[The heat-reinforcing needling for Kashin-Beck disease with cold-dampness blocking collaterals syndrome].

Objective: To compare the efficacy differences between heat-reinforcing needling and conventional treatment of western medicine on Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) with cold-dampness blocking collaterals syndrome.

Methods: Sixty KBD patients of cold-dampness blocking collaterals syndrome were randomly assigned into a heat-reinforcing needling group and a western medication group, 30 cases in each one. In the heat-reinforcing needling group, the heat-reinforcing needling was applied at local painful sites, combined with the acupoints based on the syndrome differentiation and the distal acupoints on the affected meridians.

[Development and inheritance of 's acupuncture school].

's acupuncture school in Gansu,represented by and ,is of great influence in China. 's acupuncture school originated from (Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor) and (Classic of Questioning),and shaped around Dynasty and Dynasty. Professor has formed a unique "'s acupuncture" diagnosis and treatment system by inheritance and innovation.

[Intervention of acupuncture on abnormal spatiotemporal pattern of visual cortex area 17 neuron in monocular deprivation amblyopia rats].

Objective: To preliminarily explore the electrophysiological mechanism of acupuncture on plasticity variability of visual cortex.

Methods: Fifty 14-day-old Wistar rats were randomly divided into a blank group, a model group, an early-stage acupuncture group, a middle-stage acupuncture group and a late-stage acupuncture group, 10 rats in each one. Except the blank group, the rats in the remaining groups were treated with eyelid suture to establish the model of monocular deprivation amblyopia.

[Effects of heat-reinforcing acupuncture on urine metabolites in rheumatoid arthritis rabbits].

Objective: To compare the effects of different acupuncture methods on urine metabolites in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) rabbits, and to explore the specificity mechanism of heat-reinforcing acupuncture for RA.

Methods: A total of 40 clean purple-blue rabbits were randomly allocated to a normal group, a model group, a mild reinforcing-reducing needling (MRRN) group, a twirling-reinforcing needling (TRN) group and a heat-reinforcing needling (HRN) group, 8 rabbits in each one. Except the normal group, the rabbits in the remaining groups were treated with ovalbumin and freezing to establish RA model.

[Exploration of acupoints selection law for post-traumatic stress disorder treated with acupuncture and moxibustion].

To analyze the modern clinical literature on post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) treated with acupuncture and moxibustion so as to summarize the acupoints selection law. The related articles from 2005 to 2014 were collected and then the frequencies were statistically analyzed. Finally 16 papers were gathered,while the main acupoints among the 23 acupoints refer to Baihui(GV 20),Sishencong(EX-HN 1),Shenting(GV 24),Fengchi(GB 20),Shenmen(HT 7),Neiguan(PC 6),Taichong(LR 3) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6).

[Point application in literature of stone chamber and its application].

Acupuncture-moxibustion material found in stone chamber shows academic value on research of acupuncture-moxibustion in Tang Dynasty and before. In the paper we summarize its medical prescriptions and the existing acupoint application contents. It is considered that its acupoint application is widely clinically used in dermatological department, cosmetology department, ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology departments, paediatrics department, gynaecology department, anorectal department, orthopedics and traumatology department.

[Comparative study on the effects between manual acupuncture and electroacupuncture for hemiplegia after acute ischemic stroke].

Objective: To compare the efficacy differences between manual acupuncture (MA) and electroacupuncture (EA) in the treatment of hemiplegia after acute ischemic stroke.

Methods: Sixty-eight patients of hemiplegia after acute ischemic stroke were randomized into a MA group (34 cases) and an EA group (34 cases). The routine western medication and bilateral Dingnieqianxiexian (MS 6) were adopted in the two groups.

[Brief introduction of 's "golden hook fishing" technique in acupuncture].

Golden hook fishing technique in acupuncture is one of the characteristics for the inheritance of aca-demic school of 's acupuncture technique. On the theoretic basis of traditional "lifting and thrusting" technique and "biting hook" sensation, by the coordination of the hands, focusing on the gentle lifting and shaking technique, selecting points, the tendon-knotted sites, the eight influential points and experienced effective points, this special acupuncture technique is used for acute pain disorders and brain disorders in clinical application.

["Warming-promotion acupuncture" on knee osteoarthritis:a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy differences between warming-promotion acupuncture, mild reinforcing-reducing acupuncture and acupoint injection for knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

Methods: Ninety cases of KOA were randomly assigned into a warming-promotion acupuncture group (group A), a mild reinforcing-reducing acupuncture group (group B) and a sodium hyaluronate group (group C), 30 cases in each one. Patients in the group A and group B were treated at Xuehai (SP 10), Heding (EX-LE 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Neixiyan (EX-LE 4), Dubi (ST 35), Xizhong (Extra), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), and acupoints could be added or reduced based on syndrome differentiation; warming-promotion acupuncture was applied in the group A and mild reinforcing-reducing method was applied in the group B.