Effect of Xiongshang RecipeⅠon Tumor Necrosis Factor and Interleukin-8 in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Contusion / 广州中医药大学学报

Objective To investigate the effect of Xiongshang RecipeⅠ(XPI)on serum inflammatory cytokines of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)and interleukin-8(IL-8)in acute pulmonary contusion patients.Methods Thirty acute pulmonary contusion patients were equally randomized into the control group (receiving routine western medical treatment)and the treatment group (received routine western medical treatment and oral use of XPI).The treatment lasted 2 weeks.Thirty healthy physical examinees served as the contemporaneous normal controls.Secondary pulmonary contusion,recovery time and the serum levels of TNF and IL-8 were observed after pulmonary contusion.Results Serum levels of TNF and IL-8 in the treatment group after treatment were decreased(P

Clinical Observation on External Application and Enema of Herbal Medicine Combined with Acupuncture for Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction / 广州中医药大学学报

0.05).Pain-disappearing time,anus-bubbling time,and time for gas-fluid plane disappearing were shortened in group C,and drainage volume from nutrient canal during gastrointestinal decompression obviously reduced on the second day as compared with those in groups A and B(P