秦氏头八针治疗肾虚火旺型慢性单纯性咽炎临床观察

目的观察秦氏头八针针刺加拔罐治疗肾虚火旺型慢性单纯性咽炎的临床疗效。方法将60例肾虚火旺型单纯性咽炎患者随机分为两组,治疗组30例,采用秦氏头八针结合常规的针罐治疗;对照组30例,采用常规的针罐治疗。两组患者均每日针刺1次,每次留针30 min,针后留罐10 min,10次为1个疗程。观察2个疗程后两组的临床疗效和咽部症状。结果治疗组总有效率为93.3%,对照组总有效率为70.0%,两组比较差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。治疗组患者咽部痛痒感、咽部异物感、咽部干燥感、刺激性咳嗽、咽黏膜充血、咽滤泡增生的症状改善总有效率分别为93.3%、84.8%、83.3%、76.7%、86.7%、80.0%;对照组患者咽部痛痒感、咽部异物感、咽部干燥感、刺激性咳嗽、咽黏膜充血、咽滤泡增生的症状改善总有效率分别为66.7%、56.7%、56.7%、50.0%、53.6%、33.3%。两组间相应咽部症状改善总有效率比较差异均具有统计学意义(P<0.05,P<0.01)。结论秦氏头八针针罐治疗肾虚火旺型单纯性咽炎优于常规针罐治疗,可有效改善咽部症状。

艾灸治疗溃疡性结肠炎的肠道黏膜固有免疫研究进展

溃疡性结肠炎(UC)属于炎症性肠病(IBD),以反复发生的肠道溃疡为特征,患者常表现为腹泻、黏液血便及腹痛。目前认为其病因和病机可能与遗传、免疫、感染及精神等多因素相互作用有关,而免疫学因素是UC…研究中的热点。本文针对灸法治疗UC涉及的固有免疫机制研究进展做一综述。

Effect of moxibustion on CRF and CRFR1 expressions in hypothalamus of TNBS-induced experimental colitis rats

Objective： To observe the effect of moxibustion on the protein and mRNA expressions of corticotropin-releasing factor （CRF） and corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 2 （CRFR1） in hypothalamus of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid （TNBS）-induced experimental colitis rats, and to explore the central mechanisms of moxibustion in improving visceral pain and the pain-related emotions in experimental colitis rats. Methods： Thirty-six Sprague-Dawley （SD） rats were randomly divided into a normal group （NG）, a model group （MG）, a herb-partitioned moxibustion group （HPMG） and a sham herb-partitioned moxibustion group （SHPMG）. Except the NG, rats in the remaining three groups all received TNBS enema to establish experimental colitis models. The HPMG received herb-partitioned moxibustion （HPM） at bilateral Tianshu （ST 25） and Qihai （CV 6） for intervention; for the SHPMG, the herbal cakes and moxa cones were only placed on the acupoints but not ignited; rats in the MG and NG were only fixed in the same way as those in the HPMG but did not receive any treatment. At the end of the intervention, the abdominal withdrawal reflex （AWR） score, the open field test （OFT） score and the elevated plus maze （EPM） score were observed to measure the changes in visceral pain and pain-related emotions of the rats. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA） was used to examine the expressions of CRF and CRFR1 proteins in hypothalamus; the fluorescence-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction （PCR） was used to detect the expressions of CRF and CRFR1 mRNAs in hypothalamus. Results： Compared with the NG, the AWR score increased significantly and the OFT and EPM scores dropped significantly in the MG （all P〈0.05）, and the expressions of hypothalamic CRF and CRFR1 proteins and mRNAs increased significantly （all P〈0.01）. Compared with the MG and SHPMG, the AWR score dropped significantly and the OFT and EPM scores increased significantly in the HPMG （all P〈0.01）, and the expressions of hypothalamic CRF and CRFRI proteins and mRNAs decreased significantly （all P〈0.05）. There were no significant differences between the MG and the SHPMG （all P〉0.05）. Conclusion： HPM can down-regulate the abnormally increased expressions of CRF and CRFR1 proteins and mRNAs in hypothalamus of the TNBS-induced experimental colitis rats, which is plausibly one of its action mechanisms in mitigating visceral pain and the pain-related emotions in the experimental colitis rats.