Effect of cranial needling combined with medicine on IL-6 in the patient of acute cerebral hemorrhage / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the mechanism of cranial needling in treatment of acute intracerebral hemorrhage.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-three cases were randomly divided into a cranial needling plus medication group (n=21) and a medication group (n=22). The cranial needling plus medication group were treated with needling skull suture 4 days after the attack, once each day, for 10 sessions, on the basis of routine neurological treatment measures. The medication group were treated with the routine neurological treatment measures. Changes of the scores of neural function defect and IIL-6 contents before and after treatment were compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The IL-6 contents before and after treatment were (11.29 +/- 8.63) pg/mL and (1.91 +/- 1.02) pg/mL in the cranial needling plus medication group, and (12.15 +/- 7.23) pg/mL and (3.61 +/- 2.71) pg/mL in the medication group, respectively, with very significant differences before and after treatment (P<0.01), and with a significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P<0.05). There were very significant differences in the score of neural function defect before and after treatment in the two groups (P<0.01), and there was a significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>On the basis of medication, cranial needling can promote rapid decrease of serum IL-6 content and improve nervous function in the patient of acute cerebral hemorrhage.</p>

Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture on late sudden deafness / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe therapeutic effect of acupuncture on late sudden deafness of different types.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>According to the principles of TCM syndrome differentiation treatment, 63 cases were treated with acupuncture, once very other day, 7 days constituting one course with a interval of 3 days between two courses. Changes of the hearing threshold, and the difference of therapeutic effects between different states of illness and different types were investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Four cases (6.3%) were cured, 17 cases (27.0%) were markedly effective, 19 cases (30.2%) were effective, and 23 cases (36.5%) were ineffective, the total effective rate being 63.5%; there was a significant difference in the mean hearing threshold before and after treatment (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The milder the state of illness, the better the therapeutic effect of the acupuncture; in addition, acupuncture has the best therapeutic effect for the type with decrease of the curve of audition, and better therapeutic effects for the types of upward invasion of phlegm-heat, and the type of stagnation of turbid phlegm in the middle-jiao.</p>