Transient therapeutic effect and safety of superficial needling therapy for treatment of periarthritis of shoulder / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To scientifically assess effectiveness and safety of mono-use fu-needle.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty cases of periarthritis of shoulder were randomly divided into a fu-needle group and a routine acupuncture group. The fu-needle group were treated with fu-needle, and the routine acupuncture group were treated with a needle of 0.38 mm in diameter and 40 mm in length. The articular mobility of the most limited direction, soft tissue pain self-rating score and self-rating score of shoulder tenderness before and after treatment, stabbing times and degree at inserting the needle, scattering and during retention of the needle, and bleeding at withdrawing the needle were compared in the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The fu-needle group was better than the routine acupuncture group in improvement of mobility-related pain, tenderness, and the articular mobility of the most limited direction, indicating that the transient effect in the fu-needle group was better than the routine acupuncture group, and the stabbing times and degree at insertion of the needle were less than the routine acupuncture group. And there was no significant difference between the two groups in stabbing times and degree at scattering and retaining the needle and bleeding times in withdrawing the needle.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The superficial needling therapy with mono-use fu-needle is more effective and more safe than the routine acupuncture for treatment of periarthritis of shoulder.</p>

Effect of acupuncture on plasma peptide YY in the patient of simple obesity / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe changes of plasma peptide YY (PYY) in acupuncture for slimming.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty-four cases of simple obesity were treated with acupuncture for 3 courses. Body mass index (BMI), and fat percent (F%), and insulin, PYY, blood fat, and blood sugar levels before and after treatment were determined, with 20 normal persons used as controls.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The clinical total effective rate was 88.23%. Acupuncture could increase the decreased insulin sensitive index and PYY level (both P < 0.01), with no correlativity between them (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Regulation of PYY is possibly one of the mechanisms of acupuncture in slimming, but the relation of PPY with insulin resistance remains to be studied.</p>