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Objective:To study the effect of combined acupuncture and rehabilitation training on early-stage Barthel index of ischemic stroke cases.Method:Fifty ischemic stroke cases were randomized into a treatment group of 24 cases and control group of 26 cases.In addition to routine internal treatment methods,rehabilitation training was applied to cases in the control group,and combined acupuncture and rehabilitation training were applied to cases in the treatment group.Warming and reinforcing manipulations were applied to Jianyu (LI 15),Quchi (LI 11),Hegu (LI 4),Yanglingquan (GB 34),Yinlingquan (SP 9),Zusanli (ST 36),and Sanyinjiao (SP 6),20 min of needle retaining for each point in one treatment.Then the scores of clinical neurological impairment and Barthel index of stroke cases were evaluated before the treatment and 3 weeks after respectively.Results:The significant progress and progress cases in the treatment group were 14 and 12 respectively,whereas that in the control group were 6 and 11 respectively,coupled with 7 cases of no progress.The therapeutic effect in the treatment is substantially better than the control group (P＜0.05).There was no significant difference (P＞0.05) in neurological impairment and scores of Barthel index of the two groups before the treatment,whereas significant difference (P＜0.05) after the treatment.The scores of neurological impairment in the treatment group were significantly reduced after the treatment (P＜0.05),and the scores of Barthel index were significantly increased (P＜0.05).Conclusion:Combined acupuncture and rehabilitation training can produce significantly better effect on early neurological impairment and Barthel index of stroke cases than rehabilitation training alone.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the influence of psychological factor on asthma, the protective and therapeutic effects of Shugan Lifei Recipe on rats with asthma under stress and the mechanisms. METHODS: Allergy and stress-induced asthma models were established in rats by giving ovalbumin and restraining stress. Radioimmunoassay, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical method were used to detect plasma corticosterone, IL-4, IFN-gamma, expression of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) mRNA in hippocampus and adrenocorticotropic hormone corticoliberin (CRH) positive neuron in hypothalamus. Optical and electron microscopes were used to observe the morphological changes of pulmonary hilar and hippocampal tissues. RESULTS: Shugan Lifei Recipe (SGLFR) could reduce plasma corticosterone, decrease CRH positive neurons in paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus, up-regulate the expression of GR mRNA in hippocampus and reduce the injury of hippocampal neuron. SGLFR had certain inhibitive effect on hyperfunction of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal cortex (HPA) axis in rats with asthma under stress and could also relieve the pathological changes of the pulmonary hilar tissue. The level of plasma IFN-gamma was increased while the level of plasma IL-4 was decreased in SGLFR-treated group. CONCLUSION: The mechanism of SGLFR in treating the rats with asthma under stress is probably to regulate the hyperfunction of HPA axis and the disorder of immuo-system.