Progress and prospect of machine learning in research of acupuncture and moxibustion / 中国针灸

The application progress of machine learning in research of acupuncture and moxibustion was reviewed from three aspects: mining of acupuncture and moxibustion prescription and indications, acupuncture efficacy prediction and its influencing factors, acupoint specificity and acupuncture manipulation research, and the existing problems in current research and future research trends were discussed. It is believed that the appropriate machine learning algorithm should be selected to build the model according to the research purpose and data characteristics in the future research; attention should be paid to feature design, feature selection and feature cleaning; sample data collection should be a priority, and data sharing platform and standardized data collection should be developed to improve the data quality.

Development history of acupuncture and moxibustion diagnosis and treatment institutions since the founding of the People's Republic of China / 中国针灸

The development process of acupuncture and moxibustion diagnosis and treatment institutions since the founding of the People's Republic of China is summarized and analyzed. The main forms of acupuncture and moxibustion diagnosis and treatment institutions have shifted from the individual, joint clinic and outpatient department of acupuncture and moxibustion in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present acupuncture and moxibustion departments in Chinese medicine hospitals and general hospitals.The construction and development of public and private acupuncture and moxibustion hospital and key specialty of acupuncture and moxibustion fully expand the clinical application of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy. In the future, the development of acupuncture and moxibustion diagnosis and treatment institutions should highlight its own features to satisfy the requirements of different levels of society.

Herbal cake separated moxibustion combined with umbrella shaped acupuncture with round sharp needle for chronic scapulohumeral periarthritis of cold-damp stagnation / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To explore the effective therapy for treating chronic scapulohumeral periarthritis of cold-damp stagnation.@*METHODS@#A total of 90 cases of patients with chronic scapulohumeral periarthritis of cold-damp stagnation were randomly divided into an acupuncture and moxibustion group, a herbal cake separated moxibustion group and a routine rehabilitation group, 30 cases in each group. The routine rehabilitation group was treated with diclofenac sodium sustained-release tablets (0.1 g each time, taken after breakfast) and rehabilitation exercise, once a day. On the basis of the treatment in the routine rehabilitation group, the herbal cake separated moxibustion group was treated with herbal cake separated moxibustion at the affected side of Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (TE 14) and Jianzhen (SI 9), once a day. On the basis of the treatment in the herbal cake separated moxibustion group, the acupuncture and moxibustion group was additionally given umbrella shaped acupuncture with round sharp needle at the affected side of Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (TE 14), Jianzhen (SI 9), Naohui (TE 13), Jianqian (Extra), Jugu (LI 16), etc. once every other day. Each group was treated for 10 d. Before and after treatment the pain visual analogue scale (VAS) score and activities of daily living (ADL) score, and degree of changes in shoulder joint activity were compared in each group, and the clinical effect was evaluated.@*RESULTS@#After treatment, the pain VAS scores of three groups were decreased (@*CONCLUSION@#On the basis of routine rehabilitation training, herbal cake separated moxibustion combined with umbrella shaped acupuncture with round sharp needle treating chronic scapulohumeral periarthritis of cold-damp stagnation can significantly reduce shoulder joint pain and improve shoulder joint function.

Effect of moxibustion on clinical symptoms, peripheral inflammatory indexes and T lymphocyte subsets in COVID-19 patients / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To explore the therapeutic effect and the mechanism of the adjuvant treatment with moxibustion on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).@*METHODS@#A total of 95 patients with COVID-19 were randomly divided into a moxibustion group (45 cases) and a basic treatment group (50 cases). The routine treatment of western medicine was applied in the patients of both groups. In the moxibustion group, on the base of the treatment of western medicine, moxibustion was applied to Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Qihai (CV 6) and Zusanli (ST 36), once daily and consecutively for 14 days. At the end of treatment courses, clinical symptom scores for cough, asthmatic breathing, chest oppression and short breath, as well as their remission rates were compared between the two groups before and after treatment. Before and after treatment, the white blood cell (WBC) count, the levels of c-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) and the absolute number of T lymphocyte subsets, i.e. , and of the peripheral blood were compared in the patients between the two groups. The principal component analysis was adopted to analyze the common data extracted from the above 10 clinical indexes variables and comprehensively evaluate the differences in the therapeutic effect of two regimens.@*RESULTS@#The clinical symptom scores were all decreased after treatment in both of the moxibustion group and the basic treatment group as compared with those before treatment (@*CONCLUSION@#On the base of the routine treatment with western medicine, moxibustion therapy supplemented relieves the clinical symptoms, reduces the levels of inflammatory indexes, i.e. IL-6 and CRP as well as improves the absolute number of peripheral T lymphocyte subsets. The clinical therapeutic effect of such regimen with moxibustion supplemented is significantly better than the simple routine treatment of western medicine.