从六经辨治腰椎间盘突出症

腰椎间盘突出症是临床常见病、多发病。随着现代影像诊断技术的发展,该病的诊断越来越明确,治疗方法多有牵引、针灸、理疗、穴注等,具体到针灸治疗本病症,则多从足太阳、足少阳、足少阴论治,笔者从六经辨治本症,取得较好疗效,现分经论述如下。1太阳证(1)表现:恶寒,全身酸胀不适;或恶风汗出,腰背有僵硬感;或腰臀部及下肢后外侧牵强不适;更甚者脊柱和腰部像折断一样疼痛,下肢不能运动自如。查舌淡、苔薄白或薄黄,脉浮紧或浮缓或弦。(2)处方:合谷、列缺、外关、后溪、风门、膀胱俞、委中、昆仑、京骨、大钟、金门等。以泻法为主。(3)方义:太阳…     

自拟带状疱疹方治疗带状疱疹26例

带状疱疹由于其灼痛钻心、皮肤红斑、群集小疱,在中医文献中列入“丹门”;又因其好发于胸肋、腰部,故又名“缠腰火丹”.其病因病机多为毒邪、肝火、湿热、气血瘀阻.毒火留于血分发为红斑;湿热困于肝脾遂起水疱;气血阻于经络则见疼痛,临床上多以清泻肝火、渗利湿热、活血止痛为治.笔者使用自拟带状疱疹方治疗26例带状疱疹,经临床观察,疗效满意,现介绍如下.     

中医医院管理循证理念的应用

随着"三医改革"的不断深入,医疗市场的竞争日趋激烈,人们对医院管理在生存和发展中的重要作用也日益关注.由于中医院面临着管理理念、资源优化、人才构筑和公平竞争的诸多问题,以往的经验管理已不能适应时代性、国际化的要求.面对瞬息万变的生存环境,需要各级中医医院能够主动参与竞争,充分发挥中医药特色,强化自身优势,对市场的变化迅速作出反应,这对中医医院管理工作提出了更高的要求.     

类风湿关节炎伴发抑郁症动物模型的建立

目的：建立类风湿关节炎伴发抑郁症动物模型。方法：以复合造模思路，在采用胶原诱导复制大鼠类风湿关节炎模型基础上，结合孤养法和慢性不可预知的温和应激方法，造成类风湿关节炎伴发抑郁症动物模型。结果：造模后给予行为学测试和下丘脑5-HT、5-HIAA含量测定，模型组大鼠踝关节肿大畸形，关节炎指数增高，蔗糖水饮用量、旷野试验中水平及垂直得分、下丘脑5-HT、5-HIAA含量都明显小于正常组，有非常显著性差异（P〈0．01）。结论：类风湿关节炎伴发抑郁症动物模型关节肿大畸形，关节炎指数增高，呈抑郁状态，兴趣丧失，快感缺乏，运动迟滞等，能充分模拟类风湿关节炎伴发抑郁患者的核心症状，实验重复性较好，是研究类风湿关节炎伴发抑郁的理想模型。     

中重度安定中毒的中医证候特点研究

目的：总结中重度安定类药物中毒的中医证候学特点。方法：对40例中重度安定中毒患者进行中医症状证候学观察并进行统计学分析。结果：在中重度安定类药物中毒患者中以神志迷蒙、静卧不烦为其主要症状。其中气息微弱、目合口开、面色苍白、大汗淋漓、肤冷肢凉等症状所占比例较大，中医辨证多为阳脱，气脱。口水痰多、牙关紧闭、两手握固、肢体强痉等症状出现频率亦相对较高，中医辨证多为阴闭证。结论：中重度安定中毒患者常常出现正气严重受损，气阴两伤，中医辨证多属阴闭证，脱证（阳脱、气脱较阴脱多见）。     

Early uptake of 99mTc-C2A in the acute phase of myocardial infarction as a prognostic indicator for follow-up cardiac dysfunction

OBJECTIVE: The C2A domain of Synaptotagmin I is a molecular probe for the specific imaging of cell death. Here we test the hypothesis that the uptake of 99mTc-C2A in the acute phase of an infarction is associated with cardiac dysfunction in follow-ups. METHODS: The left coronary artery was occluded in Sprague-Dawley rats for 0, 10, 20, and 30 min. 99mTc-C2A was injected intravenously at 2 h of reperfusion. Anterior planar images were acquired with one million counts on a gamma camera 3 h after injection. 99mTc-C2A uptake was calculated as the total counts in the left ventricle region minus blood pool signal. The in-vivo signal detected was correlated with wall motion score index at 1 and 3 weeks follow-ups measured by echocardiography. RESULTS: 99mTc-C2A uptake was higher with increased ischemic time (2244+/-852, 4054+/-1223, and 6178+/-1451 for 10, 20, and 30 min ischemia, analysis of variance P<0.001). A significant correlation was found between 99mTc-C2A uptake and wall motion score index at 1 week (R=0.800, P=0.0006) and 3 weeks (R=0.810, P=0.0008). CONCLUSION: In this ischemia/reperfusion model, 99mTc-C2A uptake in the acute phase was associated with functional abnormality at 1 and 3 weeks. This demonstrates the potential diagnostic and prognostic value of 99mTc-C2A as a novel imaging agent.     

Aconitum in Traditional Chinese Medicine-A valuable drug or an unpredictable risk?

Aconitum species have been used in China as an essential drug in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for 2000 years. Reviewing the clinical application of Aconitum, their pharmacological effects, toxicity and detoxifying measures, herb–herb interactions, clinical taboos, famous herbal formulas, traditional and current herbal processing methods based upon a wide range of literature investigations serve as a case study to explore the multidisciplinary implications of botanicals used in TCM. The toxicological risk of improper usage of Aconitum remains very high, especially in countries like China, India and Japan. The toxicity of Aconitum mainly derives from the diester diterpene alkaloids (DDAs) including aconitine (AC), mesaconitine (MA) and hypaconitine (HA). They can be decomposed into less or non-toxic derivatives through Chinese traditional processing methods (Paozhi), which play an essential role in detoxification. Using Paozhi, the three main forms of processed aconite – Yanfuzi, Heishunpian and Baifupian – can be obtained (CPCommission, 2005). Moreover, some new processing techniques have been developed in China such as pressure-steaming. The current development of fingerprint assays, in particular HPLC, has set a good basis to conduct an appropriate quality control for TCM crude herbs and their ready-made products. Therefore, a stipulation for a maximum level of DDA content of Aconitum is highly desirable in order to guarantee the clinical safety and its low toxicity in decoctions. Newly developed HPLC methods have made the accurate and simultaneous determination and quantification of DDA content interesting.     

Feasibility of treating hyperfibrinogenemia with intermittently administered batroxobin in patients with ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack for secondary prevention.

This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of batroxobin in treating hyperfibrinogenemia for secondary stroke prevention. Patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) were measured for plasma fibrinogen levels. Selected participants had concomitant hyperfibrinogenemia (plasma fibrinogen > or = 3.0 g/l). Patients enrolled between 1 July 2003 and 31 December 2004 were treated with batroxobin; patients enrolled between 1 January 2002 and 30 June 2003 were treated without batroxobin. Batroxobin was administered intermittently via intravenous injection at 3-monthly intervals. Patients in both groups were followed for 1 year. Any cerebrovascular events and suspected adverse events were recorded. In total, 112 ischemic stroke/TIA patients with concomitant hyperfibrinogenemia were enrolled, 52 being treated with batroxobin and 60 without batroxobin. Six patients (11.5%) with batroxobin and 16 patients (26.7%) without batroxobin had recurrent cerebral ischemic events during follow-up. Stroke/TIA recurrence in patients without batroxobin was higher than that in patients with batroxobin (P < 0.05). Two patients with batroxobin and two patients without batroxobin developed hemorrhagic stroke during follow-up. There were five deaths (9.6%) in the batroxobin group, and seven deaths (11.7%) in the nonbatroxobin group during follow-up (P > 0.05). Intermittent intravenous injection of batroxobin can efficiently reduce the risk for stroke/TIA recurrence in patients with concomitant hyperfibrinogenemia.     

The effects of Na movement on surgical myocardial protection: the role of the Na+-H+ exchange system and Na-channel in the development of ischemia and reperfusion injury.

OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether the Na+-H+ exchange inhibitor, HOE642 (Hoe), and/or the Na channel blocker, mexiletine (Mex), enhance a cardioprotective effect on St. Thomas' Hospital cardioplegic solution (STS) to clarify the mechanism by which intracellular Na+ is accumulated after cardioplegic arrest. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Isolated working rat hearts were perfused with Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer (KHBB). The hearts were then arrested with STS and subjected to normothermic global ischemia (30 min). This was followed by Langendorff reperfusion (15 min) and then a working reperfusion (20 min). In study A, we added Hoe (5, 10, and 20 microM), Mex (70 microM), or a combination of Hoe (20 microM) and Mex (70 microM), to STS. In study B, we added Hoe (20 microM), Mex (70 microM), or a combination of Hoe (20 microM) and Mex (70 microM) to KHBB during the first 3 min of Langendorff reperfusion. RESULTS: In study A, the addition of Hoe (10 and 20 microM) to STS showed a significantly greater postischemic recovery of cardiac output compared to the control group [63.1+/-5.7% (10 microM), 62.7+/-4.7% (20 microM), and 55.5+/-4.6% (control), respectively]. The postischemic recovery of cardiac output was significantly greater in the group of the combined addition (Hoe and Mex) to STS than that in the control, 20 microM Hoe, 70 microM Mex groups [70.3+/-3.7 (Hoe and Mex), 55.5+/-4.6% (control), 62.7+/-4.7% (Hoe 20 microM), and 60.2+/-4.7% (Mex 70 microM), respectively]. The myocardial water content in the postischemic period was 565.1+/-29.1, 525.8+/-2.9, 509.4+/-19.6, and 532.2+/-20.1; it was 497.3+/-9.1 mL/100 g dry weight in the control; and 10 microM Hoe, 20 microM Hoe, and 70 microM Mex in the combined use groups. In study B, there was no significant difference in the postischemic recovery of cardiac output in all experimental groups. CONCLUSION: The combined use of the Na+-H+ exchange inhibitor and Na+ channel blocker during cardioplegia may achieve a superior cardioprotective effect on myocardial damage because of ischemia and reperfusion.     

川芎嗪对肾缺血再灌注时c-fos bcl-2 ICAM-1蛋白表达的影响

目的　探讨大鼠肾缺血再灌注损伤不同时间c -fos、细胞淋巴瘤 /白血病 - 2、细胞间粘附分子- 1蛋白的表达及川芎嗪对其影响。方法　用免疫组化法检测大鼠急性肾缺血再灌注不同时间内及川芎嗪干预后c -fos、细胞淋巴瘤 /白血病 - 2、细胞间粘附分子 - 1蛋白表达的分布及强度变化。结果　c -fos蛋白分布于近曲小管、远曲小管、集合管上皮细胞的细胞核、细胞浆内 ,再灌注后 1h表达明显增强 ,3h达高峰 ,6h锐减。细胞淋巴瘤 /白血病 - 2蛋白主要分布于近曲小管上皮细胞的细胞浆 ,再灌注后 1h表达明显增强 ,6h达高峰 ,2 4h仍有较强表达。细胞间粘附分子 - 1蛋白分布在肾血管、肾小管等部位 ,其中以肾血管为著 ,其表达增强于再灌注后 1h ,直到 2 4h仍有增高趋势。川芎嗪干预后c -fos、细胞间粘附分子 - 1蛋白表达明显下降 (P <0 0 1 )。细胞淋巴瘤 /白血病 - 2表达明显增高 (P <0 .0 1 )。结论　川芎嗪对肾缺血再灌注损伤有较好的保护作用