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Objective@#To systematically search the related literature of dengue syndrome in recent years, so as to understand the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome distribution of dengue fever.@*Methods@#China biomedical database, CNKI, VIP and Wanfang database were searched. The epidemiological studies on the TCM syndrome of dengue fever were enrolled. The first author of this study, sample size, diagnostic criteria and the syndrome differentiation were collected. SPSS 21.0 software was used to carry out frequency statistics, describe the distribution of common clinical syndromes of dengue fever, and count the number and percentage of patients corresponding to each syndrome type.@*Results@#A total of 12 articles were enrolled, including 2 639 patients. The number of male patients were much more than the females. Most of the patients came from Guangdong, mostly after the outbreak of dengue fever in Guangdong in 2014.The most common TCM syndrome types include both the defense and Qi phases (25.20%), damp heat repression (20.69%), blood stasis and toxin (16.37%), excess of Qi and heat (12.24%), vigorous heat at qi-blood phase (10.19%).@*Conclusions@#The main pathogenic factors of dengue fever are heat, humidity and toxicity. The most common syndromes are both the defense and Qi phases, damp heat repression and blood stasis and toxin.
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Objective To explore the characteristics of diagnosis and treatment of acupuncture and moxibustion for heel pain.Methods We searched the literatures related to heel pain treated by acupuncture and moxibustion in CNKI,WFPD,VIE CBM,PubMed and Embase,then summarized the intervene measures related to acupuncture and moxibustion,clinical characteristics of syndrome differentiation and acupuncture points selection method,frequency,treatment course,treatment effect,follow-up outcomes and safety.Results A total of 47 articles are included in the acupuncture treatment of heel pain commonly used measures like small needling knife,acupuncture,acupoint injection,electro-acupuncture,fire needling,warm needling and moxibustion.The percentage of article involved in treating heel pain by small needling knife was 55.32％ (26/47) and 21.28％ (10/47) by acupuncture.The percentage of articles involved in acupuncture points selection method by differentiation of disease was 93.62％ (44/47).The main acupuncture points in the 47 articles was ashi acpoint (68.09％,32/47).The therapy frequency and treatment courses varied from the differences of the acupuncture and moxibustion methods.For small needling knife,the percentage of treating frequency of one time was 36.17％ (17/47) and evaluating the curative effect after one treatment was 40.43％ (19/47).For acupuncture,the percentage of treating frequency of once a day was 17.02％ (8/47) and 23.40％ (ll/47).The effective rate showed a lot of variation from 69.56％-100％ vary by intervene measures.The follow-up rate was not high,only 27.66％ (13/47).There was only one literature referring to the adverse reaction.Conclusions The literatures review showed that the small needling knife was the most frequent method,followed by acupuncture.Acupuncture points selection by disease differentiation is the common method.The main acupuncture points applied in heel pain is ashi acupoint.Evaluating the effect after one treatment was common used for small needling knife.Once a day and ten times a therapy course were the common treatment frequency and treatment course for the remaining intervene measures.Acupuncture and moxibustion could show immediate and probable long-term positive effect for heel pain without no severe adverse reactions.
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Objective@#This article summarizes and analyzes the rule of main acupoints selection in the treatment of epilepsy.@*Methods@#The acupuncture domestic literatures about the treatment for epilepsy from CNKI, Wanfang, Vip and SinoMed Chinese databases from 1981 to 2017. To set up a database of selection points of epilepsy, we collected data of acupoints for epilepsy treatment and then did descriptive analysis and cluster analysis to the data with Excel 2007, SPSS 20.0.@*Results@#A total of 80 acupoint prescriptions were recorded. The points of DU Meridian, BL Meridian, EX, ST Meridian and RN Meridian, were used more frequently than others.Acupoints with higher frequency of use were Dazhui, Baihui, Yaoqi, Fenglong, Xinshu. Cluster analysis divided the high frequency acupoints into 4 groups. The specific points used more were Fenglong, Xinshu and Jiuwei.@*Conclusions@#To grasp the law of acupuncture and moximoxition in the treatment of epilepsy can help to improve the clinical effect. The results can be used as reference for clinical application.
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Objective@#The characteristics of prescription medication for constipation in Wumen doctors in Ming and Qing Dynasties were analyzed by data mining method, so as to provide reference for the treatment of contemporary clinical constipation.@*Methods@#The Wumen medical school doctors in Ming and Qing Dynasties treating constipation in clinical case were selected for digital acquisition and process. The association rules and complex networks analysis were used for data mining in order to explore experience of famous doctors in Wumen medical treated constipation.@*Results@#A total of 202 cases records of constipation were collected from acient TCM books by the database of ancient books and literatures of library of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The results showed that the highest syndromes of 202 prescriptions was Qi stagnation and yin deficiency, followed by damp-heat, blood deficiency and liver-stomach disharmony, and the top ten medicines for internal use were angelica, almond, arborvitae, flaxseed, pinellia, cistanche, dried rehamnnia root, radix paeoniae alba, rhubarb, poria, licorice, etc. The core medicine in pairs included the Platycodon grandiflorum-almonds, safflower-peach kernel, safflower-angelica and other drugs outside, carthami-semen pruni-Peach kernel, carthami-semen pruni-Angelica, carthami-angelica-peach, peony-rhubarb-magnolia.@*Conclusions@#Most of the doctors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties believed that constipation was based on deficiency and reality, took Xinrun Tongluo as its treatment method, and paid attention to the treatment of activating blood circulation, warming yang and regulating qi and resolving phlegm, and emphasized the relationship between constipation and lung, spleen, liver and kidney.
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Objective This article summarizes and analyzes the rule of main acupoints selection in the treatment of epilepsy. Methods The acupuncture domestic literatures about the treatment for epilepsy from CNKI, Wanfang, Vip and SinoMed Chinese databases from 1981 to 2017. To set up a database of selection points of epilepsy, we collected data of acupoints for epilepsy treatment and then did descriptive analysis and cluster analysis to the data with Excel 2007, SPSS 20.0. Results A total of 80 acupoint prescriptions were recorded. The points of DU Meridian, BL Meridian, EX, ST Meridian and RN Meridian, were used more frequently than others.Acupoints with higher frequency of use were Dazhui, Baihui, Yaoqi, Fenglong, Xinshu. Cluster analysis divided the high frequency acupoints into 4 groups. The specific points used more were Fenglong, Xinshu and Jiuwei. Conclusions To grasp the law of acupuncture and moximoxition in the treatment of epilepsy can help to improve the clinical effect. The results can be used as reference for clinical application.
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Objective The characteristics of prescription medication for constipation in Wumen doctors in Ming and Qing Dynasties were analyzed by data mining method, so as to provide reference for the treatment of contemporary clinical constipation. Methods The Wumen medical school doctors in Ming and Qing Dynasties treating constipation in clinical case were selected for digital acquisition and process. The association rules and complex networks analysis were used for data mining in order to explore experience of famous doctors in Wumen medical treated constipation. Results A total of 202 cases records of constipation were collected from acient TCM books by the database of ancient books and literatures of library of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The results showed that the highest syndromes of 202 prescriptions was Qi stagnation and yin deficiency, followed by damp-heat, blood deficiency and liver-stomach disharmony, and the top ten medicines for internal use were angelica, almond, arborvitae, flaxseed, pinellia, cistanche, dried rehamnnia root, radix paeoniae alba, rhubarb, poria, licorice, etc. The core medicine in pairs included the Platycodon grandiflorum-almonds, safflower-peach kernel, safflower-angelica and other drugs outside, carthami-semen pruni-Peach kernel, carthami-semen pruni-Angelica, carthami-angelica-peach, peony-rhubarb-magnolia. Conclusions Most of the doctors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties believed that constipation was based on deficiency and reality, took Xinrun Tongluo as its treatment method, and paid attention to the treatment of activating blood circulation, warming yang and regulating qi and resolving phlegm, and emphasized the relationship between constipation and lung, spleen, liver and kidney.
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Down the centuries, the pharmaceutical interactions among countries along the "Belt and Road" project have been frequent with abundant contents and took diverse forms, of which medical classics have been an important bridge and a core carrier for cultural exchanges of TCM. This article tries to explore practical significance of the spread of TCM from the "Belt and Road Initiative" background by presenting achievements and shortcomings in current researches on TCM classics.
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Objective To analyze the related records of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of urticaria in ancient medical books,and to select valuable data as a reference for clinical optimization of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment.Methods With the keywords of "Yin Zhen" and "Feng Sao Yin Zhen",the ancient medical records of acupuncture and moxibustion were retrieved from Encyclopaedia of Traditional Chinese Medicine (5th edition) as the research object,to build database including books,publish year,records,number of selected acupoints,acupuncture and moxibustion methods,acupuncture points,and analyze according to the frequency.Results The earliest records were from the Jin Dynasty (A.D.266-420) "A-B classic of acupuncture and moxibustion",the most documented book was the Ming Dynasty Pu Ji Fang (22);63.64％ of the records did not describe the urticaria syndrome classification,while 36.35％ only briefly described the cold and heat.There were 117 single point prescription,4 pair points prescription,11 multi-point prescription.The commonly used interventions were acupuncture combined with moxibustion (41),moxibustion (31) and needling (22).Commonly used acupoints were Quchi (43),Hegu (18),Jianyu (17).The acupoints were mainly from Hand Yangming large intestine meridian (84),as the specific points of five (105) and from upper limb (120).Conclusions Chinese acupuncture treatment of urticaria has a long history.Prescription was usually single prescription,and the lack of the principle of syndrome differentiation,acupoints from the Hand Yangming large intestine meridian were Quchi,Hegu,etc.as the main points.Ancient medical acupuncture treatment program might be suitable for acute urticaria and grassroots units.
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Objective To systematically search the related literature of dengue syndrome in recent years, so as to understand the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome distribution of dengue fever. Methods China biomedical database, CNKI, VIP and Wanfang database were searched. The epidemiological studies on the TCM syndrome of dengue fever were enrolled. The first author of this study, sample size, diagnostic criteria and the syndrome differentiation were collected. SPSS 21.0 software was used to carry out frequency statistics, describe the distribution of common clinical syndromes of dengue fever, and count the number and percentage of patients corresponding to each syndrome type. Results A total of 12 articles were enrolled, including 2 639 patients. The number of male patients were much more than the females. Most of the patients came from Guangdong, mostly after the outbreak of dengue fever in Guangdong in 2014.The most common TCM syndrome types include both the defense and Qi phases (25.20%), damp heat repression (20.69%), blood stasis and toxin (16.37%), excess of Qi and heat (12.24%), vigorous heat at qi-blood phase (10.19%). Conclusions The main pathogenic factors of dengue fever are heat, humidity and toxicity. The most common syndromes are both the defense and Qi phases, damp heat repression and blood stasis and toxin.
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Objective To observe the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine health maintenance books in the past. Method Based on the General Catalogue of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Books, the author did a bibliometrics analysis from the year of the ancient literature of the TCM health preservation, the year and type of the version, the distribution of the second class of the health maintenance, the unique books of ancient books in health maintenance, the collection in the series and Collected Taoist Scriptures and other issues. Results Of the 551 kinds of works of health maintenance embodied in the General Catalogue of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Books, 404 kinds were completed before 1911, including 3 in the Han Dynasty, 1 in the Three Kingdoms Period, 2 in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, 1 in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and 23 in the Tang Dynasty, 16 in the Song Dynasty, 20 in the Yuan Dynasty, 155 in the Ming Dynasty,and 183 kinds in the Qing Dynasty. The distribution of edition year was 1 in the Yuan Dynasty, 155 in the Ming Dynasty, 182 in the Qing Dynasty, 155 in the Republic of China, and 47 unknown. The versions were mainly wood-block edition, lithograph, stereotype edition, manuscript, and copied manuscript. There were different types of second class, including 309 kinds of general theory of health-maintenance, 157 kinds of Daoyin and Qigong, and 85 kinds of alchemy. There were 224 kinds of unique books, accounting for 40.65％ of the total amount of 551 kinds of books of traditional Chinese medicine, among which 95 kinds were included in the series, and 109 kinds were included in Collected Taoist Scriptures, Quotes of Taoist Canon, Taoist Essence, and Taoist Collection. Conclusions The Health monographs reflect the development of TCM health maintenance level, the ideological culture, and social changes in different historical periods, which is of great value in the history of TCM health maintenance.
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This paper analyses the Australian native researches on nonexperimental literature published in 2012-2017 about traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Australia. The databases Springer Link, PubMed, Science Direct and the Elsevier database was for the retrieval for contents about the process of transmission of TCM. The communication subject, object and channels, the literature from the unit and the periodical information were abstracted and analyzed. A total of 62 articles were included, which covers 26 journals and 21 working units, 15 papers of communicate subject, 18 communication channels, 29 communication audiences. The research units and communication channels of TCM were constantly diversified, and communication subject and object of TCM also presented the trend of localization. However, the all aspects of communication are limited to specific fields, and high-quality communication and cooperation need to be improved.
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Hypertension with high serum Homocysteine (Hcy) significantly increases the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, which is defined as H-Type Hypertension by Chinese scholars. Plenty of researches have confirmed that high prevalence of H-Type Hypertension in Chinese population is now the big public problem in China. Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)treatment shows the advantages in integral regulation, less side effect, and anti-Hcy effect in hypertension. This paper discussed the prevalence, TCM syndrome and TCM treatment progress in H-Type Hypertension to provide some ideas and references for the intervention of H-Type Hypertension by TCM.
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Topic selection of traditional Chinese medicine (including integrative medicine) graduate students were different from other topics, has its own characteristics and methods. This article summarizes the range of topics and research methods of TCM graduate students in the research of TCM clinical literatures. The study found that TCM clinical literature research can be divided into the disease nomenclature, theoretical origin and connotation research, literature research based on the characteristics of different TCM academic schools, understanding of disease and zheng-treatment law of traditional Chinese medicine academic dynastic history, ancient famous medical academic ideas and clinical evidence Empirical research, based on a series of ancient traditional Chinese medical books researches, traditional Chinese medical case studies. Each aspect has its own characteristics and methodological choices based on commonalities research. The research process is also different, but it is important to choose a good point for different TCM clinical problems or diseases, and to formulate a research content to adapt to the norms of research programs to ensure that the purpose of a clear, standardized processes, and make the results reliable.
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The papor made a classification and summary on content and pattern of digitizing researches on chinese ancient medical books in mainland China, highlighted the major achievements and put forward a few issues to be solved.
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[Objective] Systematic review was carried out in quality analysis of literature of Shuang Huanglian Injection (SHI) for acute respiratoiy infections ( ARI) . [Methods] Database was set up according to the principles of clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine and the evaluation scale for ARI. The data was managed by descriptive analysis and uniformity test. [Results] In 49 clinical reports, 42.16% adopted the randomized and controlled method but the quality was not so good; the criteria of inclusion and exclusion was absent or not standardized in most of the reports; blinded method was adopted scarcely; drop-out and missed cases were rarely mentioned while adverse effects were reported usually. [Conclusion] The design of clinical study of SHI for ARI has been improved in recent years but there is still a lot of inadequany.