Clinical observation on double moxibustion at Yifeng (TE 17) combined with electroacupuncture for treatment of facial paralysis / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare clinical therapeutic effects of double moxibustion at Yifeng (TE 17) combined with electroacupuncture. and simple electroacupuncture on facial paralysis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Eighty-seven cases of facial paralysis were randomly divided into a treatment group (n = 47) treated by double moxibustion at Yifeng (TE 17) combined with electroacupuncture, and a control group (n = 40) treated by simple electroacupuncture. Their therapeutic effects were investigated after 30 days.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 100.0% in treatment group and 87.5% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Double moxibustion at Yifeng (TE 17) combined with electroacupuncture in clinical therapeutic effect on peripheral facial paralysis is superior to simple electroacupuncture.</p>

Clinical observation on effect of jingling oral liquid in treating infertile patients with varicocele after varicocelectomy / 中国中西医结合杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the clinical effect of Jingling oral liquid (JLOL) in treating infertile patients with varicocele after varicocelectomy.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty patients were randomly divided into two groups, the 30 patients in the treated group treated by JLOL, and the 30 in the control group treated with intramuscular injection of human chorionic gonadotropine (hCG).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The pregnant rate of patient's wife in the treated group was 76.6%, while that in the control group was 40.0%, showing significant difference between them (P < 0.05). The quality of semen was improved in both groups (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), and the improvement was better in the treated group than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The reproductive hormones were also improved in both groups (P < 0.01). In the treated group, levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and zinc in semen increased, and that of cadmium decreased after treatment, as compared with those before treatment, the difference was significant (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>JLOL could improve and regulate the reproductive hormone disturbance in infertile patients with varicocele after varicocelectomy, enhance their quality of semen and sperm to increase the pregnancy rate of their spouses.</p>