Effects of medicated thread moxibustion of Zhuang medicine on sex hormone in ovariectomized rabbits / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the mechanism of medicated thread moxibustion of Zhuang medicine (MTMZ) in treating perimenopausal period syndrome.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty rabbits were randomly divided into a normal group, a model group, a medicated thread group, a no-medicated thread group and a sham operation group, 6 cases in each group. The model of perimenopausal period syndrome was established by ovariectomizing the ovary. The medicated thread group was treated with MTMZ at "Qizhou" acupoint (Extra), "Xiaguanyuan"(Extra), "Shenshu" (BL 23) and "Pishu" (BL 20), etc., once each day for 4 weeks. The no-medicated thread group was treated with no-medicated thread moxibustion at the same acupoints, and there is no treatment in the other groups. The changes of hormone level in each group before and after the treatment were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After ovariectomizing the ovary, the serum estradiol (E2) in the model group [(308.33 +/- 12.58) pmol/L], the medicated thread group [(304.96 +/- 13.85) pmol/L] and the no-medicated thread group [(303.43 +/- 10.57) pmol/L] were lower than that in the normal group [(478.09 +/- 12.23) pmol/L] and the sham operation group [(488.05 +/- 11.45) pmol/L] (all P < 0.01). After treatment, the E2 level in medicated thread group [(338.92 +/- 11.23) pmol/L] was higher than before (P < 0.01) and that in the model group [(300.53 +/- 13.68) pmol/L] and the no-medicated thread group [(309.74 +/- 13.59) pmol/L] (both P < 0.01), and the serum follicle stimulating hormone [FSH, (58.90 +/- 5.29) U/L] and luteinizing hormone [LH, (64.65 +/- 5.23) U/L] were lower than those in the model group [(65.41 +/- 5.19) U/L], [(71.85 +/- 5.30) U/L] (both P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>MTMZ can increase the serum E2 and reduce the serum FSH and LH in ovariectomized rabbits, and this may be one of the mechanisms of MTMZ for treatment of perimenopausal period syndrome.</p>

Effect of Chinese medicinal massage on endocrinal function in women with climacteric syndrome / 中国中西医结合杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the therapeutic effect of Chinese medicinal massage with nourishing-Shen and activating-blood manipulation in treating women with climacteric syndrome and its influence on endocrinal function.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty patients were assigned to two groups, the 40 patients in the treated group were treated by Chinese medicinal massage for 20 min once every other day; the 20 patients in the control group were treated by hormone replacement therapy with Premarin 0.625 g, once daily by oral taking. The therapeutic efficacy was evaluated after two-month treatment by changes of serum levels of estradiol (E2), follicular stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and Kupperman index before and after treatment.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Kupperman index showed that the total symptom score in the treated group was improved from 30.71 +/- 8.43 scores before treatment to 8.21 +/- 5.14 scores after treatment, with a decrement of 22.50 +/- 8.14 scores, which was higher than that in the control group, from 24.32 +/- 5.44 scores to 5.92 +/- 3.58 scores, with a decrement of 18.40 +/- 4.50 scores, the difference between them was statistically significant (t = 2.52, P = 0.014). The serum level of E2 increased in both groups significantly after treatment, from 20.23 +/- 20.78 ng/L to 54.34 +/- 24.26 ng/L in the treated group (t= -2.73, P = 0.006), and from 16.15 +/- 24.40 ng/L to 40.61 +/- 81.54 ng/L in the control group (t = -1.72, P = 0.086), but the difference between groups was statistical insignificant (t= -1.120, P = 0.263). As for levels of FSH and LH, their decrements in the control group (13.16 +/- 11.29 mlU/mL and 10.37 +/- 9.21 mlU/mL) were larger than those in the treated group (4.92 +/- 4.26 mlU/mL and 0.17 +/- 2.42 mlU/mL), respectively (t = - 2.49, P = 0.013; t = - 2.38, P = 0.017).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Chinese medicinal massage manipulation could improve the Kupperman index of all the 13 symptoms in women with climacteric syndrome, and increase the E2 level in serum.</p>

Effect of massage therapy on cerebral palsy children with strabismus / 中国康复理论与实践

@#ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of massage therapy on cerebral palsy children with strabismus.Methods60 cerebral palsy children with strabismus were divided into the treatment group (30 cases) and control group (30 cases). Children of the treatment group were treated with massage therapy "YangGan RouJin Fa", those of the control group were not given any treatment, 30 strabismus children without cerebral palsy were treated with massage therapy "YangGan RouJin Fa" as the observation group.ResultsEffect of the treatment group was significantly different from the control group (P<0.01), and observation group (P<0.05).Conclusionmassage therapy "YangGan RouJin Fa" is a efficient method to strabismus in cerebral palsy children.