsy. (2) In Chinese drugs, on the basis of 50 year's clinical practice, he summarizes recipes Guanjie No.

[Content deternmination of glycyrrhizic acid in cortex glycyrrhizae].

Glycyrrhizic acid content in Fen Gancao (barked licorice root) and its rough bark (Cortex Glycyrrhizae) was determined by HPLC. The result showed that at least three unknown ingredients were detected in Cortex Glycyrrhizae which were not in Fen Gancao, and glycyrrhizic acid content in the Cortex Glycyrrhizae is higher than that in Fen Gancao. It suggests that Cortex Glycyrrhizae can be used as the material not only to extract glycyrrhizic acid but also for making additives.

[Present situation and thinking of studies on apoplectic aphasia].

There were different emphasis between Chinese medicine and Western medicine in the study of apoplectic aphasia, the study of Chinese medicine lay particular emphasis on treatment with more interfering methods but lacking unifying evaluation criteria; while studies of Western medicine lay particular emphasis on studies of mechanisms, classification and language rehabilitation of aphasia, etc.. Selection and application of scientific study methods are key to attain expectation results of studies, and deeply make studies of apoplectic aphasia, so as to explore and establish the model of integrated Chinese and western medicine study of aphasia, promote rehabilitation of language function and increase life quality of the patient of apoplexy.

[Significance of chong vessel theory for climacteric reactions].

Objective: To probe clinical application value of the Chong Vessel.

Methods: Analyze characteristics of running of the Chong Vessel based on running and distribution of the Chong Vessel in ancient literatures, and summarize indication rule of the Chong Vessel from the function of the Chong Vessel in the human body and the indications of the Chong Vessel, further probe into relation between the Chong Vessel and function of the human endocrine system.

Conclusion: Acupuncture-moxibustion therapy can exert the action, which can not be attained by drugs, on the diseases and syndromes induced by endocrine imbalance, such as climacteric syndrome and the diseases and syndromes caused by deficiency of both qi and blood in the aged.

[Randomized controlled trials of acupuncture at Tiaokou (ST 38) for treatment of periarthritis of shoulder].

Objective: To study the basic therapeutic function of Tiaokou (ST 38).

Methods: According to clinically multi-central randomized controlled and single-blind test principle, 257 cases of periarthritis of shoulder were divided into two groups, a test group (n = 124) treated with oral anti-inflammatory analgesic medicine combined with acupuncture at Tiaokou (ST 38), and a control group (n = 133) treated with oral anti-inflammatory analgesic medicine. Their therapeutic effects were compared.

[Clinical observation on combined acupuncture and moxibustion therapy for treatment of 160 cases of polyneuritis].

Objective: To observe clinical therapeutic effect of combined acupuncture and moxibustion therapy on polyneuritis.

Methods: One hundred and sixty cases were treated with combined scalp acupuncture, body acupuncture (stimulating root of nerve as main), cupping and pricking at segmental root of nerve, and electric hot moxibustion, and their therapeutic effects were observed.

Results: One hundred and thirty-eight cases were cured (86.

[Evaluation on clinical therapeutic effect of needle-knife therapy on cervical spondylosis].

Objective: To compare therapeutic effects of needle-knife therapy and acupuncture on cervical spondylosis.

Methods: Multi-central clinical randomized controlled trial was adopted. The patients were divided into a needle-knife treatment group treated with needle-knife therapy at the upper and lower interspinal ligaments of the affected vertebral body and bilateral posterior joint capsules; and the acupuncture control group were treated with acupuncture at Laozhen, Ashi points and cervical Jiaji points, etc.

[Systematic evaluation on acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of dysphagia after stroke].

Objective: To assess the therapeutic effect and potential adverse effect of acupuncture in treatment of dysphagia after stroke.

Methods: A systematic review including all the relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-RCTs of acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of dysphagia after stroke were performed using the method recommended by the cochrane collaboration.

Results: Seven papers including 506 cases met the enrolled criteria.

[Observation on therapeutic effect of abdominal acupuncture on spastic paralysis after cerebrovascular disorder].

Objective: To observe clinical therapeutic effect of abdominal acupuncture on spastic paralysis after cerebrovascular disorder.

Methods: Sixty cases of spastic paralysis after cerebrovascular disorder were randomly divided into an abdominal acupuncture group and a body acupuncture group, 30 cases in each group. They all were treated for 5 times each week, for a 3 consecutive weeks, and then the therapeutic effects were observed.

[Review on studies of correlativity of needle retention duration and needling sequence with the therapeutic effect].

In the present paper, the authors review the influences of time factor in single treatment session, duration of needle retention and needling sequence on acupuncture effects in literatures of recent 20 years. In the aspect of relation between the duration of needle retention and acupuncture effect, more is laid on the exploring the proper duration of needle retention for different diseases through clinical and experimental researches. Regarding the influences of needling sequence on acupuncture effect, very few modern researches were carried out, and there are the gaps in the research on the influence of different duration of needle retention on acupuncture effects on basis of a certain needling sequence.