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Objective: To observe the efficacy of acupoint sticking with Jianpi Tongjing Zhitong ointment in the treatment of functional dyspepsia due to liver-qi stagnation and spleen deficiency and its effect on serum 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and ghrelin contents. Methods: One hundred patients with functional dyspepsia due to liver-qi stagnation and spleen deficiency were divided into a treatment group and a control group by the random number table method, with 50 cases in each group. The treatment group received acupoint sticking with Jianpi Tongjing Zhitong ointment and the control group was treated with mosapride citrate orally. Patients were treated for 4 weeks as a course. The therapeutic efficacy was compared after one-course treatment and the differences in gastric emptying rate, and serum 5-HT and ghrelin contents between groups were compared before and after treatment. Results: The total effective rate was 79.6％ in the control group and 89.4％ in the treatment group, showing significantly different between groups (P<0.05). After treatment, the gastric emptying rate and serum ghrelin content of the two groups increased significantly, and the serum 5-HT content decreased significantly, the intra-group differences were significant (all P<0.01). After treatment, the gastric emptying rate and serum ghrelin content were significantly higher in the treatment group than those in the control group, while the serum 5-HT was significant lower in the treatment group, the inter-group differences were significant (all P<0.05). A negative correlation (r=-0.59) was observed between serum 5-HT content and gastric emptying rate, and a positive correlation (r=0.64) was observed between serum ghrelin content and gastric emptying rate, showing statistical significance (all P<0.01). Conclusion: Acupoint sticking with Jianpi Tongjing Zhitong ointment has a remarkable clinical efficacy in treating patients with functional dyspepsia due to liver-qi stagnation and spleen deficiency and is able to influence the secretion of serum 5-HT and ghrelin. Improving the gastrointestinal motility through the regulation of related brain-gut peptides is suggested as an underlying mechanism for this therapy.
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ObjectiveTo compare and observe the clinical effect of Qizhengxiaotong plaster and Votalin emulsion in curing osteoarthritis of knee (KOA) for outpatient treatment.MethodsIn 70 cases,the KOA patients are randomly divided into treatment group and control group,respectively given Qizhengxiaotong plaster plus Xianling Gubao and Votalin emulsion for one month.To observe the clinical effects of patients respectively pre and post treatment.ResultsAfter a course of treatment,Qizhengxiaotong plaster plus Xianling Gubao could improve the clinical symptoms and signs significantly.Its improvement for pain was the same as Votalin.But Qizhengxiaotong plaster plus Xianling Gubao was significantly better than Votalin in eliminating the swollen,tenderness and dysfunction.And there was no obvious difference between Qizhengxiaotong plaster plus Xianling Gubao and Votalin emulsion in total effective rate,evaluated by WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index Guide and VRS-5.The typical symptoms were improved after the therapeutic method.No adverse reaction was found during the treatment.ConclusionQizhengxiaotong plaster plus Xianling Gubao had obvious effect on the osteoarthritis of knee and could improve the patients' pain and limitation of activity.Hence,it was worthy to be generalized in the conservative treatment of the osteoarthritis of knee for out-patients.