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Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of Jin’s Three Needles plus twelve Jing-Well points in treating post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome. Methods Sixty patients meeting the inclusion criteria of post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome were randomly allocated to treatment and control groups, 30 cases each. The treatment group received acupuncture with Jin’s Three Needles plus twelve Jing-Well points and the control group, conventional acupuncture. The Clinical Neurological Disfunction Scale (CNDS) score, the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) score, the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score and the Functiional Comprehensive Assessment (FCA) score were observed in the two groups before and after two weeks of treatment. The clinical therapeutic effects were compared between the two groups. Results There were statistically significant pre-/post-treatment differences in the CNDS, FMA, VAS and FCA scores in the two groups (P<0.05). The total efficacy rate and the cure and marked efficacy rate were 96.7%and 55.7%in the combination group, respectively, in the treatment group and 83.3%and 26.7%, respectively, in the control group;there were statistically significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05). Conclusion Acupuncture with Jin’s Three Needles plus twelve Jing-Well points is an effective way to treat post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome.
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ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of jin’s three-needle scalp electroacupuncture on Cyt-c and Caspase-3 expressions in the cerebral cortex in Intrauterine distress-induced HIBD rats and reveal the mechanism of its protective action on the brain. MethodThe abdomen was incised in a female SD rat at 21 days of pregnancy. Bilateral uterine horn blood vessels were tightly clamped with a hemostat for five minutes. An infant rat was then taken out by a cesarean section. A rat model of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage was confirmed by the use of a behavior test and braintissue sections. The rats were randomized into model and acupuncture groups. The model group was not needled. Acupuncture groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 began to be needled at 3, 5, 7 and 14 days after birth, respectively. Acupuncture treatment was given for seven consecutive days. The normal control group was naturally delivered, not used to make a model and not needled. All groups of rats were decapitated to take the brain tissue at 21 daysafter birth. Cyt-c and Caspase-3 expressions in the cerebral cortex were detected.ResultCyt-c optical density value decreased somewhat in the four acupuncture groups; there was a statistically significant difference between acupuncture group 1 or 2 and the modelgroup (P<0.05). Caspase-3 expression was significantly down-regulated in acupuncture group 1; there was a statistically significant difference compared with the model group (P<0.05).ConclusionThe protective effect of acupuncture beginning at 3 days after birthon the brain is related to the down-regulation of Cyt-c and Caspase-3 expressions in intrauterine distress-induced HIBD rats.
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[Objective]Overview the understanding of modern and traditional medicine to aphasia, and analyse the mechanism of tongue ’s 3-needle to treatment. [Methods]General discussion of modern and traditional medicine to aphasia from etiology, pathology, herapy, and further expound the principle of tongue’s 3-needle from point distribution, meridian, local anatomy and experimental study.[Results] Modern medicine focuses more on classification, mechanism, assessment of aphasia,but traditional medicine stresses on therapies. Tongue’s 3-needle,which locates on throat belong to Jin’s three needles system, relates to heart, spleen, liver maridians.They can improve local circulation, enhance neuromuscular excitability,and have a positive effect on the expression of a variety of biological factors, so they can promote recovery of language.[Conclusion] The mechanism of aphasia is complex and difficult to treat.Tongue’s 3-needle has solid theoretical basis on both traditional and modern medicine on treating aphasia,it is worth promoting and inheritting.