Efficacy evaluation of acupuncture combined with pricking blood therapy in the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of combining acupuncture with pricking blood therapy to treat chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and compare its outcomes with those of second-generation H1-antihistamines.

Methods: Seventy CSU patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive treatment with either oral loratadine tablets or a combination of acupuncture and pricking blood therapy (n=35 each). Evaluations were conducted at baseline, at the conclusion of the 4-week treatment period, and at the 4th and 8th weeks post-treatment time points.

[Effect of modified Danggui Shaoyao Powder on SOCS3/TLR4 signaling pathway in rats with chronic atrophic gastritis].

This study aims to investigate the effect of modified Danggui Shaoyao Powder on the suppressor of cytokine signaling 3(SOCS3)/Toll-like receptor 4(TLR4) signaling pathway in gastric tissue of rats with chronic atrophic gastritis(CAG).Sixty SPF-grade SD rats were randomly assigned into the normal group, model group, Moluo Pills group, and high-, medium-, and low-dose groups of modified Danggui Shaoyao Powder.The rats in other groups except the normal group were treated with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine(MNNG) to establish the CAG model.