21 CASES OF HERPES ZOSTER TREATED BY SCRATCHING METHOD WITH THREE-EDGED NEEDLE

In recent 2 years, the author used a three-edged needle to scratch the vesicles for treatment of herpes zoster and obtained good therapeutic results as reported in the following. General Data 21 cases were observed in this series, including 12 males and 9 females, with ages ranging from 4 to 72 years. The shortest disease course was 1 day and the longest. 2 weeks. Clinical Manifestations There were 15 cases with groups of     

Acupuncture Treatment of Habitual Constipation

The authors have in recent years used acupuncture totreat 188 cases of habitual constipation withremarkable curative effects.A report follows.General DataThere were altogether 188 cases in this study.Ofthem,99 were male and 89 female.The patientsvaried from 12 to 67 years old in age and from 6months to 35 years in courses of diseases.The main     

ACUPUNCTURE COMBINED WITH APPLICATION OF XIAOKE PLASTER FOR TREATMENT OF 309 CASES OF DIABETES MELLITUS

In recent years, we have applied acupuncture combined with application of a plaster of traditional Chinese medicine at Qihai point (Ren 6) for treatment of 309 cases of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Good therapeutic results have been obtained as reported in the following. General Data In this series, there were 138 males and 171 females, ranging in age from 17 to 81 years, < 40 years in 65 cases, and 40 or over 40 years in 244 cases. The disease course     

EFFECTS OF CHINESE MEDICINE ZHENXIANLING IN 239 CASES OF EPILEPSY

Oral and external (on the umbilicus) application of Chinese medicine Zhenxianling (an anti-epileptic agent) to a series of 239 cases of epilepsy of various types obtained a total effective rate of 95.4%. Moreover, an effective rate of 97.2% was achieved in grand mal epilepsy. All cases in this series were treated for 6 months to 2 years, and followed up for 6 months to 3 years. This agent is recommendable for it being prepared exclusively with Chinese medicine, convenient in use without side-effects.     

ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF 182 CASES OF ABDOMINAL COLIC DUE TO CALCULI IN THE URINARY SYSTEM

From May 1970 to May 1988,the authortreated 182 cases of abdominal colic due to cal-culi in the urinary system with satisfactory anal-gesic effect,and this is briefly summarized asfollows.     

ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF PHANTOM LIMB PAIN -A Report of 9 Cases

When working at K(?)tzting Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine near Munich, Germany from March 1991 to May 1993, the author had treated 9 cases of phantom limb pain by means of acupuncture with satisfactory therapeutic effect as reported in the following. Clinical Data In this series, all the 9 cases were male, aged 60-79 years, with the course of disease ranging from 3-49 years. Five cases were amputated because of wound in war, 1 case embolism of femoral artery, 1 case tumor in the knee joint, 1 case comminuted fracture     

TREATMENT OF FRACTURES OF UPPER FEMORAL SHAFT BY DOUBLE NAIL REDUCTION REPORT OF FORTY-TWO CASES

Since 1974 forty-two cases of fracture of theupper femoral shaft with severe displacementhave been treated by reduction with doublenail fixation.Results showed anatomical ornearly anatomical reduction in 95.2 percentof the cases.The average time for healingin this series was 53.9 days.No complica-tions or death occurred.Long-term follow-upshowed good function of the thigh in most ofthe patients.This paper analyzes difficultiesencountered during treatment,presents the tech-nic of double nail reduction,and discusses themechanism of reduction in general.The cruxof the problem is to obtain good reduction andfix the proximal fragment directly to the distalfragment with a nail under traction.Theauthors' views on open reduction,simple skeletaltraction,and double nail reduction are cited.They consider double nail reduction to be a newtherapy combining traditional Chinese andWestern medicine.The advantages of this proce-dure are obviation of surgery,shortened periodof healing,good result and simple,easy-to-master manipulative technic.     

ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE IN GERMANY

From October 1995 to April 1996, the author worked in John Neet Hospital of Bramsche in the middle-west of Germany. During the period of time, he treated 89 cases of migraine, and found that migraine in Germany had its unique characteristics     

TREATMENT OF GRAND MAL SEIZURES WITH“QINGYANGSHEN”(ROOT OF CYNANCHUM OTOPHYLLUM)AND OBSERVATIONS ON EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

In a clinical investigation on 32 patientswith only grand mal seizures,all of whomshowed unsatisfactory response to conventionalantiepileptic treatment,“Qingyangshen” (青阳参root of Cynanchum otophyllum Schneid.),wasgiven in addition to the antiepileptic drugs used.After a course of 2-9 months' treatment,seizureswere basically controlled in 9 cases.Reduction in seizure frequency was betterthan 50% in 20 cases,while in the other 3 it     

TREATMENT OF ACUTE ABDOMEN BY ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE——A Report of 245 Cases

Acute abdomen is an emergency diseasecommonly seen in clinic.It can be caused bymany diseases and is characterized by ab-rupt onset,acute abdominal pain and evenshock in severe cases.Since 1977,I haveused electro-acupuncture to treat this dis-ease and made a summary of 164 cases of     

OBSERVATION OF THE EFFICACY OF AMPELOPSIS BREVIPEDUNCULATA TRAUTV.IN THE TREATMENT OF HERPES ZOSTER

The prevalence of herpes zoster,caused byvaricella-zoster virus,has markedly increased inrecent years.We have treated this disease withAmpelopsis brevipedunculata Trautv.(ABT)since1981 with good results.CLINICAL DATAIn the treatment group of 42 cases aged 10-64 years,24 were males and 18 females,28 cases(66.7%)being 20-50 years of age.The durationof illness varied from one to 20 days.In 24 cases(57.1%)the lesions were on areas of the inter-costal nerves;in 10 cases(23.8%)they were onareas of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminalnerve;in 7 cases(16.7%)on lumbo-sacral nerve     

SOLID CYSTIC PAPILLARY TUMOR OF PANCREAS IN EIGHT CHILDREN

SOLID cystic papillary tumor (SCPT) of the pan-creas are rare tumorsmostly found in children.Sofar there have been111cases reported.1Rarely re-ported domestically, this disease is gradually gaining atten-tion.Eight cases from2000to2005with SCPT were ana-l…     

THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF MULBERRY IN THE TREATMENT OF CONSTIPATION AND INSOMNIA IN THE ELDERLY

Constipation and insomnia are commonamong aged person and refractory to treatment.The authors used mulberry extract for this pur-pose and found it effective in most cases.Syrupof Fructus Crataegi was used as placebo fordouble blind control.     

23 CASES OF CHRONIC NONSPECIFIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS TREATED BY ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION

In recent years, the author has treated 23 in-patients and out-patients with chronic nonspecific ulcerative colitis and achieved good therapeutic results as reported in the following. Clinical Data In this series, there were 23 cases, 9 males and 14 females, ranging in age from 29 to 68 years, averaging 33.8 years. The duration of disease was 2 to 23 years, with a mean of 11.5 years. All the patients had symptoms and signs of the disease in varying degrees before     

SURVEY OF THE EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY IN 35 CASES OF OBSTRUCTIVE AND COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS

In this study,the effect of acupuncture therapyin 35 cases of pediatric hydrocephalus was analysed.The results show that the effective rate in the com-municating cases was 84.6%,and in the obstructivecases,40.9%.In this paper,the mechanism by whichthe acupuncture therapy was effective in the treat-ment of hydrocephalus was investigated,using thetheories of Traditional Chinese Medicine.     

CLINICAL OBSERVATION OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF WRIST-ANKLE ACUPNUCTURE IN 88 CASES OF SCIATICA

Clinical Data In this series, all the 88 cases were out-patients, including 53 males and 35 females. Their age ranged from 20 to 75 years, and the course of illness from 1 month to 10 years. Of the 88 cases, 5 were primary sciatica, 49 were sciatica of the nerve trunk type, and 34 were sciatica of the nerve root type. The clinical manifestations included pain radiating from the buttocks along the posterior aspects of the thigh and leg to the foot, and positive results in straight-leg raising test (<75°), standing forward-tending     

Adolescent Spasmodic Torticollis Treated by Moxibustion A Report on 30 Cases

Spasmodic torticollis is characterized by involuntary contraction of the cervical muscles and the patient will have uni-directional paroxysmal vibration of the neck. The author has treated the disease by applying moxibustion and achieved quite satisfactory therapeutic effects. A report follows. Clinical Data Among the 30 cases in this series, 17 cases were male and 13 cases female, ranging in age from 6 to 17 years with 11.5 years on average, and in course of disease from 2 to 26 hours. The left side was affected in 21 cases, and the right side in 9 cases. The anterior-posterior radiograph films showed unilateral protrusion of the vertebrae in all the 30 cases. The lateral radiograph films showed normal physiological curvature in 3 cases, straightened in 18 cases, and reversed in 9 cases.     

THYMIC CARCINOMA （REPORT OF 14 CASES）

This paper reports of 14 cases of thymic carcinoma. Most of them with symptoms of chest pain, chest stuffy and discomfort, but without combined with extrathoracic syndrome, The tumors always were large in size and frequently invaded adjacent organs, hence with low resection rate. In this series, complete resection of tumor only 2 cases, partial resection in 7 cases, exploratory thoracotomy in 5 cases. Thymic carcinoma was an extremely malignant tumor with extensive invasion intrathoracally and early metastasis extrathoracally. The common sites of metastasis were bone, liver,lung and extrathoracic lymph nodes. Adjurant therapy postoperatively was given to all patienxs. Follow up of 1-8 years showed 10 cases death,of which 5 coses diod within the first year after surgery,3 eases within the second year. Four patients were still alive so far, in which 3 patients were within 1.5 years postoperativaly. Pathological studies revealed 9 cases of squamous epithelial cell thymic carcinoma ,3 of lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma and 2 of small cell undifferentiate thymic carcinoma.     

TRIAL TREATMENT OF AIDS BY TCM—A Clinical Report of 30 Cases

From September 1987 to October 1988,30 cases of AIDS were treated on a trial ba-sis by TCM in an African country.Pres-ented in this paper is a clinical report of thecases treated.CLINICAL DATASource of CasesThe thirty cases(20 in-patients and 10out-patients)treated were all diagnosed ashaving AIDS through clinical examinationsin a National Hospital of the country.     

Diffuse panbronchiolitis with histopathological confirmation among Chinese

Background Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) was originally and is still primarily reported in Japan, rarely in other countries. As macrolide therapy is effective for this disease with once dismal prognosis, familiarity with its clinical features is urgently needed, especially for clinicians outside Japan. The objectives of this study were to investigate the clinical features of DPB in a Chinese population and propose diagnostic procedures that will lead to increased awareness of this treatable disease among clinicians, ultimately allowing for more rapid diagnosis.Methods After a literature review, the clinical features of DPB were histopathologically confirmed in a series of 9 cases either by open lung biopsy or video-assisted thoracic surgical biopsy, resulting in the largest series of confirmed DPB cases in a non-Japanese population. Here, the cases are retrospectively described and diagnostic procedures are discussed.Results Persistent cough, sputum, and exertion dyspnea occurred in 89% of patients, a history of or current chronic sinusitis in 78%, centrilobular micronodules appearing on chest CT scans in 100%, coarse crackles in 78%, FEV1/FVC＜70% in 44%, PaO2＜80 mmHg in 56%, and titer of cold hemagglutinin≥1∶64 in 11%. According to its clinical diagnostic criteria, diagnosis was definitive in 44%, suggested in 33%, and excluded in 23% at the time of diagnosis. However, DPB was clinically considered before confirmation in only 22% of patients, with the remaining 78% of cases missed or mistaken for other diseases. Of the 9 cases, 8 received transbronchial biopsies before confirmation of the diagnosis, but all showed non-specific inflammation.Conclusions Although its clinical features may vary with disease course and ethnic populations, most cases of DPB can be diagnosed or suggested according to clinical diagnostic criteria. However, underdiagnosis as a result of unfamiliarity with its clinical features and diagnostic criteria prevails. If difficulty in diagnosis arises, the diagnosis should be based on clinicopathological features and the exclusion of other diseases. Few cases can be confirmed by transbronchial biopsies; in these cases, either an open-lung biopsy or a video-assisted thoracic surgical lung biopsy should be recommended.