Clinical observation on distinctive water-medicine cup therapy for treatment of cervical spondylopathy of cervical type / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To use distinctive water-medicine cup therapy for treatment of cervical spondylopathy of cervical type as a sample to provide a more effective cupping method for clinic.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and forty cases were randomly divided into a medicine cup group (n = 47), a water cup group (n = 47) and a empty cup group (n = 46). The medicine cup group were treated by cupping therapy with a self-made medicine cup with 45 degrees C Chinese herb solution; the water cup group were treated with a cup with 45 degrees C water, and the empty cup group with a cup with nothing. Clinical symptoms and signs were observed for comparison of therapeutic effects.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Clinically cured was 39 cases, and markedly effective was 8 cases in the medicine cup group; 20 cases were clinically cured, 22 cases were markedly effective and 5 cases were effective in the water cup group; 12 cases were clinically cured, 19 cases were markedly effective and 15 cases were effective in the empty cup group. There were significant differences in the ratio of cases of different therapeutic effects and the difference of pain score before and after treatment between the medicine cup group and the water cup group (P < 0.05), between the water cup group and the empty cup group (P < 0.05), and between the medicine cup group and the empty cup group (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The therapeutic effect of the distinctive medicine cup is better than the water cup group, and the water cup group is better than the empty cup group.</p>

Clinical study on moxibustion for treatment of abnormal blood lipids / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe clinical therapeutic effect of moxibustion on abnormal blood lipids.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The patients who did not take the medicine for regulating blood lipids and had still abnormal blood lipids after diet therapy for 3 months, were divided into 4 groups according to different types of abnormal blood lipids. Forty cases selected in each group were again divided randomly into a treatment group and a control group. The treatment group were treated with moxibustion at Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36) and Shenque (CV 3) on the basis of diet therapy, and the control group only with the diet therapy. Their therapeutic effects were observed and compared after treatment of 90 days.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were significant differences between the treatment group and the control group in various groups of different types of abnormal blood lipids (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Moxibustion at Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36) and Shenque (CV 3) has a better therapeutic effect on abnormal blood lipids.</p>