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Abstact: Biqiu is equivalent to allergic rhinitis in modern medicine. Ancient and modern literature has shown that acupuncture has a good clinical efficacy on this disease. However, there is no uniform specification in the choice of acupuncture methods (such as acupuncture, moxibustion, warm acupuncture and so on) and the selection of acupoints. According to the etiology and pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis and its clinical manifestations, Biqiu can be classified as“fluid retention disease”in TCM. This article tried to provide a new idea for acupuncture treatment of Biqiu from the perspective of the treatment of“fluid retention disease”in TCM.
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[Objective]To summarize the clinical experience of treating chloasma with the theory of the Zangfu-organs by Pro.Sun Yinong. [Method]By analyzing the idea of Sun’s therapy and medication of the proven case, it elaborates Pro.Sun Yinong’s clinical experience on using Chinese herbs to treat chloasma under the theory of the Zangfu-organs. [Results]The five Zang-organs perform their respective duties, any pathological changes in the five Zang-organs al can cause chloasma. We adapted at different herbs therapy to treat chloasma, which relieved the patient ’s clinical symptoms, and achieved satisfactory clinical outcome.[Conclusion] Starting from the five Zang-organs on the treatment based on syndrome differentiation, not only provides a new thought for the treatment of chloasma,but also ful y embodies the concept of holism and syndrome differentiation on TCM treatment of chloasma, which has practical effect on clinical application.
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Objective To evaluate the treatment of acne vulgaris with acupuncture by different methods of point selection.Methods 51 cases of acne vulgaris were randomly recruited into local point selection group,distal point selection group and combination of local and distal point selection group.10 cases of healthy people were recruited for normal control group.Serum arachidonic acid (AA),free testosterone (FT),and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels were observed in all treatment groups.Results After the treatment,serum AA was (20.56±5.28)μg/L,(18.86±5.70) μg/L and (14.62±3.06) μg/L,while SHBG was (333.31±87.96) nmol/L,(332.02±87.82) nmol/L and (273.02±61.74) nmol/L respectively in local point selection group,distal point selection group and combination of local and distal point selection group,both showing no significant difference than the normal control group (P＞0.05).There was no significant difference in FT value between the combination of local and distal point selection group (5.62± 1.98) nmol/L and the normal control group (P＞0.05).The decrease of AA in the combination of local and distal point selection group was between than the local point selection group (P＜0.01).Conclusion Acupuncture can effectively improve the level of inflammatory factors and androgen of the acne vulgaris.Different methods of point selection of acupuncture on the improvement of some indicators were quite different,which laid the foundation for the best compatibility of acupuncture treatment in acne vulgaris.