Pseudomyopia treated with auricular point sticking combined with periocular needle-embedding therapy and prevention of true myopia: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To observe the clinical effect and safety of auricular point sticking combined with periocular needle-embedding therapy for pseudomyopia and prevention of true myopia.

Methods: A total of 269 children with pseudomyopia were randomized into an observation group (134 cases, 2 cases dropped out) and a control group (135 cases, 5 cases dropped out). In the control group, the healthy education was provided.

[Practical experience of virtual acupuncture and moxibustion teaching system in the operation teaching course of ].

Started from the needs of clinical teaching and practice of acupuncture and moxibustion, based on the acupuncture education and assessment model, the virtual acupuncture teaching system was developed with the help of virtual reality (VR) technology, and applied to the course teaching of meridian and acupoint and needling and moxibustion method of . Compared with conventional teaching, this system can effectively improve practical operation test scores of students, meanwhile, it has higher interest, interactivity and helpfulness for knowledge learning, and improve independent learning ability, learning effect and memory depth, so student's satisfaction is higher.

Morphological changes in the pharyngeal airway of female skeletal class III patients following bimaxillary surgery: a cone beam computed tomography evaluation.

Using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), the present study compared three-dimensional (3D) changes in the pharyngeal airway and surrounding tissues in female skeletal class III patients treated with bimaxillary surgery. Twenty-nine female skeletal class III patients with both maxillary hypoplasia and a mandibular excess underwent bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy for mandibular setback combined with Le Fort I osteotomy for maxillary advancement. Volumetric measurements were performed using CBCT scans taken at 1 week presurgery and 6 months post-surgery.

[Qiantongding Decoction: An efficacious therapeutic for type III B prostatitis].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of Qiantongding Decoction in the treatment of type III B prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS).

Methods: Seventy patients with type III B prostatitis / CPPS were randomly divided into an experimental group (n = 36) and a control group (n = 34), the former treated with Qiantongding Decoction, and the latter with oral Indometacin, both for a month. Then their scores on Pelvic Pain Symptom Survey and NIH-CPSI were documented and compared.

[A resource investigation and commodity identification of Fructus Amomi].

Resource investigation and commodity identification were carried out for 28 samples of Fructus Amomi collected from 7 provinces. The results showed that Fructus Amomi used currently were mainly from the dried ripe-fruit of Amomum villosum, A. villosum var.

[Effect of qiangji jianli capsule on metabolism of acetylcholine receptor].

Objective: To explore the action mechanism of Qiangji Jianli Capsule (QJJLC) treating myasthenia gravis.

Methods: Internal receptor permeation and degradation test were performed.

Results: Volume of receptor permeation in the group with QJJLC at 96 hours was 902.

[Reduction of genotoxic damage in oral mucosa with myasthenia gravis by traditional Chinese medicine].

Micronucleated exfoliated cell (MEC) of oral mucosa of 40 patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) and 54 normal controls were observed by means of micronucleus test. The frequency of MEC of two groups were 9.56/1000 and 2.