Comprehensive Rehabilitation Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined with Modern Rehabilitation Training Improves the Spasticity and Motor Function of Hemiplegia after Stroke

Objective:To analyze the impact of comprehensive rehabilitation therapy of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)(based on modern rehabilitation training)on the spasticity and motor function in stroke patients with hemiplegia.Methods:Seventy-nine stroke and hemiplegia patients admitted to the hospital from June 2021 to June 2023 were selected and randomly divided into a control group(39 cases)using modern rehabilitation training,and an observation group combined with comprehensive TCM rehabilitation therapy(40 cases),over 1 month.The clinical index data of the two groups were compared.Results:There were differences in the clinical index data between the two groups.The total effective rate after 2 treatment in the observation group(92.50%)was higher than that of the control group(74.36%)(χ^(2)=4.727,P<0.05).All central sensitization inventory(CSI)and stroke quality of life(PRO)scores in both groups were lower after treatment,with the observation group having lower scores as compared to the control group(P<0.05).The scores of FMA(upper limbs,lower limbs),Barthel index scores,and Functional Ambulation Categories(FAC)scores of both groups increased after treatment,with the observation group having higher scores as compared to the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion:Comprehensive TCM rehabilitation therapy had a significant therapeutic effect on patients with hemiplegia after stroke.It improved the patient’s spasticity,limb movement,and walking function.Their daily living abilities and quality of life were also enhanced.

Use of Chinese Herbal Medicine Therapies in Comprehensive Hospitals in Central China: A Parallel Survey in Cancer Patients and Clinicians

Summary： Chinese herbal medicine （CHM）, as the largest application category of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）, is widely accepted among cancer patients in China. Herbal slice （HS） and Chinese patent drug （CPD） are commonly used CHM in China. This study aimed to investigate the utilization of CHM among clinicians and cancer patients in central China. Five hundred and twenty-five patients and 165 clinicians in 35 comprehensive hospitals in central China were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire that was designed to evaluate the use of CHM. The results showed that 90.74% clinicians and 72.24% cancer patients used CHM during cancer treatment. The educational backgrounds of the clinicians and the age, education level, annual income, and cancer stage of the cancer patients were re- lated to use of CHM. More than 90% clinicians and cancer patients had used CPD. Comparatively, the percentage of HS use was 10% lower than that of CPD use among clinicians and cancer patients. More clinicians preferred to use CHM after surgery than cancer patients did （20.41% vs. 5.37%）. Enhancing physical fitness and improving performance status were regarded as the most potential effect of CHM on cancer treatment （85.71% among clinicians and 94.07% among cancer patients）, in comparison with directly killing tumor cells （24.49% among clinicians and 31.36% among patients）. As for refusal rea- sons, imprecise efficacy was the unanimous （100%） reason for clinicians＇ rejection of CHM, and 95.58% patients objected to using CHM also for this reason. Furthermore, the side effects of CHM were more concerned by clinicians than by patients （33.33% vs. 15.81%）. In conclusion, our survey revealed that CHM was popularly accepted by clinicians and cancer patients in central China. The reasons of use and rejection of CHM were different between clinicians and cancer patients.

Comprehensive Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer by Integrative Traditional and Western Medicine

In recent 20 years, there has been an increasing trend in the incidence of pancreatic cancer both at home and abroad. An estimated 31 860 new cases and 31 270 deaths are expected to occur in the United States in 2004 due to this disease, the 4th and 5th leading cause of cancer death for men and women respectively. In China, new cases of pancreatic cancer continue to increase and are 6

Recent update on comprehensive therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world.The treatment methods for HCC are diverse,mainly including surgical resection,ablation,and liver transplantation.The curative effect can be achieved only for early stage HCC,and it is easy to recur and metastasize after surgery,with a 5-year recurrence rate as high as 70%.Most patients with HCC are in the middle and advanced stage at the time of diagnosis and lose the chance of surgical resection.In recent years,with the in-depth study of the pathogenesis of HCC and the progress of medical science and technology,the systemic treatment of advanced HCC has made a breakthrough.At present,multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment including targeted therapy and immunotherapy has become an effective strategy and inevitable trend for the treatment of advanced HCC.Combined therapy has greatly improved the prognosis of HCC patients and opened up a new milestone in the treatment of this malignancy.In this article,we focus on the treatment progress of advanced HCC to further guide clinical practice.

Clinical Observation on the Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Mild Myopia with Traditional Chinese Medicine Comprehensive Therapy

Objective:To observe the clinical effect of traditional Chinese medicine on the prevention and treatment ofjuvenile mild myopia.Methods:One hundred and twenty cases of juvenile mild myopia were randomly divided into six groups,with 20 cases in each group:western medicine group,ultrasonic group,acupuncture group,auricular point group,traditional Chinese oral decoction group,and traditional Chinese medicine comprehensive therapy group.The therapeutic effects of the treatment administered to the six groups were compared.Result:In the post-treatment and follow-up stages,the visual acuity of the traditional Chinese medicine comprehensive therapy group significantly improved along with reduced diopter compared to the other groups(p<0.05).However,the axial length of the six groups had no significant change compared with that before treatment(p>0.05).There were no adverse reactions in any of the patients.Conclusion:In the treatment of juvenile mild myopia,traditional Chinese medicine comprehensive therapy has good therapeutic effect without any adverse reactions;thus,it is worthy of clinical promotion.

Effect of Stereoscopic Comprehensive Therapy of Zhuang Medicine on Inflammatory Factor IL-6 in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Objective:To study the effect of Stereoscopic Comprehensive of Therapy Zhuang Medicine on IL-6 in serum of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Methods:Sixty rheumatoid arthritis patients who met the inclusion criteria were selected and randomly divided into a control group and a treatment group using a random number table.Among them,30 cases in the control group were treated with Western medicine,and 30 cases in the treatment group were treated with Western medical and Stereoscopic Comprehensive Therapy of Zhuang Medicine.The observation period was 8 weeks.Results:After 8 weeks of treatment,the level of IL-6 in the treatment group and the control group decreased,and the treatment group was better than the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion:The Stereoscopic Comprehensive of Zhuang Medicine can reduce the level of IL-6 in the serum of patients with rheumatoid arthritis,and has a good regulating effect on the inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis.

Research progress in the treatment of diabetic foot with traditional Chinese medicine

Diabetic foot is one of the chronic complications of diabetes,which is serious and expensive to treat.As an effective method for treating diabetic foot,Chinese medicine plays an important role in improving the clinical symptoms and reducing the suffering of diabetic foot patients.The methods of traditional Chinese medicine to treat diabetic foot include internal treatment method,external treatment method and comprehensive therapy.This article reviews the research results of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of diabetic foot in order to provide reference for the treatment of diabetic foot.

Multifunctional electroactive bio-adhesive for robustly-integrated wound therapy and postoperative wound-status warning and assessment

Wound abnormalities such as secondary wound laceration and inflammation are common postoperative health hazards during clinical procedures.The continuous treatment,healing induction,and real-time visualization of wound status and complications,including wound re-tearing,inflammation,and morphology,are key focal points for comprehensive healthcare.Herein,an on-demand quadruple energy dissipative strategy was proposed for the nanoengineering of a physically and chemically synergistic double-layer gelatin-based bio-adhesive(DLGel)by combining a multi-network adhesive layer and a versatile electroactive energy dissipative layer based on contrivable interlocking micro-pillar arrays and crosslinked polymer chains.The subtly multiple energy dissipation designs enable DLGel with robust adhesive strength to omnipotently wet and dynamic tissue,providing a basis for reliable wound closure.DLGel achieves comprehensive wound-healing induction through electrical stimulation and possesses reversible underwater light/thermal adhesion,excellent hemostatic performance,outstanding antimicrobial properties,and self-repair capability.Furthermore,a novel deep-learning strategy is creatively established to respond to mechanical deformation due to wound anomalies.This strategy translates biological information into visual graphics,providing real-time early warning and assessment of postoperative wound-abnormality/-morphology,such as laceration,inflammation,and necrosis.Therefore,DLGel and its associated signal collection and processing protocol enable the integration of reliable wound closure,wound healing,and real-time postoperative wound-status warning and assessment within the unobservable and undetectable“black box”regions in a context of non-clinical comprehensive therapy.

Comprehensive sequential interventional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Background Since the 1980s, various approaches to interventional therapy have been developed, with the development and achievement of medical imaging technology. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive sequential interventional therapy especially personal therapeutic plan in 53 radical cure patients with hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC）. Methods From January 2003 to January 2005, a total of 203 patients with HCC received sequential interventional treatment in our hospital. Fifty-three patients achieved radical cure outcomes. Those patients were treated with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization （TACE）, radiofrequency ablation （RFA）, percutaneous ethanol injection （PEI）, or high intensity focused ultrasound （HIFU）, sequentially and in combination depending on their clinical and pathological features. PET-CT was used to evaluate, assess, and guide treatment. Results Based on the imaging and serological data, all the patients had a personal therapeutic plan. The longest follow-up time was 24 months, the shortest was 6 months, and mean survival time was 16.5 months. Conclusion Comprehensive sequential interventional therapy especially personal therapeutic plan for HCC play roles in interventional treatment of HCC in middle or advanced stage.

Treatment of Middle/Late Stage Pri mary Hepatic Carci noma by Chinese Medicine Comprehensive Therapy:A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Objective：To observe the efficacy of Chinese medicine comprehensive therapeutic project in treating the middle/late stage primary hepatic carcinoma（PHC）.Methods：With prospective randomized controlled design, 97 patients with PHC were assigned to the test group（49 cases） treated with Chinese medicine comprehensive therapy using Oleum fructus bruceas intervention combining oral intake of Ganji Decoction（肝积方） and external application of Ailitong（癌理通）,and the control group（48 cases） treated with chemotherapeutic agents combining iodized oil chemo-embolization and analgesics.The immediate and long-term efficacy,adverse reaction,pain-relieving initial time（PRIT） and pain-relieving sustained time（PRST） of the treatment,as well as the change in patients＇ quality of life（QOL） were observed.Results：The difference between the two groups in illness control rate was statistically insignificant（P〉0.05）,but the adverse reaction occurence rate in the test group was lesser than that in the control group（P〈0.05）.PRIT was insignificantly different in the two groups（P〉0.05）,but the PRST was significantly superior in the test group than that in the control group（10.37±2.18 h vs 7.78±1.95 h,P〈0.01）.After treatment,the increased Karnofsky scores in the test group indicated that the patients＇ somatic activity,symptoms and QOL were improved significantly,which were significantly superior to those in the control group（P〈0.05）.The survival rate in the two groups was similar at the 3rd month after treatment,but the test group did show superiority in terms of half- and 1-year survival rate（65.9%vs 42.5%and 38.6%vs 18.1%,respectively,P〈0.05）.The median survival time in the test group was 8.9 months and that in the control group was 5.3 months.Conclusion：Chinese medicine comprehensive therapy is an effective treatment for the middle/late stage patients of PHC,and it could extend the PRST,improve the patients＇ QOL and long-term survival with less adverse reaction.