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ObjectiveTo establish a rat model of hyperuricemia （HUA）， to study the effect of Liqing granules on lowering serum uric acid， and to evaluate its safety . MethodsMale SD rats were randomly divided into solvent control group and model group according to their body weight. For the model group， serum uric acid （SUA） was determined after 7 days of intra-gastric administration of potassium oxyazinate. The model group were randomly divided into model control group， positive control group， and low， medium， high dose group based on SUA level. Each group from the model group continued to receive potassium oxyazinate in the morning. The animals in the model groups received 0.5% CMC-Na， 10 mg·kg-1 benzbromarone （Doses by body weight） and Liqing granules 0.6， 1.2， 2.4 g·kg-1 （Doses by body weight）， respectively in the afternoon. 0.5% CMC-Na suspension with the same volume was given both in the morning and afternoon for the solvent control group. Levels of SUA， creatinine （CREA）， alanine aminotransferase （ALT） and aspartate transaminase （AST） were determined after 32 and 45 days administration of the test substance. ResultsSUA of the model group was （218±23） μmol·L-1 after 7 days of modeling， which was significantly higher than that of the solvent control group （P<0.001）. After 32 days administration of the test substance， SUA didn’t significantly decrease in each dose group （P>0.05）. CREA in the medium and high dose groups significantly decreased （P<0.05）. After 45 days administration of the test substance， SUA in each dose group was significantly decreased （P<0.001）， but CREA， ALT， and AST were not significantly different in each dose group in comparison with the model control group （P>0.05）. ConclusionLiqing granules can assist in lowering blood serum uric acid in the rat HUA model， and no damage to liver and kidney function is found.
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Objective To explore the necessity and effectiveness of type-based acupuncture treatment for cervical spondylosis. Method Two hundred and forty patients with clinically common cervical spondylosis, cervical spondylotic radiculopathy or cervical spondylotic vertebral arteriopathy, 80 cases each type, were enrolled. Every type of patients was randomly allocated to observation and conventional groups. The observation group (120 patients) received type-based acupuncture treatment. Cervical spondylosis was treated by syndrome differentiation; cervical spondylotic radiculopathy, from the spleen and stomach; cervical spondylotic vertebral arteriopathy, with nape five-needle acupuncture. Every type of the conventional group (120 patients) received the same therapeutic method (conventional selection of acupoints). Before and after five and ten sessions of treatment, cervical spondylosis and cervical spondylotic radiculopathy were scored using the CSAS and the VAPS and cervical spondylotic vertebral arteriopathy was scored using the ESCV. The overall therapeutic effects were evaluated after ten treatments. Result Of the patients with cervical spondylosis, there were statistically significant pre-/post-treatment differences in the CSAS and VAPS scores in the two groups (P0.05). Of the patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy, there were statistically significant differences in the CSAS and VAPS scores in the two groups after five treatments compared with before (P0.05);after ten treatments there were statistically significant differences in the scores in the two groups compared with before (P<0.01) and also between the groups (P<0.05). Of the patients with cervical spondylotic vertebral arteriopathy, there was a statistically significant difference in the ESCV score in the observation group after five treatments compared with before (P<0.01);the score also decreased in the conventional group (P<0.05);there was a statistically significant difference between the groups (P<0.05);after ten treatments there was a statistically significant difference in the ESCV score in the two groups compared with before (P<0.01) and also between the groups (P<0.05). After ten treatments, the cure and marked efficacy rate and the total efficacy rate were 76.6%and 92.8%, respectively, in the observation group and 54.2%and 86.0%, respectively, in the conventional group. There was a statistically significant difference in the cure and marked efficacy rate between the two groups (P<0.01). Conclusion Type-based acupuncture can markedly improve the clinical therapeutic effect on cervical spondylosis.
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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of grain-sized moxibustion plus acupuncture in treating plantar fasciitis. Method Forty patients with plantar fasciitis were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 20 in each group. The treatment group was intervened by grain-sized moxibustion plus acupuncture, while the control group was by ordinary acupuncture. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to observe the morning heel pain degree before and after the treatment, and the clinical efficacies were compared.Result The VAS scores were significantly changed after treatment in the two groups (P<0.05). After treatment, VAS score in the treatment group was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05). The recovery rate and total effective rate were respectively 45.0% and 95.0% in the treatment group, versus 10.0% and 90.0% in the control group, and there was a significant difference in comparing the recovery rates (P<0.01).Conclusion Grain-sized moxibustion plus acupuncture is an effective method in treating plantar fasciitis.