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 strong stimulation of acupuncture at twelve Jing-well points as main for neurosurgery patients with disorder of consciousness / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the promoting consciousness effect of acupuncture for neurosurgery patients with disorder of consciousness.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ninety-two neurosurgery patients with medium or severe disorder of consciousness were randomly divided into an acupuncture plus medicine group and a western medicine group, 46 cases in each group. The acupuncture plus medicine group was treated with the routine western medicine and acupuncture with strong stimulation at twelve Jing points and Shuigou (GV 26) combined with electroacupuncture at Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Shenting (GV 24) and Benshen (GB 13). The western medicine group was treated by routine western medicine. Two courses later, the therapeutic effects were compared between the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After treatment, the total effective rate was 100.0% in the acupuncture plus medicine group and 91.3% in the western medicine group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Strong stimulation of acupuncture at twelve Jing points and Shuigou (GV 26) combined with electroacupuncture at the head acupoints have an obvious promotion of consciousness recovery for neurosurgery patients with disturbance of consciousness, and acupuncture involved in the treatment can significantly shorten the healing time.</p>

Electrostatic protection of oxygen pressure cabins / 中国医疗器械杂志

This paper describes electrostatic harms to oxygen pressure cabins and protection measures which should be taken.