Experiences of Professor Zhou Zhong-ying in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis by data mining / 中国中西医结合杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To summarize Professor ZHOU Zhong-ying's academic ideas and clinical experiences in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Totally 153 clinical case reports were recruited. Data mining techniques like frequencies, factor analysis, and association analysis were used in order to find out laws of syndrome, pathogenesis, treatment methods, formulae and medication.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>By statistical analyses, we found 14 main symptoms, 76 commonly used clinical drugs, 8 core prescriptions for RA, and the correlation between main pathogeneses and related drugs.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Results analyzed and summarized from mining his experiences in RA treatment were in line with clinical practice.</p>

Astragali and acanthopanax root for idiopathic nephrotic syndrome hypoadrenocorticism in children:the protection and clinical significance / 实用儿科临床杂志

Objective To search for a way of treating chi1dren's idtopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) hypoadrenocorticismand its significance. Meethods Thirty-nine patients (31 males and 8 females) with INS were randomly divided into twogroups: 21 patients in tera-peutic group (treated by prednisone, astragali and acanthopanax root) and 18patients in control group (Simply treated by prednisone). 1ml blood was respectively drawn from all thepatients at 8 o'clock (one time before treatment and one time after treatment), the serum cortisol wasdetermined by radioimmunoassay (RIA). Results In control group, the levels of serum cortisol still remained lower than the normal value aftertreatment and the levels after large dosages prednisone treatment were markedly lower than that beforetrea-tment. The values of serum cortisol returned to be normal after treatment in therapeutic group. Conclusion Astragali and acanthopanax root can restore the hypoadrenocorticism in children with INS.