Clinical observation on superior cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome treated by relaxation therapy of in-row multi-needling technique / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the clinical efficacy on superior cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome treated by relaxation therapy of in-row multi-needling technique.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twenty cases were randomized into a multi-needling group, an acupotomy group and a conventional acupuncture group, 40 cases in each one. In the multi-needling group, the perpendicular or oblique puncture was applied to the affected area of the lumbar and gluteal region. The chief needling sites were determined in terms of the strong response of acupuncture to be the chief points. The in-row multi-needling technique was applied around the chief needling sites, with lifting, thrusting penetrating method to different directions. Two chief points were connected with the G6805 low frequency pulse therapeutic apparatus. In the acupotomy group, the acupotomy was applied to 3 to 4 affected sites in each treatment. In the conventional acupuncture group, Shenshu (BL 23), Dachangshu (BL 25), Jiaji (EX-B 2) in the lumbar region, Zhibian (BL 54) and the others were selected and connected with the G6805 low frequency pulse therapeutic apparatus. The cases in each group were treated for 4 weeks. The improvements of pain score, therapeutic efficacy and comprehensive satisfaction assessment were compared among 3 groups in 2 and 4 weeks of treatment separately.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The pain scores in each group were reduced apparently in 2 and 4 weeks of treatment separately (all P<0.05), and the pain score in the acupotomy group was lower than that in the conventional acupuncture group in 2 weeks of treatment. In 4 weeks of treatment, the pain scores in the multi-needling group and the acupotomy group were lower than that in the conventional acupuncture group (both P<0.05) and the pain score in the multi-needling group was lower than that in the acupotomy group (P<0.05). In 2 weeks of treatment, the remarkable effective rate in the acupotomy group was 62.5% (25/40), which was superior significantly to 25.0% (10/40) in the conventional acupuncture group (P<0.05). The other differences among the groups were not significant statistically in comparison. In 4 weeks of treatment, the remarkable effective rate was 90. 0% (36/40) in the multi-needling group and was 67.5% (27/40) in the acupotomy group, which were superior to 35.0% (14/40) in the conventional acupuncture group (both P<0.05). The remarkably effective rate in the multi-needling group was better than that in the acupotomy group (P<0.05). The satisfaction for the patients in the multi-needling group was higher obviously than that in any of the other two groups (P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The relaxation therapy of in-row multi-needling technique achieves the definite therapeutic effect on superior cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome. The efficacy is superior to acupotomy and the conventional acupuncture. The therapeutic effect is better for the cases of the extensive affected scope, unclear location and large distribution in patches caused by the adhesion of muscles and fascia especially.</p>

Clinical observation on acupuncture combined with inductance coupling for treatment of delayed union and nonunion / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with inductance coupling for treatment of delayed union and nonunion.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty cases with delayed union and nonunion after operation were randomly divided into 2 groups. The observation group (n=30) received acupuncture with Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39) and Taichong (LR 3) selected as main points, in combination with inductance coupling treatment and the routine treatment. The patients (n=30) in the control group received routine treatment. Bony callus growth was observed by X-ray 30 and 120 days after treatment respectively.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Twenty-three cases 30 days after treatment and 29 cases 120 days after treatment were found the bone callus growth in the observation group , and 11 cases and 17 cases in the control group, with significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05), the observation group being better than the control group, with no bad event and side effect.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture combined with inductance coupling is a good method for promoting fracture healing.</p>

Study of GC fingerprint of essential oils from flower of Lonicera japonica / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study and establish the GC fingerprint of essential oils of 10 batches the flower of Lonicera japonica.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The essential oils were extracted by steam distillation from ten batches of the flowers, then separated by capillary gas chromatography.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The similarity of 10 batches of the flower of L. japonica was high.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The method was reliable, and can be used to evaluate the quality of the flower of L. japonica.</p>

Optimization of enzymatic extraction of effective constituents from fibrous roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza by central composite design and response surface method / 中国中药杂志

The fibrous roots are the residues of production of cut crude drug of Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza). Enzymatic pretreatment and ultrasonic extraction are beneficial to extract effective constituents from fibrous roots more effectively. The present research was to optimize the enzymatic parameters by the central composite design and response surface method. Under the best conditions, the yields of total tanshinones and total salvianolic acids in the extracts of enzymatic pretreatment increased by 113.92% and 30.64%, comparing with the non-enzymatic extraction, respectively. TLC analysis also showed that the types of effective constituents in the two samples were not affected by enzymatic hydrolysis. Meanwhile, the complex correlation coefficients of the mathematical models were high, which provided a good prediction.