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Some Chinese herbs have been used to prevent and treat diseases, and are also used as common food ingredients. These Chinese herbs are potential resource for research and development of new drugs. Leek roots is a typical medicine of food and medicine continuum. It has a long history of medicinal applications and edible food in China. In this paper, the origin, biological active components, pharmacological action and clinical application of leek roots were introduced. We hope that this review will contribute to the development of leek roots for pharmaceutical research and clinical applications, as well as related health products.
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Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy and explore the clinical application value of the enhancement controlla-ble output channel narrowed ileal bladder suspension surgery and traditional ileal neobladder after total cystectomy.Methods From January 2001 to August 2009,42 patients with bladder cancer received enhancement controllable output channel narrowed ileal blad-der suspension surgery after total cystectomy;and 46 patients received ileal neobladder after total cystectomy.Their clinical data, perioperative situation,postoperative complications and tumor progress were analyzed.Results In regard to the blood loss,postop-erative hospital stay,and postoperative recent or far complications,both surgical methods had no significant statistical difference (P >0.05).The group of Enhanced controllable output channel narrowing ileal bladder suspension surgery was good control of uri-nation after operation(P <0.05).Conclusion Enhancement controllable output channel narrowed ileal bladder suspension surgery has good clinical effect and safety.It is especially suitable for the patients who need control inurine and don′t accepted orthotopic neobladder.
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The stable quality of Chinese herbal medicines is a critical factor for their reliable clinical efficiency. An improved liquid-liquid extraction procedure and a liquid chromatographic method were developed to simultaneously analyze five anthraquinones (aloe-emodin, rhein, emodin, chrysophanol and physcion) in a Chinese traditional hospital preparation, Fuyankang mixture, in order to quantitatively control its quality in a more effective way.
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Objective To estimate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) among the patients undergoing manintenance hemodialysis (MHD), and evaluate the efficacy and the adverse effects of sildenafil for ED. Methods The international index of erectile function questionnaire (IIEF) was used to estimate 22 male MHD cases. ED patients were administered sildenafil with the initial dose of 25 mg/d, then maximum of 100 mg/d for 12 weeks. Results 72. 73% (16/22) of MHD patients complained of ED, and the total effective rate of sildenafil was 87.5% (14/16) with common adverse effects-headache and flushing. Conclusion Sildenafil in MHD patients has similar efficacy and safety as the others.