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A new-type digital electric plum-blossom needle instrument of controllable and adjustable parameters was developed to achieve an automatic tapping instead of manual tapping technique and integrate the function of plum-blossom needle with that of micropulse electrical phase. The alternating current of periodic variation changes the direction of magnetic field around, induces the vibration of the cone head and tapping movement, outputs the micropulse current and acts on the affected area in treatment. The new-type digital electric plum-blossom needle instrument achieves the automatic tapping movement, precisely adjusts the stimulating strength and frequency according to diseases and integrates the tapping stimulation with pulse current to form circulation loop on the skin and intensify the therapeutic effects. This instrument is the big innovation of traditional plum-blossom needle. It is not only applicable for clinical treatment or family healthcare, but also for scientific research with the adoptable digital therapeutic parameters, which benefits the application and development of plum-blossom needle therapy.
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Objective: To investigate if acupuncture can improve the curative effect of Western medicine on chronic prostatitis(CP). Methods: One hundred and ten patients with chronic prostatitis were randomly allocated to a treatment group of 80 cases and a control group of 30 cases. The clinical effects were evaluated according to cultures of bacteria in early-stream urine, midstream urine, prostate secretion(EPS) and after-massage urine(VB3). Results: Both the cure rate and the total efficacy rate were higher in the treatment group than in the control group(43/80 vs 10/30,P＜ 0.01; 75/80 vs 25/30, P＜ 0.05). In the treatment group there was no significant difference in curative effect between bacterial CP and nonbacterial CP(P ＞ 0.05). In the control group the curative effect on bacterial CP was significantly superior to that on nonbacterial CP. Conclusion: Treatment with combined acupuncture and medicine is a good therapy for nonbacterial CP.
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The choroid plexus of the cat, rabbit and rat have been investigated by means of scanning elecron microscopy. The surface appearance of choroid plexus of these animals exhibited pleomorphism. The free surface of epithelial cells are covered with dense microvilli, single long cilium, clusters of cilia, bulbous protrusions and flower-like structure. They are scattered throughout the ventricular surface of the choroid plexus. High magnification scanning electron microscopy reveals that the population of microvilli consist of slender finger-like microvilli and microvilli with the bleb-like protrusion. Flower-like structure is the clusters of microvilli. On the surface of the choroid plexus of these animals, the Kolmer cells were observed. According to the number of processes, the Kolmer cells of cat, rabbit and rat may be divided into four main types. The ultra-architectural organization of choroid plexus of the cat, rabbit and rat is quite similar, but the number of bulbous protrusions in the cat and clusters of cilia in the rat occurs more.
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273 spine apparatus were observed under electron microscope. The results were as follows: 1.The flat-type sac of 5 types of the sac which constituted the spine apparatus covered the majority. Most of them were arranged parallelly and a few dispersively. The horseshoe or braid shaped arrangement was also seen in some cases. 2.The number of the sac varied from 3 to 6 in most of the cases, and a few over 10. Sometimes 2 or 3 spine apparatus can be seen within a single dendritic spine. 3.The spine apparatus often locates in the dendritic spine. In some cases the spine apparatus can be seen within the dendrites or in the juncture of dendritic trunk and dendritic spine 4.The morphological structure of the dense bands is comparatively complex. Most of the bends are narrow, some are broad, fine granular or mist-like in shape. The dense bends are located in between the adjacent sacs mostly and in few cases on one side of the spine apparatus. In some cases, one end of the dense band is fused with the sac.
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The types of synapses and some morphological features of the synaptic submicroscopic structures of rat hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (HVM) have been described in this study. A total of 1 005 synapses is observed. The percentage of axo-dendritic synapse is 96.6%. It covers the majority of the total number of synapses. The percentage of axo-somatic synapse is 2.8% and axo-axonic synapse is 0.5% of the total number of the synapses. The crest synapse which is never reported in the HVM was found to be 0.1%. Its postsynaptic elements come from clubbed finger-like dendritic crest which is characterized by prominent postsynaptic membrane thickening and subsynaptic dense bodies. Two presynaptic terminals contact the wall of the crest process side by side and contain spheric vesicles. In the axo-dendritic and axo-somatic synapses, the parallel synapse (including synaptic complex), the tangent-like synapse and serial-like synapse have been observed.
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The projection from the ventral posterior nucleus (VP) of the thalamus to the somatic sensory cortical area (SmI) in the rat was studied with the horseradish peroxidase (HRP) method.When injections were made into the anterior part of SmI (Brodmann 3), labeled cells were found in the ventral area of caudal VP. When injections were made into the posterior part of SmI (Brodmann 3,1), Iabeled cells were observed in the dorsal area of caudal VP. With injections located near the superior part of SmI (Brodmann 3), labeled cells were found in the lateral area of VP. When injections were made into the inferior part of SmI (Brodmann 2), labeled cells were seen in the medial area of VP.All labeled cells were observed in the injected side, indicating that the projection is uncrossed.Neurons in VP Projecting to Brodmann 2 is less than those projecting to Brodmann 3.Relationship between the quantity of labeled neurons and the amount of projection fibers was discussed.
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The distribution and morphology of supraependymal cells residing within thethird ventricle of the adult rabbit and adult rat have been investigated by means ofscanning electron microscopy.Supraependymal cells can be classified into twofundamental types,those with neuronal characteristics were designated Type Ⅰ incontrast to those that appear to be macrophagic in character,which were termedType Ⅱ.The neuron-like supraependymal cells have oval cell bodies and long slen-der processes.They occurred not only singly along the ventricular surface,but alsotended to occur in clusters which may be named as neuronal complex.Usually theneuronlike structures possessed varicose fibers of various calibers,runing among thecilia,microvilli,and bulbous protrusions of the ependymal surface.The morphologyof macrophage-like ependymal cells are variable.In general,they had one or severalbroad pseudopodia.According to the number of processes,the macrophage-likesupraependymal cells may be divided into three main types.The morphology of supraependymal cells within the third ventricle of the rabbitand rat is quite similar.The role of supraependymal cells were discussed.