[Herbal-moxa plaster for diarrhea type irritable bowel syndrome of spleen and kidney deficiency: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy between herbal-moxa plaster and moxa-box moxibustion for diarrhea type irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) of spleen and kidney deficiency.

Methods: Eighty patients with IBS-D of spleen and kidney deficiency were randomly divided into a herbal-moxa plaster group and a moxa-box moxibustion group, 40 cases in each group. The patients in the two groups were treated with conventional acupuncture at Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (GV 24), Zhongwan (CV 12) and bilateral Tianshu (ST 25), Yinlingquan (SP 9), and Taixi (KI 3), etc.

[Effect of electroacupuncture of " acupoint combination" on central sensitivity of cholecystokinin in obese rats with insulin resistance].

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) of " acupoint combination" on appetite, body fat, insulin sensitivity and central sensitivity of cholecystokinin (CCK) in obese rats with insulin resistance (IR), and to explore the mechanism of EA on improving obesity with insulin resistance.

Methods: Among the fifty 8-week-old healthy SPF male Wistar rats, 10 rats were randomly selected and fed with normal diet; after 8 weeks, 8 rats were randomly selected as a normal group. The remaining 40 rats were fed with high-fat diet to establish the model of obsesity IR; after 8 weeks, 24 rats with successful model of obsesity IR were randomly divided into a model group, an EA group and a sham EA group, 8 rats in each group.

[Study on the mechanism of acupoint sticking therapy with Chuan fuling for treatment of asthma model rats].

Objective: To investigate the mechanism of the acupoint sticking therapy with Chuanfuling for preventing and treating asthma.

Methods: Thirty male SD rats were randomly divided into a control group (normal saline, p.i.