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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of Tiao Ren Tong Du (regulating the Conception Vessel and unblocking the Governor Vessel) needling method in treating post-stroke insomnia and the change of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) after treatment, and to discuss the effect of this needling method on post-stroke insomnia. Method Ninety post-stroke patients were randomized into a treatment group, a control group and a Western medicine group. For the treatment group, points from the Conception and Governor Vessels were selected as the major points; for the control group, conventional needling method was adopted; for the Western medicine group, Zopiclone was prescribed. After intervention, the clinical efficacies and PSQI scores were investigated and compared. Result After intervention, the effective rates of the three groups were equivalent (P>0.05), the recovery rate of the treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control groups (P0.05); in the Western medicine group, the one-month follow-up showed significant difference in PSQI score compared to that right after the intervention (P<0.05); in the control group, there was a significant difference in PSQI score between the one-month follow-up and 3-month follow-up results (P<0.05). Conclusion The clinical efficacies of acupuncture methods and oral administration of Zopiclone are equivalent in treating post-stroke insomnia, but Tiao Ren Tong Du needling method can produce a higher recovery rate and better long-term efficacy.
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Objective:To observe the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture plus heat-sensitive moxibustion in treating chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (CPID), for selecting an effective acupuncture-moxibustion method in treating chronic pelvic inflammation. Methods:Eighty CPID subjects were enrolled and divided into two groups by randomized single-blind method, 40 in each group. The observation group was intervened by acupuncture plus heat-sensitive moxibustion, while the control group was by acupuncture plus box-moxibustion, once every other day, 10 sessions as a treatment course, but the period time was skipped. The therapeutic efficacy was observed after 3 treatment courses. Results:The recovery rate was 45.0% and the total effective rate was 95.0% in the observation group, versus 20.0% and 80.0% in the control roup. There were significant differences in comparing the recovery rate and the total effective rate between the two groups (P<0.05). Conclusion:Acupuncture plus heat-sensitive moxibustion can produce a higher therapeutic efficacy in treating CPID than acupuncture plus box-moxibustion, and this is an easy-to-operate and safe method without adverse effect.
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Cerebral ischemia is one of the most common diseases treated by acupuncture therapeutics. Recent studies indicated that acupuncture treatment by needling the conception and governor vessels had positive effects in promoting neural regeneration in patients after cerebral ischemia injury. Acupuncture intervention could continuously promote the proliferation and differentiation of the neural stem cells in the brain, obviously up-regulate expression of growth factors, accelerate angiogenesis and inhibit apoptosis. Hence, it is necessary to present an exhaustive review on the mechanisms. The present review gives a detailed description of pathological changes of cerebral ischemia and acupuncture intervention applied to the conception and governor vessels, and proposes research prospects in the future.