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Qingyan Dropping Pills have the effects of relieving wind and heat, detoxifying, and promoting the pharynx. It is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicines to treat acute and chronic pharyngitis, as well as sore throats and dry throats caused by surgery. Recently, many studies have shown that Qingyan Dropping Pills have certain effects on bacteriostasis, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antiviral activities. As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic enters the post-epidemic era, the regular use of drugs for COVID-19 pandemic symptoms has become a new trend. Therefore, there is a good market prospect to explore and develop Chinese patent medicines with antiviral effects. A preliminary study on the herbal formula and material basis of Qingyan Dropping Pills revealed that they have potential for antiviral applications. In this paper, the research on the quality study and antiviral effect of Qingyan Dropping Pills was reviewed, and the research direction of its secondary development was discussed to provide ideas and references for the new use of old traditional Chinese medicines.
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Objective ToexplorethevalueofMRIinthediagnosisofcoronaryarteryandmyocardiallesionsinchildrenwithKawasaki disease.Methods CardiacMRIof38patientswithKawasakidiseasewereretrospectivelyanalyzed.MRIsequencesincludedthree dimensionalsteady-statefreeprecession (3D-SSFP)coronaryarteryimaging,first-passperfusiontoassessmyocardialischemia,late gadolinium-enhancedmagneticresonanceimaging(LGE-MRI)toassessmyocardialhistologyfeatures,and2D-SSFPcinesequenceto evaluatecardiacfunction.Themaximumdiametersofcoronaryaneurysmsmeasuredin3D-SSFPwerecomparedwiththosemeasured inechocardiography(ECHO)byBland-Altmananalysis.Results Amongthe38cases,therewere28cases(73.7%)withaneurysmal dilatationinrightcoronaryartery(RCA)orleftcoronaryartery (LCA).Thehighestincidenceofaneurysmaldilatationwasinleft anteriordescendingbranch (LAD)in23cases,andfollowedbyRCAin19cases.ThemaximumdiameterofRCAaneurysm (7.66± 2.10)mm washigherthanthatofLADaneurysm (6.11±1.96)mm withP＜0.05.Myocardialfirst-passperfusionin5casesshowed leftventricularandventricularseptumsubendocardialischemia,LGE-MRIin5casesshowedmyocardialdelayedenhancementinleft ventricularfreewallandventricularseptum,andtheleftventricularejectionfractionsin4caseswerelessthan50%,withanaverage of(34.0±15.9)%.3D-SSFPandECHOshowedgoodconsistencyinthemaximaldiametermeasurementofRCAandLADaneurysm. Conclusion TheimagingfeaturesindifferentsequencesofMRIcanbeusedtocomprehensivelyevaluatethecoronaryarteryand myocardialhistologicalcharacteristicsofKawasakidisease,includingcoronaryaneurysms,thrombosis,myocardialfibrosisandchanges ofventricularfunction.
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Objective To observe the clinical effect of Wangbi tablet oral therapy combined with joint mobilization in the treatment of periarthritis of shoulder, to provide reference for the treatment of periarthritis of shoulder.Methods A total of 136 patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis in our hospital from January 2015 to June 2016 were selected as the research object, according to the order of hospitalized patients were randomly divided into observation group and control group,with 68 cases in each group, the observation group was treated with Wangbi tablet combined with joint mobilization,the control group was treated with single joint mobilization.After treatment, the clinical curative effect,complications or adverse reactions were comparedbetween the two groups, visual analogue scale(VAS)was used to compare the degree of pain of shoulder joint of patients before and after treatment, the shoulder joint function score were compared by the Japanese Orthopedic Association(JOA)'s shoulder disease score, the patients were followed up for a half a year and the Barthel index score was used to compare the daily life ability score of dynamic contrast.Results (1)The total effective rate of the observation group was(64/68), the control group was 82.35%(56/68), the observation group was significantly better than the control group(P<0.05).(2)The incidence of adverse reactions in the observation group was(8/68), the control group was 7.35%(5/68), and the safety of the two groups was good.(3)the VAS score of the observation group was(3.09±0.98), the control group was(4.53±1.02), and the pain of the observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group(P<0.05).(4)After treatment, the JOA score of the observation group was(16.54±2.36), and the control group was(12.97±2.71).The observation group was significantly higher than the control group(P<0.05).(5)The observation group treatment and follow-up of the Barthel index score was(73.11±6.21),(83.89±7.95)points, the control group was(68.41±5.65),(73.88±6.80), the activities of daily living of the observation group were higher than that of the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion There is a significant effect of Wangbi tablet therapy combined with joint mobilization for the treatment of patients with periarthritis of shoulder, the safety of the treatment is high, can reduce the pain of patients, improve the activity of shoulder joint function and activity of daily living, the comprehensive curative effect, with a high clinical value to promote.
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Objective To study the improvement of hemorheology and prognosis of vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis by combination of strong Dingxuan tablet.Methods106 cases of vertebral artery type cervical spondylopathy were randomly divided into observation group and control group.Fifty-three patients in each group were treated with manipulation in the control group, and the patients in the observation group were enrolled.The blood viscosity, whole blood low shear viscosity, plasma viscosity, whole blood reduction viscosity, hematocrit, erythrocyte aggregation index, fibrinogen and so on were compared between the two groups before and after treatment.Rheological parameters of the situation, the two groups of patients for 1 year follow-up observation, compared with 1 year recurrence rate.ResultsThe total effective rate was 92.45% in the observation group and 77.36% in the control group (P<0.05).The whole blood low shear viscosity (7.01±1.52) mPa·s, the whole blood viscosity (1.18±0.28) g/L was significantly higher than that in the control group (7.88±1.65) mPa·s, (1.47±0.34) mPa·s, (4.51±0.98) g/L, respectively (P<0.05).The recurrence rate was 13.21% in the observation group and 30.19% in the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionThe combination of strong Dingxuan tablet combined with manipulation of vertebral artery type cervical spondylopathy is significant, the blood viscosity of the patients is reduced, the blood circulation function is improved, the recurrence rate after treatment is low, and it is worthy of clinical application.
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Aim To detect the possible ameliorative effects of APS on the airway inflammation and whether the effects are associated with inhibiting the NF-κB/MAPK signaling pathway in ovalbumin( OVA)-induced asthmatic rats. Methods Asthma was induced by OVA sensitization and challenge. The asthmatic rats in the APS group were treated with APS. Pulmonary in-flammation was assessed with hematoxylin and eosin staining and inflammatory cell counting in BALF. Ul-trastructural changes of type I pneumocyte were ob-served by electron microscopy. Levels of NF-κB p65, p-NF-κB p65, p-IκBα, ERK1/2, p-ERK1/2, JNK, p-JNK, p38 MAPK, p-p38 MAPK, IL-1β, IL-4, IL-5 , IL-6 and IL-13 were measured using ELISA to as-sess the activity of NF-κB/ MAPK signaling pathway. Results Compared to the normal group, OVA in-duced significantly pulmonary inflammation and ultra-structural changes of type I pneumocyte in the asthma group. Besides, OVA increased the activity of the NF-κB/MAPK signaling pathway and promoted the produc-tion of inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-4 , IL-5 , IL-6 and IL-13 in the asthma group. If compared to the asthma group, APS markedly attenuated the pulmonary inflammation and type I pneumocyte damage, as well as inhibited the activity of the NF-κB/MAPK signaling pathway and decreased the production of inflammatory cytokines in the APS group. Conclusion The amelio-rative effects of APS on airway inflammation might be associated with the inhibition of the activity of the NF-κB/MAPK signaling pathway.
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Objective To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic carcinoma with acute and chronic pancreatitis as the initial symptoms.Methods The clinical data of 13 patients with pancreatic carcinoma who were admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University and the Affiliated Central Hospital of Dalian Medical University from January 2003 to June 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.The first symptoms were acute and chronic pancreatitis.Laboratory and imaging examinations were carried out on all the patients,and the treatment plan was designed according to the location and stage of the tumor as well as the patient's wishes.Surgery,radiotherapy,chemotherapy and other symptomatic treatment were selected.All the patients were followed up by telephone interview till July 2014.Results The major symptoms included abdominal pain and lumbodorsal pain (7 patients).Of the 13 patients,1 patient refused to received laboratory examination,and the levels of CA19-9 of the other 12 patients were elevated (the levels of CA19-9 of 11 patients were above 1 × 105 U/L).The levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) of 5 patients were elevated.Thirteen patients received plain or enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT),3 received magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 3 received sonography.The tumors located at the head of the pancreas wcrc observed in 9 patients,tumors located at the neck of the pancreas was observed in 2 patients,and tumors located at the tail of the pancreas were observed in 2 patients.The sizes of the tumors ranged between 1.7 cm × 1.7 cm and 4.9 cm × 4.8 cm.The common bile duct,intrahepatic bile duct and pancreatic duct of 7 patients were dilated.The superior mesenteric vein of 3 patients were invaded by the tumor.The lymph nodes of 4 patients were swollen,and 3 patients had peritoneal effusion.The results of CT confirmed that 2 patients were with cholecystolithiasis,and the results of magnetic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) confirmed that 1 patient had choledocholithiasis.The size of he pancreas of all the patients were increased using ultrasonography,and the main pancreatic ducts of 2 patients were dilated.Ten patients were diagnosed as with advanced pancreatic carcinoma.All the patients were staged by the imaging findings,5 patients belonged to stage Ⅱ and 8 belonged to stage Ⅳ.Two patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy,and 1 of them underwent postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy,and the other patient underwent palliative biliary enteric anastomosis and gastrojejunostomy.Two patients were treated by chemotherapy and 1 by radiotherapy in the 10 patients who did not received surgery.The rest 7 patients were treated with symptomatic therapy.The pathological results of the 2 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy were both moderately and poor-differentiated adenocarcinoma,and the size of the tumors were 4.0 cm × 3.0 cm × 2.5 cm and 2.5 cm × 2.0 cm × 1.0 cm.Three patients lost to follow-up among the 13 patients.The survival time of the patients with acute pancreatitis as the initial symptom ranged from 2.0 months to 6.0 months,and the median survival time was 4.5 months.The survival time of the patients with chronic pancreatitis as the initial symptom ranged from 0.5 months to 10.0 months,and the median survival time was 3.0 months.The median survival time of the 4 patients with elevated level of CEA was 3.5 months,and the median time of the 5 patients with normal level of CEA was 5.4 months.All the 10 patients who were followed up died of tumor recurrence and metastasis.Conclusion The clinical presentation of patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis as the initial symptoms is atypical,and it is difficult to achieve early diagnosis.Dynamic monitoring and combined diagnosis with laboratory and imaging examinations will improve the accuracy of diagnosis.Surgery based treatment is the preferred option.
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Objective To investigate the genotypic characteristics of hepatitis B virus(HBV) in Tibet.Methods Serum samples from 60 cases of hepatitis B in Tibet Autonomous Region were collected from January 2000 to March 2004.HBV genotypes were analyzed by sequencing S region and precore/core region.Results HBV isolated from 60 cases were all found to be D genotype by S region sequencing.Dc mixture was found in 59 cases,showing the recombination between their precore/core gene and genotype B virus at 1804-2299 nucleotide.The other one case showed Dbc mixture genotype,showing recombination between its precore/core gene and genotype B and C genes.Conclusions All Tibet cases in this study show mixture genotype D with recombination with genotvpe C or both genotype B and C at precore/core region.No case of pure genotype D is found.