Under the auditory evoked brain stem potential (ABP) examination, the latent period of V wave and the intermittent periods of III-V peak and I-V peak were significantly shortened in Parkinson's disease patient... Under the auditory evoked brain stem potential (ABP) examination, the latent period of V wave and the intermittent periods of III-V peak and I-V peak were significantly shortened in Parkinson's disease patients of the treatment group (N=29) after acupuncture treatment. The difference of cumulative scores in Webster's scale was also decreased in correlation analysis. The increase of dopamine in the brain and the excitability of the dopamine neurons may contribute to the therapeutic effects, in TCM terms, of subduing the pathogenic wind and tranquilizing the mind.……展开更多
Lifting and thrusting with reducing method at acupoint Huatuojiaji (Extra 21) of the affected side was performed to make the limb of the affected side contract involuntarily 1-2 times in 53 cases with cervical spondyl...Lifting and thrusting with reducing method at acupoint Huatuojiaji (Extra 21) of the affected side was performed to make the limb of the affected side contract involuntarily 1-2 times in 53 cases with cervical spondylopathy. The maneuver produced a much better total effective rate than the routine maneuver (P展开更多
Thirty cases of vertebral-artery-type cervical spondylopathy were treated by Dr. Zhang Tao's technique. The cure rate was 50%, and the total effective rate was 100%.
Chronic renal insufficiency is the result of renal injuries and progressive deterioration caused by various reasons. At the late stage, i.e. the period of uremia, it may be complicated with abnormalities of variou... Chronic renal insufficiency is the result of renal injuries and progressive deterioration caused by various reasons. At the late stage, i.e. the period of uremia, it may be complicated with abnormalities of various systems. Along with the development and popularization of hemodialysis, the survival time of uremic patients can be prolonged, but uremic pruritus affects greatly the quality of life of the patients. For this purpose, we have treated 68 cases of the patients with acupuncture and western medicine respectively, and made clinical observations on the therapeutic results. A report follows.……展开更多
According to the TCM theory that the kidney is in charge of the bone, the authors carried out a study on the effect of acupuncture on bone mineral density in 40 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis treated by th... According to the TCM theory that the kidney is in charge of the bone, the authors carried out a study on the effect of acupuncture on bone mineral density in 40 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis treated by the method of reinforcing the kidney to strengthen the bone, with satisfactory therapeutic results reported as follows.……展开更多
Hemirachischisis is commonly-seen in clinic. Many patients complaining of lumbago are often found to have this disease shown by radiography. The common methods of treatment in Western medicine are surgical operation a...Hemirachischisis is commonly-seen in clinic. Many patients complaining of lumbago are often found to have this disease shown by radiography. The common methods of treatment in Western medicine are surgical operation and administration of analgesics. In recent years, the authors have adopted acupuncture and moxibustion for the treatment, with quite good therapeutic results reported as follows.Clinical DataOf the 48 cases in this series, 32 were male and 16 female; ranging in age from 16 to 67 years; with course of illness from 1 month to 32 years. All the patients had the chief complaint of lumbago, and were diagnosed as having hemirachischisis by radiography.展开更多
Insufficient blood supply to vertebrobasilarartery is one of the ischemic cerebrovascular diseasesencountered commonly and frequently in old people.Its clinical symptoms are capricious,and severeischemia may jeopardiz...Insufficient blood supply to vertebrobasilarartery is one of the ischemic cerebrovascular diseasesencountered commonly and frequently in old people.Its clinical symptoms are capricious,and severeischemia may jeopardize the life of the patient.Thekey point for saving the patient's life and raising thequality of life is to relieve the symptoms and improveblood supply to the brain.From May 1995 to展开更多
Chifu refers to the skin covering the areafrom the wrist joint to the elbow joint, about 1chi (1/3 meter) in length in adults.Acupuncture with filiform needle at certainpoints within Chifu area exhibits quitesatisfact...Chifu refers to the skin covering the areafrom the wrist joint to the elbow joint, about 1chi (1/3 meter) in length in adults.Acupuncture with filiform needle at certainpoints within Chifu area exhibits quitesatisfactory therapeutic results for treatment ofsprain and contusion of the four extremities.The following are some examples.展开更多
Genual osteoarthritis is a commonly-encountered affection in the middle-aged and oldpersons.The author has treated 65 cases of genualosteoarthritis with massotherapy in the past threeyears,with satisfactory therapeuti...Genual osteoarthritis is a commonly-encountered affection in the middle-aged and oldpersons.The author has treated 65 cases of genualosteoarthritis with massotherapy in the past threeyears,with satisfactory therapeutic results reported asfollows.展开更多
Paralysis agitans is a kind of nervous diseases of common occurrence. It is clinically classified into the primary and the secondary, the former being called Parkinson’s disease and the latter the secondary Parkinson...Paralysis agitans is a kind of nervous diseases of common occurrence. It is clinically classified into the primary and the secondary, the former being called Parkinson’s disease and the latter the secondary Parkinson’s syndrome, but both being characterized by tremor, tetanic muscle tone and decrease in movement. It is generally considered as a syndrome with deficiency展开更多
AIM： To identify the trend, possible risk factors and any pattern change of hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC） in Egypt over a decade. METHODS： All HCC patients attending Cairo Liver Center between January 1993 and De...AIM： To identify the trend, possible risk factors and any pattern change of hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC） in Egypt over a decade. METHODS： All HCC patients attending Cairo Liver Center between January 1993 and December 2002, were enrolled in the study. Diagnosis of HCC was based on histopathological examination and/or detection of hepatic focal lesions by two imaging techniques plus α-fetoprotein level above 200 ng/mL. The duration of the study was divided into two periods of 5 years each; period Ⅰ （1993-1997） and period Ⅱ （1998-2002）. Trend, demographic features of patients （age, gender, and residence）, risk factors （HBsAg, HCV-Ab, schistosomiasis and others） and pattern of the focal lesions were compared between the two periods. Logistic regression model was fitted to calculate the adjusted odds ratios for the potential risk factors. The population attributable risk percentage was calculated to estimate the proportion of HCC attributed to hepatitis B and C viral infections. RESULTS： Over a decade, 1 328 HCC patients out of 22 450 chronic liver disease （CLD） patients were diagnosed with an overall proportion of 5.9%. The annual proportion of HCC showed a significant rising trend from 4.0% in 1993 to 7.2% in 2002 （P = 0.000）. A significant increase in male proportion from 82.5% to 87.6% （P = 0.009）; M/F from 5：1 to 7：1 and a slight increase of the predominant age group （40-59 years） from 62.6% to 66.8% （P = 0.387）in periods Ⅰ and Ⅱ respectively, reflecting a shift to younger age group. In the bivariate analysis, HCC was significantly higher in rural residents, patients with history of schistosomiasis and/or blood transfusion. Yet, after adjustment, these variables did not have a significant risk for development of HCC. There was a significant decline of HBsAg from 38.6% to 20.5% （P = 0.000）, and a slight increase of HCV-Ab from 85.6% to 87.9% in periods I and II respectively. HBV conferred a higher risk to develop HCC more than HCV in period Ⅰ （OR 1.9 vsl.6） and period Ⅱ （OR 2.7 vs 2.0）, but the relative contribution of HBV for development of HCC declined in period Ⅱ compared to period Ⅰ （PAR% 4.2%, 21.32%）. At presentation, diagnostic α-fetoprotein level （≥200 ng/mL） was demonstrated in 15.6% vs28.9% and small HCC （≤3 cm） represented 14,9% vs 22,7% （P = 0,0002） in periods Ⅰ and Ⅱ respectively. CONCLUSION： Over a decade, there was neady a twofold increase of the proportion of HCC among CLD patients in Egypt with a significant decline of HBV and slight increase of HCV as risk factors. α-Fetoprotein played a limited role in diagnosis of HCC, compared to imaging techniques. Increased detection of small lesions at presentation reflects increased awareness of the condition.展开更多
The momentum of rapid aging, old-age service supply has become a big problem. Our country also could not escape the threat of this trend, the implementation of the one-child policy, the core of the family, the old lon...The momentum of rapid aging, old-age service supply has become a big problem. Our country also could not escape the threat of this trend, the implementation of the one-child policy, the core of the family, the old lonely man, and the children in the competitive society, under the strong pressure of endowment service supply. Aiming at the problem of community endowment service insufficient supply, scholars have also launched a rich discussion and a lot of research, this article will talk about the definition, the concept of community endowment service supply and supply problems.展开更多
Background and purpose: Vascular and tension-type headache is most commonly encountered, and SI17 therapy has been tested to treat headache with good results. The efficacy of SI17 therapy for vascular and tension-... Background and purpose: Vascular and tension-type headache is most commonly encountered, and SI17 therapy has been tested to treat headache with good results. The efficacy of SI17 therapy for vascular and tension-type headache was compared and the effect of SI17 therapy on pancreatic polypeptide (PP) was studied. Materials and methods: 29 cases of vascular headache (20 cases in acute attack during the trial) and 27 cases of tension-type headache (19 cases in acute attack) were enrolled in the study. Plasma PP level before and 4th day after treatment was measured by radioimmunoassay. Results: SI17 therapy is better for the treatment of vascular headache. Vascular headache with higher PP level and tension-type headache with normal PP level had good therapeutic results. Conclusion: The clinical efficacy is better for vascular headache with the increase of vagus tension and for tension-type headache with normal vagus tension. 展开更多
Since the 80 s, our country is working on implementing birth limitation and having only one, ＂one of the most glorious＂ policy, the policy is very good solve the problem of China＇s population rising too rapidly, at...Since the 80 s, our country is working on implementing birth limitation and having only one, ＂one of the most glorious＂ policy, the policy is very good solve the problem of China＇s population rising too rapidly, at the same time also the certain negative impact. In other words, lose the sole group production is to limit the second child victims. Of course, only child＇s death is the biggest hidden trouble, this not only can bring economic loss to lose alone group, will give group cause huge loss alone cannot make up for the spiritual loss. If only children died, their relatives and friends, especially the parents very easily into the depression, are not interested in anything, their thoughts are on the verge of collapse, it is also a need to study and to explore the topic.展开更多
External humeral epicondylitis or tennis elbow, is a commonly encountered disease in orthopaedics and traumatology. The curative effect is not satisfactory as far as its treatment by western and traditional Chinese me...External humeral epicondylitis or tennis elbow, is a commonly encountered disease in orthopaedics and traumatology. The curative effect is not satisfactory as far as its treatment by western and traditional Chinese medicine is concerned, which has a long course of treatment and a high recurrent rate. 70 cases of external humeral epicondylitis were treated by massotherapy after local blocking from August 1995 to October 1997 at this hospital with satisfactory therapeutic effects.Clinical DataOf the 70 cases in this series treated by massotherapy after local blocking, 30 were males and 40 females, ranging in age from 19 to 65 years. 55 cases were 30 to 50 years old, 20 had the left elbow affected and 50 the right elbow. 7 cases had a history of trauma, 50 a history of chronic strain, and 13 the cause unknown. The shortest duration of disease was 15 days and the longest 24 months.Among 50 cases in the control group treated by massotherapy, 20 cases were males and 30 females, ranging in age from 16 to 58 years. 40 cases were 30 to 50 years old. 15 cases were affected on the left elbow and 35 on the right elbow. 6 cases had a history of trauma, 32 a history of chronic strain, and 12 the cause unknown. The shortest duration of diseases was 7 days and the longest 22 months.展开更多
Xuan Fei Ding Chuan Wan ([symbol: see text] pills for facilitating the flow of the lung-qi to relieve asthma) and Xiao Chuan Gu Ben Wan ([symbol: see text] pills for treating asthma by consolidating the origin) were u...Xuan Fei Ding Chuan Wan ([symbol: see text] pills for facilitating the flow of the lung-qi to relieve asthma) and Xiao Chuan Gu Ben Wan ([symbol: see text] pills for treating asthma by consolidating the origin) were used for treatment of bronchial asthma. The cure rate in the treated group (n = 600) was 81.33%, significantly higher (P展开更多
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, the...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展开更多
文摘 Under the auditory evoked brain stem potential (ABP) examination, the latent period of V wave and the intermittent periods of III-V peak and I-V peak were significantly shortened in Parkinson's disease patients of the treatment group (N=29) after acupuncture treatment. The difference of cumulative scores in Webster's scale was also decreased in correlation analysis. The increase of dopamine in the brain and the excitability of the dopamine neurons may contribute to the therapeutic effects, in TCM terms, of subduing the pathogenic wind and tranquilizing the mind.……
文摘Lifting and thrusting with reducing method at acupoint Huatuojiaji (Extra 21) of the affected side was performed to make the limb of the affected side contract involuntarily 1-2 times in 53 cases with cervical spondylopathy. The maneuver produced a much better total effective rate than the routine maneuver (P
文摘Thirty cases of vertebral-artery-type cervical spondylopathy were treated by Dr. Zhang Tao's technique. The cure rate was 50%, and the total effective rate was 100%.
文摘 Chronic renal insufficiency is the result of renal injuries and progressive deterioration caused by various reasons. At the late stage, i.e. the period of uremia, it may be complicated with abnormalities of various systems. Along with the development and popularization of hemodialysis, the survival time of uremic patients can be prolonged, but uremic pruritus affects greatly the quality of life of the patients. For this purpose, we have treated 68 cases of the patients with acupuncture and western medicine respectively, and made clinical observations on the therapeutic results. A report follows.……
文摘 According to the TCM theory that the kidney is in charge of the bone, the authors carried out a study on the effect of acupuncture on bone mineral density in 40 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis treated by the method of reinforcing the kidney to strengthen the bone, with satisfactory therapeutic results reported as follows.……
文摘Hemirachischisis is commonly-seen in clinic. Many patients complaining of lumbago are often found to have this disease shown by radiography. The common methods of treatment in Western medicine are surgical operation and administration of analgesics. In recent years, the authors have adopted acupuncture and moxibustion for the treatment, with quite good therapeutic results reported as follows.Clinical DataOf the 48 cases in this series, 32 were male and 16 female; ranging in age from 16 to 67 years; with course of illness from 1 month to 32 years. All the patients had the chief complaint of lumbago, and were diagnosed as having hemirachischisis by radiography.
文摘Insufficient blood supply to vertebrobasilarartery is one of the ischemic cerebrovascular diseasesencountered commonly and frequently in old people.Its clinical symptoms are capricious,and severeischemia may jeopardize the life of the patient.Thekey point for saving the patient's life and raising thequality of life is to relieve the symptoms and improveblood supply to the brain.From May 1995 to
文摘Chifu refers to the skin covering the areafrom the wrist joint to the elbow joint, about 1chi (1/3 meter) in length in adults.Acupuncture with filiform needle at certainpoints within Chifu area exhibits quitesatisfactory therapeutic results for treatment ofsprain and contusion of the four extremities.The following are some examples.
文摘Genual osteoarthritis is a commonly-encountered affection in the middle-aged and oldpersons.The author has treated 65 cases of genualosteoarthritis with massotherapy in the past threeyears,with satisfactory therapeutic results reported asfollows.
文摘Paralysis agitans is a kind of nervous diseases of common occurrence. It is clinically classified into the primary and the secondary, the former being called Parkinson’s disease and the latter the secondary Parkinson’s syndrome, but both being characterized by tremor, tetanic muscle tone and decrease in movement. It is generally considered as a syndrome with deficiency
文摘AIM： To identify the trend, possible risk factors and any pattern change of hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC） in Egypt over a decade. METHODS： All HCC patients attending Cairo Liver Center between January 1993 and December 2002, were enrolled in the study. Diagnosis of HCC was based on histopathological examination and/or detection of hepatic focal lesions by two imaging techniques plus α-fetoprotein level above 200 ng/mL. The duration of the study was divided into two periods of 5 years each; period Ⅰ （1993-1997） and period Ⅱ （1998-2002）. Trend, demographic features of patients （age, gender, and residence）, risk factors （HBsAg, HCV-Ab, schistosomiasis and others） and pattern of the focal lesions were compared between the two periods. Logistic regression model was fitted to calculate the adjusted odds ratios for the potential risk factors. The population attributable risk percentage was calculated to estimate the proportion of HCC attributed to hepatitis B and C viral infections. RESULTS： Over a decade, 1 328 HCC patients out of 22 450 chronic liver disease （CLD） patients were diagnosed with an overall proportion of 5.9%. The annual proportion of HCC showed a significant rising trend from 4.0% in 1993 to 7.2% in 2002 （P = 0.000）. A significant increase in male proportion from 82.5% to 87.6% （P = 0.009）; M/F from 5：1 to 7：1 and a slight increase of the predominant age group （40-59 years） from 62.6% to 66.8% （P = 0.387）in periods Ⅰ and Ⅱ respectively, reflecting a shift to younger age group. In the bivariate analysis, HCC was significantly higher in rural residents, patients with history of schistosomiasis and/or blood transfusion. Yet, after adjustment, these variables did not have a significant risk for development of HCC. There was a significant decline of HBsAg from 38.6% to 20.5% （P = 0.000）, and a slight increase of HCV-Ab from 85.6% to 87.9% in periods I and II respectively. HBV conferred a higher risk to develop HCC more than HCV in period Ⅰ （OR 1.9 vsl.6） and period Ⅱ （OR 2.7 vs 2.0）, but the relative contribution of HBV for development of HCC declined in period Ⅱ compared to period Ⅰ （PAR% 4.2%, 21.32%）. At presentation, diagnostic α-fetoprotein level （≥200 ng/mL） was demonstrated in 15.6% vs28.9% and small HCC （≤3 cm） represented 14,9% vs 22,7% （P = 0,0002） in periods Ⅰ and Ⅱ respectively. CONCLUSION： Over a decade, there was neady a twofold increase of the proportion of HCC among CLD patients in Egypt with a significant decline of HBV and slight increase of HCV as risk factors. α-Fetoprotein played a limited role in diagnosis of HCC, compared to imaging techniques. Increased detection of small lesions at presentation reflects increased awareness of the condition.
文摘The momentum of rapid aging, old-age service supply has become a big problem. Our country also could not escape the threat of this trend, the implementation of the one-child policy, the core of the family, the old lonely man, and the children in the competitive society, under the strong pressure of endowment service supply. Aiming at the problem of community endowment service insufficient supply, scholars have also launched a rich discussion and a lot of research, this article will talk about the definition, the concept of community endowment service supply and supply problems.
文摘 Background and purpose: Vascular and tension-type headache is most commonly encountered, and SI17 therapy has been tested to treat headache with good results. The efficacy of SI17 therapy for vascular and tension-type headache was compared and the effect of SI17 therapy on pancreatic polypeptide (PP) was studied. Materials and methods: 29 cases of vascular headache (20 cases in acute attack during the trial) and 27 cases of tension-type headache (19 cases in acute attack) were enrolled in the study. Plasma PP level before and 4th day after treatment was measured by radioimmunoassay. Results: SI17 therapy is better for the treatment of vascular headache. Vascular headache with higher PP level and tension-type headache with normal PP level had good therapeutic results. Conclusion: The clinical efficacy is better for vascular headache with the increase of vagus tension and for tension-type headache with normal vagus tension.
文摘Since the 80 s, our country is working on implementing birth limitation and having only one, ＂one of the most glorious＂ policy, the policy is very good solve the problem of China＇s population rising too rapidly, at the same time also the certain negative impact. In other words, lose the sole group production is to limit the second child victims. Of course, only child＇s death is the biggest hidden trouble, this not only can bring economic loss to lose alone group, will give group cause huge loss alone cannot make up for the spiritual loss. If only children died, their relatives and friends, especially the parents very easily into the depression, are not interested in anything, their thoughts are on the verge of collapse, it is also a need to study and to explore the topic.
文摘External humeral epicondylitis or tennis elbow, is a commonly encountered disease in orthopaedics and traumatology. The curative effect is not satisfactory as far as its treatment by western and traditional Chinese medicine is concerned, which has a long course of treatment and a high recurrent rate. 70 cases of external humeral epicondylitis were treated by massotherapy after local blocking from August 1995 to October 1997 at this hospital with satisfactory therapeutic effects.Clinical DataOf the 70 cases in this series treated by massotherapy after local blocking, 30 were males and 40 females, ranging in age from 19 to 65 years. 55 cases were 30 to 50 years old, 20 had the left elbow affected and 50 the right elbow. 7 cases had a history of trauma, 50 a history of chronic strain, and 13 the cause unknown. The shortest duration of disease was 15 days and the longest 24 months.Among 50 cases in the control group treated by massotherapy, 20 cases were males and 30 females, ranging in age from 16 to 58 years. 40 cases were 30 to 50 years old. 15 cases were affected on the left elbow and 35 on the right elbow. 6 cases had a history of trauma, 32 a history of chronic strain, and 12 the cause unknown. The shortest duration of diseases was 7 days and the longest 22 months.
文摘Xuan Fei Ding Chuan Wan ([symbol: see text] pills for facilitating the flow of the lung-qi to relieve asthma) and Xiao Chuan Gu Ben Wan ([symbol: see text] pills for treating asthma by consolidating the origin) were used for treatment of bronchial asthma. The cure rate in the treated group (n = 600) was 81.33%, significantly higher (P
文摘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
