[Therapeutic effect of herb-separated moxibustion at Jinsuo (GV 8)-eight-diagram points on diarrhea-type irritable bowel syndrome of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency].

Objective: To observe the clinical therapeutic effect of herb-separated moxibustion at Jinsuo (GV 8)- eight-diagram points on diarrhea-type irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency as compared with oral administration of pinaverium bromide tablets and Chinese herbal decoction, .

Methods: A total of 126 patients with IBS-D of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency were randomized into a herb-separated moxibustion group (moxibustion group), a western medication group and a Chinese herbal medication group, 42 cases in each one. In the moxibustion group, the herb-separated moxibustion was applied to Jinsuo (GV 8)-eight-diagram points.

The evaluation of a nurse-led hypertension management model in an urban community healthcare: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Hypertension is a silent disease of the masses with an increasing prevalence and poor control rates. This study aims to establish and test the efficacy of a nurse-led hypertension management model in the community.

Methods: A single-blind, randomized controlled trial was performed.

[Clinical observation on severe acute pancreatitis treated with electroacupuncture at Dachangshu (BL 25) and Shangjuxu (ST 37) combined with ulinastatin].

Objective: To observe the clinical therapeutic effects on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) treated with electroacupuncture (EA), sparse-dense wave and 2 Hz/15 Hz, at Dachangshu (BL 25) and Shangjuxu (ST 37) assisting ulinastetin and explore the effective therapeutic method for SAP.

Methods: A total of 120 patients of SAP were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 60 cases in each one. In the control group, the routine western medicine was adopted with the intravenous drip with ulinastatin.

JinqiJiangtang tablets for pre-diabetes: A randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial.

This study observed the efficacy and safety of JinqiJiangtang tablets (JQJT tablets, a traditional Chinese patent medicine) for pre-diabetes. Four hundred patients with pre-diabetes at five centres were treated for 12months and followed for an additional 12months to investigate the preventative effects of JQJT tablets (Registration ID: ChiCTR-PRC-09000401). The incidence rate of diabetes mellitus was the primary endpoint.

Smell and Taste Dysfunction Is Associated with Higher Serum Total Cholesterol Concentrations in Chinese Adults.

Several lipid-related hormones and peptides, such as glucagon-like peptide-1 and leptin, are involved in the regulation of taste and smell function. However, to our knowledge, it remains unknown whether these chemosensory functions are associated with lipid profiles. We examined the cross-sectional association between taste and smell dysfunction and blood cholesterol concentrations.