Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16304136917582
Wei Wei, T. Qin, Wang Yafen, Zeng Lang, Man-feng Liao
In this study, we investigated the clinical efficacy and poor prognosis of patients with limb disorders after the operation of hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage, using the treatment of removing blood stasis and Shengxin acupuncture combined with early rehabilitation training using a randomized trial. A total of 100 patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage who underwent surgery in our hospital from May 2019 to May 2021 were selected and divided into control group were treated with early rehabilitation training, and the intervention group was treated with acupuncture for removing blood stasis and promoting new acupuncture based on the control group. We observed that there was no significant difference in the evaluation of limb function recovery between the two groups of patients (P>0.05). After the intervention, the modified Ashworth score, FMA score, and B1 index of the two groups were significantly different in the ADL scores and the scores of families and friends support were remarkably improved. The clinical treatment efficiency of the intervention group was 94.00%,significantly higher than that of the control groupof80.00%, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The study demonstrated that the rehabilitation training combined with removing blood stasis and Shengxin acupuncture is significantly better than rehabilitation training alone to improve postoperative limb dysfunction, daily life and quality of life and is a clinical treatment for hypertension.
{"title":"Clinical Observation of Electro acupuncture Combined with Early Rehabilitation Training to Treat Hypertensive Cerebral Hemorrhage in Basal Ganglia","authors":"Wei Wei, T. Qin, Wang Yafen, Zeng Lang, Man-feng Liao","doi":"10.3727/036012921x16304136917582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012921x16304136917582","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we investigated the clinical efficacy and poor prognosis of patients with limb disorders after the operation of hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage, using the treatment of removing blood stasis and Shengxin acupuncture combined with early rehabilitation training using a randomized trial. A total of 100 patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage who underwent surgery in our hospital from May 2019 to May 2021 were selected and divided into control group were treated with early rehabilitation training, and the intervention group was treated with acupuncture for removing blood stasis and promoting new acupuncture based on the control group. We observed that there was no significant difference in the evaluation of limb function recovery between the two groups of patients (P>0.05). After the intervention, the modified Ashworth score, FMA score, and B1 index of the two groups were significantly different in the ADL scores and the scores of families and friends support were remarkably improved. The clinical treatment efficiency of the intervention group was 94.00%,significantly higher than that of the control groupof80.00%, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The study demonstrated that the rehabilitation training combined with removing blood stasis and Shengxin acupuncture is significantly better than rehabilitation training alone to improve postoperative limb dysfunction, daily life and quality of life and is a clinical treatment for hypertension.","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69699838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16321477053935
Yali Liu, Hong-cheng Jiang, Xiaotong Li, Xingyue Yang
Background: Acupuncture therapy has been widely applied all around the world. But there still lacks high-quality evidence to evaluate its clinical effects, safety and cost-effectiveness, which seriously restricts its further promotion and development. Acupuncture, as an operational intervention, is more complex than drug therapy. Factors involved in the acupuncture operation process, such as individual and interventional factors, may affect clinical effects. Purpose:s Through this systematic review, we attempt to analyze the current status of studies about the key factors influencing clinical effects, so as to provide evidence for the design of acupuncture studies. Methods: A literature research was conducted in six databases until May, 2020. Studies were screened and assessed by two authors independently. Data extraction was made after screening. We extracted the basic information of these studies, including publishing years and countries, population and factors influencing clinical effects.Results: Through the initial search in these six database, 6404 records were retrieved. After duplication and screening, a total of 355 studies were finally included in the qualitative analysis. About 88.5% of these studies were conducted in China with increasing number in the past decades, covering neurological disorders, orthopedic disorders, obstetrical and gynecological diseases, digestive diseases and so on; 239 studies focused on stimulus parameters which may influence effects, accounting for 67.3%, and 128, 44, 39, 32, 15, 11 studies discussed acupoints, patients’ pathological states, individual difference, psychological states, deqi, and other factors separately. Conclusion: There are more and more studies focusing on factors influencing acupuncture clinical effects, including stimulus parameters, acupoints, individual difference, patient pathological and psychological states. Based on this systematic review, several ignored factors should be considered for future researches, and more scientifically and objectively high quality evidence should also be proved.
{"title":"Analysis Of Factors Influencing Acupuncture Clinical Effects: A Systematic Review","authors":"Yali Liu, Hong-cheng Jiang, Xiaotong Li, Xingyue Yang","doi":"10.3727/036012921x16321477053935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012921x16321477053935","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Acupuncture therapy has been widely applied all around the world. But there still lacks high-quality evidence to evaluate its clinical effects, safety and cost-effectiveness, which seriously restricts its further promotion and development. Acupuncture, as an operational intervention, is more complex than drug therapy. Factors involved in the acupuncture operation process, such as individual and interventional factors, may affect clinical effects. Purpose:s Through this systematic review, we attempt to analyze the current status of studies about the key factors influencing clinical effects, so as to provide evidence for the design of acupuncture studies. Methods: A literature research was conducted in six databases until May, 2020. Studies were screened and assessed by two authors independently. Data extraction was made after screening. We extracted the basic information of these studies, including publishing years and countries, population and factors influencing clinical effects.Results: Through the initial search in these six database, 6404 records were retrieved. After duplication and screening, a total of 355 studies were finally included in the qualitative analysis. About 88.5% of these studies were conducted in China with increasing number in the past decades, covering neurological disorders, orthopedic disorders, obstetrical and gynecological diseases, digestive diseases and so on; 239 studies focused on stimulus parameters which may influence effects, accounting for 67.3%, and 128, 44, 39, 32, 15, 11 studies discussed acupoints, patients’ pathological states, individual difference, psychological states, deqi, and other factors separately. Conclusion: There are more and more studies focusing on factors influencing acupuncture clinical effects, including stimulus parameters, acupoints, individual difference, patient pathological and psychological states. Based on this systematic review, several ignored factors should be considered for future researches, and more scientifically and objectively high quality evidence should also be proved.","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69700302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16321477053845
F. Pei, Weijing Hu, Y. Mao, Y. Zhao
Background:To explore whether combined with TCM based on classical proton pumpinhibitors PPIs therapy can achieve better efficacy for patients withlaryngopharyngeal reflux disease. Methods: There were 150 laryngopharyngeal refluxpatients enrolled and divided into three groups randomly, with 50 cases in each group.Patients in group A were treated with the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) lansoprazole.Patients in group B were treated with lansoprazole combined with Banxia Houpudecoction, and patients in group C were treated with acupuncture treatments and acombination of Chinese and Western medicine. The reflux symptom index (RSI), refluxfinding score (RFS), and quality of life (36 item short form health survey questionnaire)were assessed before and 4 and 8 weeks after treatment. Results: The RSI and RFSscores of the three groups were significantly reduced after treatment (P < 0.001). Ingroup B and C, they were lower than in group A at 8 weeks (P < 0.01). The SF 36 scoreof 3 groups increased after treatment. At both 4 and 8 weeks (P < 0.001), and patientsin groups B and C scored higher than patients in group A (P < 0.001). The total effectiverate of group B and group C was higher than that of group A (P < 0.05). Conclusion:All three treatments have therapeutic effects on the disease, but the efficacy of a PPIalone is not as good as the combined treatments’ efficacies. Moreover, PPI combinedwith Banxia Houpu decoction and/or acupuncture treatment substantially affects lifeimprovement.
{"title":"A Randomized Clinical Trial of Proton Pump Inhibitors Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease","authors":"F. Pei, Weijing Hu, Y. Mao, Y. Zhao","doi":"10.3727/036012921x16321477053845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012921x16321477053845","url":null,"abstract":"Background:To explore whether combined with TCM based on classical proton pumpinhibitors PPIs therapy can achieve better efficacy for patients withlaryngopharyngeal reflux disease. Methods: There were 150 laryngopharyngeal refluxpatients enrolled and divided into three groups randomly, with 50 cases in each group.Patients in group A were treated with the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) lansoprazole.Patients in group B were treated with lansoprazole combined with Banxia Houpudecoction, and patients in group C were treated with acupuncture treatments and acombination of Chinese and Western medicine. The reflux symptom index (RSI), refluxfinding score (RFS), and quality of life (36 item short form health survey questionnaire)were assessed before and 4 and 8 weeks after treatment. Results: The RSI and RFSscores of the three groups were significantly reduced after treatment (P < 0.001). Ingroup B and C, they were lower than in group A at 8 weeks (P < 0.01). The SF 36 scoreof 3 groups increased after treatment. At both 4 and 8 weeks (P < 0.001), and patientsin groups B and C scored higher than patients in group A (P < 0.001). The total effectiverate of group B and group C was higher than that of group A (P < 0.05). Conclusion:All three treatments have therapeutic effects on the disease, but the efficacy of a PPIalone is not as good as the combined treatments’ efficacies. Moreover, PPI combinedwith Banxia Houpu decoction and/or acupuncture treatment substantially affects lifeimprovement.","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69700070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16264625521781
S. Keskin, D. Keskin, M. Değermenci, H. Hanci, Nuket Göçmen Karabekir, M. Atak, O. Baş
Electro-acupuncture is widely used in gynecology. Adnexal torsion is an important threat to ovarian reserves in women of reproductive age. This is the first study to investigate whether electro-acupuncture is beneficial in protecting ovarian reserves in case of adnexal torsion resulting in reperfusion injury. Thirty-two female Wistar Albino rats were randomized into four groups: the first group—sham operation, the second group—torsion/detorsion model, the third group—pre-acupuncture + torsion/detorsion + post-acupuncture, and the fourth group—torsion/detorsion + post-acupuncture. The acupoints used were CV4 and bilateral SP6, Ex-CA1, Kid3, and ST36. In the third group, the acupoints were needled for two weeks before torsion, continuing for a further two weeks after torsion. In the fourth group, needling began after torsion and was maintained for two weeks. Both histological and biochemical parameters indicating ovarian reserves showed that electro-acupuncture applied to the above points exhibited an ameliorating effect on ovaries injured during ischemia/reperfusion. Electro-acupuncture may be capable of protecting against and preventing ischemia/reperfusion injury in case of ovarian torsion.
{"title":"THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE IN OVARIAN ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY","authors":"S. Keskin, D. Keskin, M. Değermenci, H. Hanci, Nuket Göçmen Karabekir, M. Atak, O. Baş","doi":"10.3727/036012921x16264625521781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012921x16264625521781","url":null,"abstract":"Electro-acupuncture is widely used in gynecology. Adnexal torsion is an important threat to ovarian reserves in women of reproductive age. This is the first study to investigate whether electro-acupuncture is beneficial in protecting ovarian reserves in case of adnexal torsion resulting in reperfusion injury. Thirty-two female Wistar Albino rats were randomized into four groups: the first group—sham operation, the second group—torsion/detorsion model, the third group—pre-acupuncture + torsion/detorsion + post-acupuncture, and the fourth group—torsion/detorsion + post-acupuncture. The acupoints used were CV4 and bilateral SP6, Ex-CA1, Kid3, and ST36. In the third group, the acupoints were needled for two weeks before torsion, continuing for a further two weeks after torsion. In the fourth group, needling began after torsion and was maintained for two weeks. Both histological and biochemical parameters indicating ovarian reserves showed that electro-acupuncture applied to the above points exhibited an ameliorating effect on ovaries injured during ischemia/reperfusion. Electro-acupuncture may be capable of protecting against and preventing ischemia/reperfusion injury in case of ovarian torsion.","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69698528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16273277361777
Tian-Qi Wang, Ya-jie Wang, Si-Tong Xu
This study proposes the following hypothesis based on studies from various aspects and various historical periods in acupuncture: meridians and collaterals are a continuous, interwoven and ordered system of cells with the same active vibration frequency that guides human nerve activity and blood circulation, and acupuncture can temporarily open, unblock or shut such a system. Yin and Yang depend on the acidity and alkalinity of the internal and external liquid of cells caused by the human body after ingestion of food or influenced by the environment. Traditional Chinese medicine can help the human body adjust the acid-base balance, which is to say, adjust the imbalance state of Yin and Yang. The structure of functional active groups determines the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, and the structure can be predicted by using the principle of topology to play a role in the treatment of the corresponding target.
{"title":"Retesting Conjecture of Acupuncture in Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory","authors":"Tian-Qi Wang, Ya-jie Wang, Si-Tong Xu","doi":"10.3727/036012921x16273277361777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012921x16273277361777","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposes the following hypothesis based on studies from various aspects and various historical periods in acupuncture: meridians and collaterals are a continuous, interwoven and ordered system of cells with the same active vibration frequency that guides human nerve activity and blood circulation, and acupuncture can temporarily open, unblock or shut such a system. Yin and Yang depend on the acidity and alkalinity of the internal and external liquid of cells caused by the human body after ingestion of food or influenced by the environment. Traditional Chinese medicine can help the human body adjust the acid-base balance, which is to say, adjust the imbalance state of Yin and Yang. The structure of functional active groups determines the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, and the structure can be predicted by using the principle of topology to play a role in the treatment of the corresponding target.","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69698604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16298112109457
Zhihui Li, Min Chen, Chun-lin Tang
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of acupuncturetherapy on relapse of patients with gouty arthritis (GA). Methods: “gout ORgouty arthritis” AND “a cupuncture therapy OR acupuncture OR moxibustionOR electroacupuncture OR fire needle OR acupotomology OR blood lettingpuncture OR plum blossom needle” were used as search strategies forsearching related studies. Twenty two studies involving 2394 patient s wereenrolled in this research through the analysis of databases of CNKI, Wanfang,VIP, PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library. Results: The results of pairwise metaanalysis and network meta analysis (NMA) indicated that patients withacupuncture therapy had a significantly lower relapse rate (RR) compared withthose without acupuncture therapy (OR = 0.21, 95% CI: 0.16 0.26, P <0.00001); the follow up time (TFU) and serum urate concentration (SUA)before treatment had no significant effect on the reductio n of RR caused byacupuncture therapy (P > 0.05); and patients treated with acupuncture plusWestern medicine (WM) had the lowest RR (surface under the cumulativeranking [SUCRA] = 85.0%), followed by acupuncture plus traditional Chinesemedicine (TCM, SUC RA = 73.5%), acupuncture only (SUCRA = 72.8%),fourthly acupuncture plus TCM and WM (SUCRA = 33.0%), then TCM(SUCRA = 28.7%), finally WM (SUCRA = 7.0%). Conclusion: Our findingmay facilitate the application of acupuncture therapy in patients with GA. Ourresearch also offered some information for the future research.
{"title":"Improvement of Acupuncture Therapy on Relapse of P atients with G outy A rthritis: A Pairwise and Bayesian Network Meta analysis","authors":"Zhihui Li, Min Chen, Chun-lin Tang","doi":"10.3727/036012921x16298112109457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012921x16298112109457","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of acupuncturetherapy on relapse of patients with gouty arthritis (GA). Methods: “gout ORgouty arthritis” AND “a cupuncture therapy OR acupuncture OR moxibustionOR electroacupuncture OR fire needle OR acupotomology OR blood lettingpuncture OR plum blossom needle” were used as search strategies forsearching related studies. Twenty two studies involving 2394 patient s wereenrolled in this research through the analysis of databases of CNKI, Wanfang,VIP, PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library. Results: The results of pairwise metaanalysis and network meta analysis (NMA) indicated that patients withacupuncture therapy had a significantly lower relapse rate (RR) compared withthose without acupuncture therapy (OR = 0.21, 95% CI: 0.16 0.26, P <0.00001); the follow up time (TFU) and serum urate concentration (SUA)before treatment had no significant effect on the reductio n of RR caused byacupuncture therapy (P > 0.05); and patients treated with acupuncture plusWestern medicine (WM) had the lowest RR (surface under the cumulativeranking [SUCRA] = 85.0%), followed by acupuncture plus traditional Chinesemedicine (TCM, SUC RA = 73.5%), acupuncture only (SUCRA = 72.8%),fourthly acupuncture plus TCM and WM (SUCRA = 33.0%), then TCM(SUCRA = 28.7%), finally WM (SUCRA = 7.0%). Conclusion: Our findingmay facilitate the application of acupuncture therapy in patients with GA. Ourresearch also offered some information for the future research.","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69699774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Objective:With the fast dev elopment of economy and culture, medical professionalsand parents are paying more and more attention to nocturnal enuresis (NE) since it raisedthe negative impact on children’s health and imposes a long term burden on families.The present clinical investigation aims to evaluate the clinical effect of pressing needleon nocturnal enuresis in children through a randomized controlled clinical trial.Materials andMethods: A total of 120 children with nocturnal enuresis were randomlyassigned into pressing needle group, desmopressin group and pills Capsule group, 40cases in each group. The children in pressing needle group were treated with pressingneedles, and those in the desmopressin group and Suoquan pills were orallyadministrated with desmopressin and Suoquan pills, respectively. Combined behavioraltherapy was also given in all the three groups during the treatment. Enuresis frequency,degree of arousal, functional b ladder capacity (FBC) and postvoid residual urine volume(PRUV) were employed as the indicators to evaluate the clinical efficacy in the threegroups. After 6 months of follow up, the recurrence rate of the three groups was alsoanalyzed for efficacy assessment.Results:The total responsive rate in pressing needle group was 95.0%, which was higherthan 87.5% of Suoquan pills group (p < 0.05), and significantly higher than 77.5% of desmopressin group (p < 0.01)desmopressin group (p < 0.01).. The frequency of enuresis was significantly The frequency of enuresis was significantly lowered after lowered after treatment (p < 0.01), concurrently with an evident improvement in arousal levels in all treatment (p < 0.01), concurrently with an evident improvement in arousal levels in all of the three groups (p < 0.01), and the interof the three groups (p < 0.01), and the inter--group difference in postgroup difference in post--treatment enuresis treatment enuresis frequencyfrequency and arousal level between pressing needle group and thand arousal level between pressing needle group and the other two groups was e other two groups was also statialso statistically significant (p < 0.05).stically significant (p < 0.05). The recurrence rate of pressing needle group, The recurrence rate of pressing needle group, desmopressin group and Suoquan pills group was 7.89%, 48.39% and 22.86%, desmopressin group and Suoquan pills group was 7.89%, 48.39% and 22.86%, respectively, with a difference which was statistically significant betrespectively, with a difference which was statistically significant between pressing needle ween pressing needle group and desmopressin group (p < 0.01), but not between pressing needle group and group and desmopressin group (p < 0.01), but not between pressing needle group and Suoquan pills group (p > 0.05). Suoquan pills group (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Conclusion: Pressing needle treatment showed a Pressing needle treatment showed a substantial clinical effect on enuresis in children by improving the bladsubst
{"title":"Clinical E ffect of Pressing Needle on Nocturnal Enuresis in Children","authors":"Jiao Rong, J Zhang, Jing Li, Junzhong Sun, Changying Yi, Meiling Fan","doi":"10.3727/036012921x16321477053872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012921x16321477053872","url":null,"abstract":"Objective:With the fast dev elopment of economy and culture, medical professionalsand parents are paying more and more attention to nocturnal enuresis (NE) since it raisedthe negative impact on children’s health and imposes a long term burden on families.The present clinical investigation aims to evaluate the clinical effect of pressing needleon nocturnal enuresis in children through a randomized controlled clinical trial.Materials andMethods: A total of 120 children with nocturnal enuresis were randomlyassigned into pressing needle group, desmopressin group and pills Capsule group, 40cases in each group. The children in pressing needle group were treated with pressingneedles, and those in the desmopressin group and Suoquan pills were orallyadministrated with desmopressin and Suoquan pills, respectively. Combined behavioraltherapy was also given in all the three groups during the treatment. Enuresis frequency,degree of arousal, functional b ladder capacity (FBC) and postvoid residual urine volume(PRUV) were employed as the indicators to evaluate the clinical efficacy in the threegroups. After 6 months of follow up, the recurrence rate of the three groups was alsoanalyzed for efficacy assessment.Results:The total responsive rate in pressing needle group was 95.0%, which was higherthan 87.5% of Suoquan pills group (p < 0.05), and significantly higher than 77.5% of desmopressin group (p < 0.01)desmopressin group (p < 0.01).. The frequency of enuresis was significantly The frequency of enuresis was significantly lowered after lowered after treatment (p < 0.01), concurrently with an evident improvement in arousal levels in all treatment (p < 0.01), concurrently with an evident improvement in arousal levels in all of the three groups (p < 0.01), and the interof the three groups (p < 0.01), and the inter--group difference in postgroup difference in post--treatment enuresis treatment enuresis frequencyfrequency and arousal level between pressing needle group and thand arousal level between pressing needle group and the other two groups was e other two groups was also statialso statistically significant (p < 0.05).stically significant (p < 0.05). The recurrence rate of pressing needle group, The recurrence rate of pressing needle group, desmopressin group and Suoquan pills group was 7.89%, 48.39% and 22.86%, desmopressin group and Suoquan pills group was 7.89%, 48.39% and 22.86%, respectively, with a difference which was statistically significant betrespectively, with a difference which was statistically significant between pressing needle ween pressing needle group and desmopressin group (p < 0.01), but not between pressing needle group and group and desmopressin group (p < 0.01), but not between pressing needle group and Suoquan pills group (p > 0.05). Suoquan pills group (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Conclusion: Pressing needle treatment showed a Pressing needle treatment showed a substantial clinical effect on enuresis in children by improving the bladsubst","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69700270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16341481788230
S. Turini, Momir Dunjic, B. Vitosevic, Tatjana Novakovic, M. Dunjic, D. Krstić, Katarina Dunjić
Plants are among the oldest and most complex organisms on our world. The complexity lies, first of all, from the cellular point of view, which has a greater compartmentalization than the animal cell. Also evolved as terrestrial organisms, plants have developed complex forms of electrochemical communication, developed to the point of suggesting that plants possessed a sort of nervous system, similar to that found in the animal world and in organisms with a high degree of evolution. Over the course of history, numerous researchers, especially in the last century, have alternated trying to penetrate the functional complexity of plants, obtaining results that allowed to tip the scales towards the presence not only of a nervous system, but a complex processing capacity, comparable to a consciousness. The experiment described here, using a polygraphic apparatus connected to an artificial intelligence computerized processing system, made it possible to evaluate the physiopathological responses of a plant subjected to external stimuli of an invasive and non-invasive nature. The technique involved addressing the vegetable “directly” during the experimentation. The results obtained have highlighted a logical succession of responses, which have allowed us to conclude that plants possess an advanced capacity for processing external stimuli and also of the human voice.
{"title":"THE PLANT CONSCIOUSNESS: UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPING PROTO-LANGUAGES BETWEEN PLANTS AND HUMANS","authors":"S. Turini, Momir Dunjic, B. Vitosevic, Tatjana Novakovic, M. Dunjic, D. Krstić, Katarina Dunjić","doi":"10.3727/036012921x16341481788230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3727/036012921x16341481788230","url":null,"abstract":"Plants are among the oldest and most complex organisms on our world. The complexity lies, first of all, from the cellular point of view, which has a greater compartmentalization than the animal cell. Also evolved as terrestrial organisms, plants have developed complex forms of electrochemical communication, developed to the point of suggesting that plants possessed a sort of nervous system, similar to that found in the animal world and in organisms with a high degree of evolution. Over the course of history, numerous researchers, especially in the last century, have alternated trying to penetrate the functional complexity of plants, obtaining results that allowed to tip the scales towards the presence not only of a nervous system, but a complex processing capacity, comparable to a consciousness. The experiment described here, using a polygraphic apparatus connected to an artificial intelligence computerized processing system, made it possible to evaluate the physiopathological responses of a plant subjected to external stimuli of an invasive and non-invasive nature. The technique involved addressing the vegetable “directly” during the experimentation. The results obtained have highlighted a logical succession of responses, which have allowed us to conclude that plants possess an advanced capacity for processing external stimuli and also of the human voice.","PeriodicalId":50881,"journal":{"name":"Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69700628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16321477053881
Shenghua Yu, Hongjie Liu, Li Xu, Yan Zhang, Yan Ma, Hong Zheng, Caijun Tian, Zhe Zhang
Introduction: Acupuncture has been applied with chemical drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the clinic. Whether such combination is effective and safe should be studied although it is recommended by some researchers.Methods: To explore the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture combined with the chemical drugs for AD, databases like PubMed, Web of Science were searched to retrieve randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on AD treated with acupuncture and chemical drugs to perform meta-analysis. The risk of bias in each study was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias scale. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3.Results: Five studies were included in which only donepezil combined with acupuncture was evaluated. Acupuncture combined with donepezil showed a significant difference in effectiveness rate [RR=1.45, 95% CI (1.19, 1.77), P=0.0002] compared with donepezil. On the comparison of mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score and Alzheimer's disease assessment scale cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) score there was no difference. However, after one trial with severe AD patients was removed, acupuncture combined with donepezil showed better effect than donepezil alone. Conclusion: Acupuncture combined with donepezil could work on AD at the early stage or with mild AD, implying that acupuncture could be a complementary therapy for AD at early stage or with mild condition. Besides, scalp acupuncture seems to be more effective on improving cognitive function. However, this conclusion must be considered cautiously, given the small sample size and lack of trials of high quality. Therefore, more high-quality, multicenter, prospective, RCTs with large sample sizes are needed to further clarify the effect of acupuncture combined with chemical drugs for AD.
针灸已被应用于临床治疗阿尔茨海默病(AD)的化学药物。尽管一些研究者建议这样做，但这种组合是否有效和安全还有待研究。方法:为探讨针刺联合化学药物治疗AD的有效性和安全性，检索PubMed、Web of Science等数据库，检索针刺联合化学药物治疗AD的随机对照试验(rct)，进行meta分析。使用Cochrane偏倚风险量表评估每项研究的偏倚风险。采用RevMan 5.3进行meta分析。结果:纳入了5项仅评价多奈哌齐联合针灸的研究。针刺联合多奈哌齐与多奈哌齐相比，有效率有显著差异[RR=1.45, 95% CI (1.19, 1.77)， P=0.0002]。最小精神状态检查(MMSE)评分与阿尔茨海默病评估量表认知亚量表(ADAS-Cog)评分比较无差异。然而，在一项针对重度AD患者的试验中，针刺联合多奈哌齐的效果优于单用多奈哌齐。结论:针刺联合多奈哌齐对早期或轻度AD均有疗效，提示针刺可作为早期或轻度AD的补充治疗。此外，头皮针灸似乎对改善认知功能更有效。然而，考虑到样本量小，缺乏高质量的试验，必须谨慎考虑这一结论。因此，需要更多高质量、多中心、前瞻性、大样本量的随机对照试验来进一步阐明针灸联合化学药物治疗AD的效果。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.3727/036012921x16264625521754
Wenguang Deng, Yuenong Zhang, Jian Xu, J. Ye
Intractable vertigo syndrome can be diagnosed after failure of routine treatments for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Stellate ganglion block can be used in patients who do not respond to oral medication. However, buccal acupuncture combined with stellate ganglion block in the treatment of intractable vertigo syndrome has not been described yet. In this case report, we describe a patient who showed good response to combined treatment with buccal acupuncture and stellate ganglion block
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