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This study was aimed to explore the clinical efficiency of modified Xiao-Y ao (XY) powder and acupuncture in the treatment of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (D-IBS). A total of 90 D-IBS patients were randomly divided into the treatment group and control group, with 45 patients in each group. Patients in the treatment group received acupuncture combined with modified XY powder. Patients in the control group received oral administration of montmorillonite powder, compound glutamine enteric-coated capsules, compound azintamide enteric coated tablet. Four weeks were one treatment course. After two treatment courses, the pretreatment and posttreatment symptom score, the score of Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD)/(HAMA), and the overall efficacy were compared. The results showed that compared with pretreatment, clinical symptoms were improved in varying degrees after treatment in both groups (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). HAMD and HAMA were significantly decreased (P < 0.05). The treatment group had obvious advantages compared to the control group (P < 0.05). The overall efficacy of the treatment group was 91.11%, which was significantly higher than the control group of 68.89%(P < 0.05). It was concluded that modified XY powder and acupuncture can quickly relieve gastrointestinal symptoms, improve anxiety and depression. It is an effective treatment method for D-IBS.
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This study was aimed to explore clinical effect on treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of cold-dampness syndrome by the combination of Wen-Jing San-Han Tong-Luo (WJSHTL) decoction and acupuncture. A total of 88 RA patients were selected and randomly divided into the control group and the treatment group. All 44 cases in the control group were orally administrated with diclofenac sodium, sulphasalazine (SASP) and methotrexate (MTX). All 44 cases in the treatment group were treated with the combination of WJSHTL decoction and acupuncture on the ba-sis of western medication the same as the control group. Each group was treated for three months. Improvements of clinical symptoms, body signs and laboratory indexes were observed. The results showed that clinical symptoms, body signs and laboratory indexes were greatly improved in the comparison before and after treatment in both groups with statistical significance (P < 0.05). Compared to the control group, the treatment group had no statistical significance in the improvement of rest pain, swelling numbers and index, tenderness numbers and index, morning stiffness time, liver and kidney function. Compared with the control group, the treatment group had more obvious advantages in the improvement of joint function, hand grip strength, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) decreasing, C-reactive protein (CRP) and rheumatoid factor (P< 0.05). It was concluded that compared with single western medication, the combi-nation of WJSHTL decoction and acupuncture with western medication had certain advantages in the improvement of joint function of RA and management of patient's disease condition.
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Shanyao (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.) is the one of the conventional herbs in the clinical practice, which is good at nourishing yin, and entering the lung, spleen and kidney meridian. Through analysis on all formulae contain-ing Shanyao in past dynasties, we found out the top 30 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herbs for the highest frequency in combination with Shanyao, among which there were 28 herbs recorded in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong's Classic of the Materia Medica) and 23 herbs were considered as the top grade medicinals. This article was focused on the analysis of the compatibility meaning and rules of Shanyao and supplementing medic-inals in order to provide scientific basis for clinical formulae and daily health cultivation so as to make good use of Shanyao.