Multi-effective characteristics and advantages of acupuncture in COVID-19 treatment.

Unlabelled: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major disease that threatens human life and health. Its pathogenesis is complex and still not fully clarified. The clinical treatment is mainly supportive and lacks specific treatment methods.

Associations Between GGT/ALT Ratio and Carotid Plaque in Inpatients With Coronary Artery Disease: A RCSCD-TCM Study.

This study investigated the relationship between gamma-glutamyltransferase/alanine aminotransferase (GGT/ALT) ratio and carotid plaques in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). This multicenter retrospective study included 8,255 patients with CAD who were divided according to GGT/ALT quartiles: Q1 (GGT/ALT ≤ 1.00), Q2 (1.

The future of artificial hibernation medicine: protection of nerves and organs after spinal cord injury.

Spinal cord injury is a serious disease of the central nervous system involving irreversible nerve injury and various organ system injuries. At present, no effective clinical treatment exists. As one of the artificial hibernation techniques, mild hypothermia has preliminarily confirmed its clinical effect on spinal cord injury.

[Sham acupuncture and placebo acupuncture in clinical trials].

The commonly used terms "sham acupuncture" and "placebo acupuncture" in clinical acupuncture research is compared and analyzed in this article. In terms of their respective characteristics, sham acupuncture has a wider scope, including various types of acupoints, needle insertion at non-acupoint or non-insertion at acupoints, while placebo acupuncture mainly focuses on non-insertion at acupoints. Sham acupuncture mainly emphasizes the appearance similarity to real acupuncture, while placebo acupuncture emphasizes both similarity in appearance and the absence of therapeutic effects.

[Effect of moxibustion on plaque psoriasis complicated with obesity].

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of moxibustion combined with ointment sealing on plaque psoriasis complicated with obesity.

Methods: A total of 52 patients of plaque psoriasis complicated with obesity were randomized into an observation group (26 cases) and a control group (26 cases, 2 cases dropped off). ointment sealing was adopted in the control group.

[Effects of acupuncture on hemorrhagic transformation and motor function in stroke patients after intravenous thrombolysis with rt-PA: a prospective cohort study].

Objective: To observe the effects of the (regaining consciousness and opening orifices) acupuncture on hemorrhagic transformation and limb motor function after intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in stroke patients.

Methods: A total of 130 stroke patients after rt-PA thrombolytic were divided into an acupuncture group (58 cases, 1 case dropped off) and a non-acupuncture group (72 cases, 7 cases dropped off) according to whether they received acupuncture treatment. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to match each group, with 38 patients in each group.

Predictive value of TCM clinical index for diabetic peripheral neuropathy among the type 2 diabetes mellitus population: A new observation and insight.

Aims: The objectives of this study were to identify clinical predictors of the Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical index for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients, develop a clinical prediction model, and construct a nomogram.

Methods: We collected the TCM clinical index from 3590 T2DM recruited at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2019 to October 2020. The participants were randomly assigned to either the training group (n = 3297) or the validation group (n = 1426).

[Acupoint selection rules of acupuncture and moxibustion for post-stroke epilepsy based on data mining technology].

Objective: To analyze the acupoint selection rules of acupuncture and moxibustion for post-stroke epilepsy by data mining technology.

Methods: The literature regarding acupuncture and moxibustion for post-stroke epilepsy included in CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, SinoMed and PubMed databases from the establishment of the database to August 1st 2022 was retrieved. Microsoft Excel 2019 software was used to establish a database to conduct the descriptive analysis of acupoints; SPSS Modeler 18.

[Construction of a core outcome set in clinical research of acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of adhesive capsulitis].

This study aims to construct the core outcome set for the clinical trials of adhesive capsulitis treated with acupuncture and moxibustion. Using systematic review, semi-structured interview, Delphi questionnaire survey, analytic hierarchy process and expert consensus meeting, the primary outcomes are obtained, i.e.

[Scientific basis of acupuncture on mesenchymal stem cells for treating ischemic stroke].

The scientific basis of acupuncture on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for treating ischemic stroke (IS) is discussed. MSCs transplantation has great potential for the treatment of tissue damage caused by early stage inflammatory cascade reactions of IS, but its actual transformation is limited by various factors. How to improve the homing efficiency of MSCs is the primary issue to enhance its efficacy.

[ acupuncture combined with acupuncture for post-stroke fatigue: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of (dragon-like) acupuncture combined with (regaining consciousness and opening orifice) acupuncture on post-stroke fatigue.

Methods: Sixty patients with post-stroke fatigue were randomly divided into an observation group (30 cases, 1 case dropped off) and a control group (30 cases, 2 cases dropped off). The patients in the control group were treated with acupuncture at Neiguan (PC 6), Shuigou (GV 26), etc.

Network Pharmacology Revealed the Mechanisms of Action of Sieb on Atopic Dermatitis.

Aim: The application of network analysis algorithms promoted the development of network pharmacology. This study aimed to combine network pharmacology and signed random walk with restart (SRWR) to reveal the mechanism by which Sieb (LES) exerts effects on atopic dermatitis (AD).

Methods: The compounds and targets of LES were retrieved from Traditional Chinese Medicine Integrated Database (TCMID) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform (TCMSP), and important compounds and targets were identified by intersection analysis and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network.

Simultaneous quantitative analysis of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhimurium using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy coupled with partial least squares regression and artificial neural networks.

Simultaneous detection of mixed bacteria accurately and sensitively is a major challenge in microbial quality control field. In this study, we proposed a label-free SERS technique coupled with partial least squares regression (PLSR) and artificial neural networks (ANNs) for quantitative analysis of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhimurium simultaneously. SERS-active and reproducible Raman spectra can be acquired directly upon the bacteria and Au@Ag@SiO nanoparticle composites on the surface of gold foil substrates.

[The rules of acupoint selection of acupuncture and moxibustion for scrofula in ancient times].

Based on data mining technology, the rules of acupoint selection of acupuncture-moxibustion for scrofula in ancient times were analyzed. The relevant articles of acupuncture and moxibustion for scrofula were searched in the , and the original article, acupoint name, acupoint characteristic, and acupoint meridian tropism, etc. were screened and extracted.

[Research on ontology construction of acupuncture effect based on ISO/TS 16843-6: 2022].

In order to specify the information expression of acupuncture effect and realize the knowledge reuse and sharing, in view of animal experiments and clinical trials, the relevant knowledge of acupuncture effect is allocated. Using seven-step method and Protégé5.5.

[Acupoit is the "transducer" in the physiochemical information coupling response of acupuncture].

Acupoint is the initial response site of acupuncture stimulus and also the source link of the effect onset of acupuncture. Acupuncture is a mechanical physical stimulus. How is the mechanical force of acupuncture transduced into neuroelectrical and biochemical signals at acupoint? How does the physiochemical information of acupoint launch acupuncture effect? All of these remain the common and crucial questions in the study of acupuncture effect mechanism.

['s experience in treatment of vertigo with "regulating the middle , opening gate and relaxing tendon" method of acupuncture].

The paper introduces professor -'s theoretic ideas and experience in treatment of vertigo. Professor believes that this disease is closely related to the blockage of movement in the middle , opening-closing disarrangement in the pivot, "gate" obstruction, malnutrition of brain orifice and decreased blood flow in the nape. Based on the holistic idea of movement in traditional Chinese medicine and the circulatory theory of western medicine, the characteristics of the specific acupuncture therapy for "regulating the middle , opening gate and relaxing tendon" are summarized.

Mechanisms of Xiong-Pi-Fang in treating coronary heart disease associated with depression: A systematic pharmacology strategy and in vivo pharmacological validation.

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) and depression are very common and often co-existing disorders. Xiong-Pi-Fang (XPF), a therapeutic classical traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula, has shown satisfactory efficacy in treating CHD associated with depression. However, its mechanism of action is still unknown.

[Preliminary study on the existing problems in health economic evaluation study of acupuncture in China].

The literature of health economic evaluation study in the field of acupuncture in China was systematically summarized and analyzed, and the existing problems in the current research were discussed from the aspects of research perspective, cost calculation scope, data analysis method selection. Moreover, the key points of the health economic evaluation research were summarized, and the research objectives, the relationship between the expected research results and data analysis methods and the process of thinking were sorted out, and several suggestions for research report writing were proposed, aiming to provide a reference for the quality improvement of the acupuncture health economic evaluation research in China.

['s experience in treating spasmodic torticollis by method].

Professor 's experience in treating spasmodic torticollis by method (resuscitation and regulating muscle) is summarized in this paper. The pathogenesis of spasmodic torticollis is the occluded brain orifices and delirium, disorder of meridian tendons, specifically divided into five categories: damp-heat, liver- hyperactivity, liver-kidney deficiency, deficiency of the governor vessel, excess of the governor vessel. The treatment should be based on the symptoms and the root causes, the symptoms should be the main treatment, and the root cause should be treated based on syndrome differentiation.

[Acupoint selection rules of acupuncture for pseudobulbar palsy dysphagia].

Objective: To analyze the acupoint selection rules of acupuncture for pseudobulbar palsy dysphagia using data mining technology.

Methods: The literature of acupuncture for pseudobulbar palsy dysphagia published from January 1, 1990 to May 1, 2021 was retrieved from CNKI, SinoMed, Wanfang, VIP, and PubMed databases. Acupuncture prescription database was established.

[Acupuncture for improving neuroinflammation in vascular dementia rats by regulating Th1/Th2 cells balance in peripheral blood].

Objective: To observe the effect of acupuncture on the balance of T helper (Th) 1/Th2 cells in peripheral blood, inflammatory reaction and intracerebral neuroinflammation in vascular dementia (VD) rats, and to explore the mechanism of acupuncture for improving cognitive function in VD.

Methods: A total of 60 SPF Wistar rats were randomized into a normal group (=12), a sham operation group (=12) and an operation group (=36). Bilateral common carotid artery occlusion was adopted to establish the VD model in rats of the operation group.

[Automatic labeling and extraction of terms in natural language processing in acupuncture clinical literature].

The paper analyzes the specificity of term recognition in acupuncture clinical literature and compares the advantages and disadvantages of three named entity recognition (NER) methods adopted in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. It is believed that the bi-directional long short-term memory networks-conditional random fields (Bi LSTM-CRF) may communicate the context information and complete NER by using less feature rules. This model is suitable for term recognition in acupuncture clinical literature.

[Quality control in the implementation of multi-center acupuncture clinical trial].

The paper introduced the experiences of quality management in the implementation of multi-center acupuncture clinical trials and the keys in training acupuncture operators. The process management was explained in view of the division of labor for researchers, protocol learning and the communication among sub-centers. Besides, specificity links of acupuncture research were summarized, i.