OBSERVATION ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF COMBINED AURICULAR-PLASTER AND MOXIBUSTION THERAPIES FOR TREATMENT OF 500 CASES OF DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING

Sincel965,wehavebeenadoptingcom-binedauricular-plasterandmoxibusti0ntherapiesandprinciplesofdifferentiatingsyndromesandtypingoftraditionalChinesemedicinetotreat500cases0fdysfunctionaluterinebleedingandhaveachievedastrikingtherapeuticeffect.Itissummarizedasfollows:CLINICALDATAAllthe5OOcasesofdysfunctionaluterinebleeding(DUB)patientswereout-patentsandin-patients0fourh0spita1andconfirmedbygy-necologicalexamination.Theyoungestwas17yearsandtheoldest52years.Theshortestdura-tionofdiseasewas2O…     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON THE TREATMENT OF APOPLEXY BY ACUPUNCTURE COMBINED WITH DRUGS

APOplexyisinthefirstplaceofdiseases,andoneoffourgreatdifficultandcomp1icatedcases0fillness.M0stofpatientssufferfromthediseaseatovermiddleage.Inclinic,itisto1dandvisiblethatpatientsgotsuddenfall,uncon-sciousness,ordeviati0noftheeyeandmouth,ordysphasia,salivation,hemiparalysis,etc..Itinv0lescerebrovascularaccident,suchascerebralhemorrhage,cerebralthrombosis,cerebra1in-farcti0nandsubarachnoidhemorrhage,etc.anditssequelaeinmodernmedicine.Theauthoradoptedacupuncturecombinedwithdrugs,thatis,acupunc…     

OBSERVATION ON CLINICAL THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SCALP ACUPUNCTURE FOR FACIAL SPASM

Facialspasmorblepharospasmisanintractable disease,characterizedbyparoxysmal,irregular,in voluntaryconvulsionoffacialmusclesononeside,whichusuallystartsfromtheeyeorbicularmuscleof thelowereyelidandgraduallyextendsdownwardto thelowermusclesoftheface.Forseverepatients,vi olentmuscularspasmappearsinthewholeface.However,modernmedicinelackseffectivetherapyfor thisdiseaseatpresent.Theauthorsofthepresentpa peradoptedscalpacupuncturetotreat34casesofthis diseasefromSeptember2003toJuly2004,and achieveda…     

A CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOPATHY OF NERVE ROOT TYPE TREATED BY COMBINED CERVICAL TRACTION AND ELECTROACUPUNCTURE

Cervicalspondylopathyofnerveroottype(CSNRT)isacommondiseaseintheelderlypeople.Degenerativechangesofthecervicalspinecanleadtocompressionofthecord .Symp tomsoftendevelopinsidiouslyandarecharacter izedbyneckstiffness,arm pain ,numbnessinthehand(s) ,andweaknessofhandsandlegs.Severecasesofteninvolveprogressivesensationandmotordeficit,whichrequiressurgicalde compressiontreatment.Mostcommonnon sur gicaltreatmentsforCSNRTintheU .S .includecervicalimmobilization (collarorneckbrace) ,skulltractiona…     

OBSERVATION ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF ACUPOINT-INJECTION FOR TREATMENT OF GOUTY ARTHRITIS

Ｇｏｕｔｙａｒｔｈｒｉｔｉｓｒｅｓｕｌｔｓｆｒｏｍｄｉｓｏｒｄｅｒｓｏｆｔｈｅｍｅｔａｂｏｌｉｓｍｏｆｐｕｒｉｎｅ .Ｉｎｃｌｉｎｉｃ ,ｈｉｇｈｌｉｔｈｅｍｉａｉｓｏｆｔｅｎｕｓｅｄａｓｔｈｅｋｅｙｐｏｉｎｔｆｏｒｄｉａｇｎｏｓｉｓａｎｄｏｃ ｃｕｒｓｍｏｓｔｌｙｉｎｔｈｅｍｉｄｄｌｅ ａｇｅｄａｎｄｓｅｎｉｌｅｍｅｎ .Ｉｔｉｓｏｆｔｅｎｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｉｚｅｄａｓｕｒｇｅｎｔａｔｔａｃｋ ,ｂａｒｙｏ ｄｙｎｉａｏｆｔｈｅｕｎｉｌａｔｅｒａｌｆｉｒｓｔｍｅｔａｔａｒｓｏｐｈａｌａｎｇｅａｌｊｏｉｎ…     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON THE TREATMENT OF 34 CASES OF SLOW TRANSIT CONSTIPATION WITH ELECTROACUPUNCTURE

Slow transit constipation(STC)is a pri marytype of idiopathic constipation.It is commonly en-countered in clinical practice and occurs pri marily inthe aged people.STCis engendered byslowtransit ofcontents in the intestines owing to hypoperistalsis ofthe segmental or whole colon,leading to abdominaldistension and pain,decrease in defecation desire andhard stool.It may be accompanied by general symp-toms of tiredness and headache.The authors of thepresent paper treated34cases of STC with el…     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF 51 CASES OF PROTRUSION OF LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

Protrusionoflumbarintervertebraldiscisoneofthecomrnonlyencountereddiseases.Inthepastseveralyears,theauthorsadQptedelec-troacupuncturetotreat51patientsandachievedsatisfactoryresults.ltisreportedasfollows:GENERALMATERIALSAllthe51casesofprotrusionoflumbarin-tervertebraldischadtypicalclinicalmanifesta-ti...[1]andwereconfirmedtohavepathologicalchangeinL4/L5or(and)L5/S,byCTscanningandnuclearmagneticresonance(NMR)exami-nation.Amongthem,39casesweremaleandl2female,ranginginagefrom27to58(mean4…     

OBSERVATION ON CLINICAL THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF MRI-AIDED ENCLOSURE NEEDLING IN THE TREATMENT OF STROKE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON BLOOD RHEOLOGY

Objective: To observe clinical therapeutic effect of magnetic resonance imaging (MRl)-aided enclosure needling in the treatment of stroke patients and changes of the related blood rheology. Methods: A total of 61stroke patients were randomized into MR I-aided enclosure needling group (MRI-aided acupuncture group) (n = 31 ) and conventional acupuncture group (n= 30). For patients of MRl-aided acupuncture group, acupuncture needles were inserted into the subcutaneous tissues around the focus-projection scalp area displayed by MRI, with the needle tips toward the center of the projection region and with two needles being about 2 crn apart, combined with other acupoints according to the concrete syndromes or symptoms. For patients of conventional acupuncture group, Motor Area (MS 6)and Sensory Area (MS 7) on the contralateral side of the focus were punctured. The treatment was conducted once daily, continuously for 30 days. Results: After treatment, of the 31 cases in MRl-aided acupuncture group, 20 werecured basically, 10 responded with significant improvement of symptoms and signs, one case had some improvement.While in conventional acupuncture group, of the 30 cases, 11 were cured basically, 15 responded with striking amelioration of symptoms and signs and 4 had some amelioration. Ridit analysis showed that the therapeutic effect of MRI-aided acupuncture group was significantly superior to that of conventional acupuncture group (P ＜ 0.05). After treatment,the whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, hematocrit, whole blood reduction viscosity, hemagglutination index, and the total score of the two groups all decreased significantly in comparison with those of pre-treatment of each group,while whole blood viscosity, hematocrit, vascular sclerosis index and the total score of MRl-aided acupuncture group were obviously lower than those of conventional acupuncture group ( P＜ 0.05- 0.01 ), suggesting that the effect of theformer group in bettering blood rheology was pronouncedly superior to that of conventional acupuncture group. Conclusion: MRl-aided acupuncture group is obviously superior to that of conventional acupuncture group in improving clinicalsymptoms and signs and blood rheology in stroke patients.     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY HICCUP

Since1992,theauthorshavetreated76cases0frefract0ryhiccupinducedbydifferentcauseswithacupunctureatNeiguan(PC6)andG0ngsun(Sp4)P0ints,withsatisfactorythera-peuticeffects,whicharereP0rtedinthefollow-ing.CLINICALDATAOfthe76cases,5lcasesweremaleand25female.Theyoungestwas26yearsoldandtheoldest7lyears;Theshortestduration0fdiseasewas2daysandthelongest4m0nths.Inthepe-riodofacupuncturetreatment,anyChineseandWesternmedicinesweresuspended.THERAPEUTICMETH0DS1.SelectedPOints:Left-rightcrossi…     

OBSERVATION ON CLINICAL EFFECTS OF WARM NEEDLING ON 200 CASES OF SCIATICA

The author selected acupoints according to the meridian that was affected bypain and the primary symptoms to treat 200 cases of sciatica. Of thern, 152 (76. 0% ) cases werecured, 28 (14.0% ) markedly improved, 12 (6.0% ) improved and 8(4.0% ) ineffective.     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF 52 CASES OF STIFFNECK

TheauthorofthepresentpaperemployedacupuncturetheraPytotreat52casesofsiffneckandcomareditseffectwiththatofrnaSSagtherapyfortreathentofanother3Ocases.Hereisthereport.cratunRanOfthe52casesinacupuncturegroup,l8werernaleand34fernale-TheyoungestwaslOyearoldandtheoldest58yearold,withanaverageageof33yearS.Theshortestdurationofdiseasewas1dayandthelongest3days.A-mongthe3OcasesofthemaSSagegroup,9wereInaleand21ede.TheyOungestwas16yearsoldandtheoldest62yearsold,withanaverageageof37years.Theshortestdu…     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON PENETRATION NEEDLING TREATMENT OF 65 CASES OF HYPERTENSION

The present paper reports the results of 65 hypertension patients treated with pene-tration needling（point through point method in acupuncture）.For comparison,other ps cases ofhypertension were treated with routine needling method.Changes of blood pressure were ob-served before,during and after treatment.Results showed that the hypotensive effect of the pen-etration needling was significantly superior to that of the routine acupuncture（P<0.05）.Thefollowing-up survey 3 months after treatment showed significant differences between two groupsand between post-treatment and pre-treatment in each group in the mean vahes of systolic and di-astolic pressure（P<0.05）.It reveals that acupuncture has a good hypotensive action,and thepenetration needling is of a certain long-term therapeutic effect.     

OBSERVATION OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT ON TREATMENT OF THE GREATER OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA WITH ACUPUNCTURE

Thegreateroccipitalneuralgiaischieflymanifestedasprominentstabbing throbbingpainintheoccipitalr transmittedtothelateraltemproparietalregion.Thepainattackscontinuouslyorintermittently,associate paroxysmalaggravationofspinalnervedisorder.Thediseaseiscommonl…     

OBSERVATION ON THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE IN 64 CASES OF AUDITORY HALLUCIATION

Auditoryhallucinationisoneofcommonsymptomsofpsychosis,anditisalsoamaincauseforwhichpsychoticsharmthesociety,familyandthemselves.Fordozensofyears,theauthorshaveadoptedacupunctureatTinggongpoint(SI19)fortreatmentofauditoryhaIlucina-tion,withconsiderablesati…     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON TREATMENT OF 80 CASES OF PROLAPSE OF LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC BY COMBINATION OF ACUPUNCTURE AND MEDICINE

ＦｒｏｍＡｕｇｕｓｔｏｆ 1 999ｔｏＡｕｇｕｓｔｏｆ 2 0 0 1 ,ｗｅｒｅｃｅｉｖｅｄ 80ｃａｓｅｓｏｆｐｒｏｌａｐｓｅｏｆｌｕｍｂａｒｉｎｔｅｒ ｖｅｒｔｅｂｒａｌｄｉｓｃｉｎｐａｔｉｅｎｔｓｉｎｏｕｒｈｏｓｐｉｔａｌａｎｄｔｒｅａｔ ｅｄｔｈｅｍｗｉｔｈｃｏｍｂｉｎｅｄｔｈｅｒａｐｙｏｆａｃｕｐｕｎｃｔｕｒｅ,ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅｈｅｒｂａｌｍｅｄｉｃｉｎｅｓａｎｄＷｅｓｔｅｒｎｍｅｄｉｃｉｎｅｓ,ｔｈｅｔｈｅｒａｐｅｕｔｉｃｅｆｆｅｃｔｏｆｔｈｅｔｒｅａｔ ｍｅｎｔｓｗａｓｓａｔｉｓｆａｃｔｏｒｙ .Ｔｈｅｆ…     

DEVELOPMENT ON CLINICAL TREATMENT OF CONSTIPATION WITH ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION

Constipation is one of the common disorders ofthe digestive systemin daily life and is increasing inthe sick rate due to stress,lower physical activity,quickened rhythms of people’s daily living activitiesand changes of the diet habits.Administration ofmedicines for catharsis can relieve its symptoms tem-porarily though;the secondary constipation aftermedication may worsen the state further.Acupunc-ture therapy works well in the treatment of constipa-tion.It is recorded early in Chinese class…     

OBSERVATION ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE HEMIPLEGIA

Hemiplegiaisacommoncomplicationofcraniocerebraloperationinclinic.Acupuncturetherapycaneffectivelyraisethemyodynamiaoftheparalyzedlimbandaccelerateitsfunctionalrecovery[1 - 4 ] .FromJanuaryof 2 0 0 2toDecem berof 2 0 0 3 ,theauthorsofthepresentpapertreated 2 0casesofpostoperativehemiplegiapa tientswithacupuncturetherapyandachievedsatisfiedresults.Itisreportedasfollows.1　CLINICALDATAFortyhemiplegiapatientsundergoingcran iocerebraloperationwererandomlyandevenlydividedintocontrolgroupandtre…     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH SCALP-ACUPUNCTURE

With the rapid development of research onthe treatment of cerebrovascular diseases withscalp acupuncture, ear1y or earlier treatment ofacute cerebral infarction with acupuncture thera-py has become a common endeavor direction forall the medical workers in the field of acupunc-ture and moxibustion. In accordance with thescalppoint. distribution in different meridiansand 'their clinical indications and combing thedistributive area of blood flow of the cerebral an-terior and middle arteries and ce…     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE PLUS MANUAL REPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF ACUTE LUMBAR VERTEBRAL ARTICULAR DYSKINESIA

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture plus manual reposition for treatment of acute lumbar vertebral articular dyskinesia for choosing a better remedy. Methods: 66 cases of acute lumbar vertebral articular dyskinesia were randomly divided into acupuncture plus manual reposition group (treatment group, n= 33) and routine manual reposition group (control group, n = 33). Yaotong-point was punctured, when, the patient was asked to move his or her waist simultaneously. Results: After one session of treatment, of the two 33 cases in treatment and control groups, 28 (84.85%) and20 (60.61%) were cured, 4 (12.12%) and 9 (27.27%) were improved, and 1 (3.03%) and 4 (12.12%) failed in the treatment. The therapeutic effect of treatment group was significantly superior to that of control group ( P＜ 0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture combined with manual reposition is apparently superior to simple routine manual reposition in relieving acute lumbar vertebral articular dyskinesia.