Clinical observation on therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture on chronic prostatitis and detection of urethral sphincter EMG / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the clinical therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture for chronic prostatitis and investigate its mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-eight cases were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture group and a western medicine group, 24 cases in each group. The electroacupuncture group was treated by electroacupuncture and Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3). Ciliao (BL 32) and Huiyang (BL 35) were selected as main acupoints. The western medicine group was treated by oral administration of Sparfloxacin tablets and Prostat tablets. The scores of NIH-CPSI, changes in uroflow rate-urethral sphincter EMG and their therapeutic effects were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 87.5 % in the electroacupuncture group which, was better than 62. 5% in the western medicine group (P(<0. 05). There were significant differences in the scores of NIH-CPSI and Q(max), Q(ave), TL value before and after treatment in the electroacupuncture group (all P<0.05), and with a significant difference in the scores of NIH-CPSI and Q(max). Q(ave), TL value after treatment between the two groups (all P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Electroacupuncture based on syndrome differentiation has better therapeutic effect on chronic prostatitis than that of routine clinical medicine.</p>

Effect of eucommia ulmoides oliv on SOD activity and alpha-actin expression in the penile tissues of diabetic rats / 中华男科学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the effect of aqueous abstract from eucommia ulmoides oliv on the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and alpha-actin expression in the penile tissues of rats with diabetes mellitus (DM) in vitro.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A diabetes model was established by administration of alloxun twice to Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. Ten diabetic and 10 normal rats were randomly selected and the penile strips of each rat were divided into four equal shares and cultured in two groups, a eucommia ulmoides oliv coculture group (Group A, further dicided into 1 microg/ml, 10 microg/ml and 100 microg/ml subgroups) and a control group (Group B). Seven days later, the activity of SOD in the culture medium was detected by spectrophotometry, and the levels of micro-actin expression in the penile tissues were examined with the immunohistochemical method.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared with Group B, the activity of SOD in the culture medium in athe 10 and 100 microg/ml subgroups was notably elevated (P < 0.01), and the numbers of immunoreactive positive cells of alpha-actin in the penile tissues remarkably increased (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The activity of SOD and alpha-actin expression in the penile tissues of diabetic rats in vitro can be increased by eucommia ulmioides oliv.</p>