Exploration on acupuncture treatment ideas for knee osteoarthritis from the perspective of Dongyuan needling technology / 中国针灸

The treatment ideas with acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) are explored on the base of Dongyuan needling technology. Regarding the rules of acupoint selection, Zusanli (ST 36) is predominant, the back-shu points are used for the disorders related to the invasion of exogenous factors, and the front-mu points are for the cases caused by internal injury. Besides, the xing-spring points and shu-stream points are preferred. In treatment of KOA, besides the local points, the front-mu points, i.e. Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25) and Guanyuan (CV 4), are selected specially to tonifying the spleen and stomach. The earth points and acupoints on the earth meridians (i.e. Yinlingquan [SP 9], Xuehai [SP 10], Liangqiu [ST 34], Dubi [ST 35], Zusanli [ST 36] and Yanglingquan [GB 34]) are optional to coordinate yin and yang, essence and qi , and regulate the qi movement of spleen and stomach. The shu-stream points of liver, spleen and kidney meridians (Taichong [LR 3], Taibai [SP 3] and Taixi [KI 3]) are chosen to promote meridian circulation and regulate zangfu functions.

Discussion on diagnosis and treatment of dizziness from cases / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

Dizziness or vertigo is a common clinical symptom, and its underlying etiology is complex. Many clinicians are confused about its diagnosis and treatment. This article presents a case about chronic vestibular syndrome. And case appreciation and academic discussion are conducted by well-known domestic neurologists and otologists, so as to provide a good thinking model and basic ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness or vertigo, hoping to further improve the diagnosis and treatment level among clinicians.

Professor Gao Li's thoughts on diagnosis and treatment of cerebral infarction by integration of traditional Chinese and western medicine / 中国中西医结合急救杂志

Presently the four high characteristics and rejuvenation trends of cerebrovascular diseases are still the main problems that endanger the health of our people. Accordingly, Professor Gao Li has been committed to the discussion of risk factors for cerebrovascular diseases and the practice of using integration of traditional Chinese and western medicine for diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. In order to enable the majority of western medicine doctors to understand and accept his idea, Professor Gao Li combines traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes with modern etiology and pathology, classification of stages and types of cerebral infarction by Chinese and western medicine, the acute cerebral infarction patients are simplified innovatively into four TCM syndromes and appropriate treatments are given to them, so that the majority of traditional Chinese and western medicine doctors can comprehensively recognize the condition of this disease from macroscopic to microscopic points of view. By his above combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine reasoning, the patients obtained better curative effect. After multiple years of summary and accumulation of his experiences, Professor Gao Li has developed the distinct clinical and academic characteristics for the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral infarction.

Ideas and Methods of Mahuang Decoction Combined Prescription in Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment of Diseases / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

This article was aimed to interpret the composition of Mahuang Decoction. The analysis was made on key points of medication, herbal combination, weigh ratio, the combined prescription treatment of Taiyang cold damage syndrome (wind-cold exterior-excess pattern) and heart-heat syndrome, heart-yang deficiency, heart-blood defi-ciency, heart-yin deficiency, liver-heat syndrome, liver-cold syndrome, liver-blood deficiency, liver-yin deficiency, spleen-stomach stagnated heat syndrome, spleen-stomach cold deficiency, spleen-stomach qi and yin deficiency, lung-heat syndrome, lung-cold syndrome, lung-yin deficiency, lung qi and yin deficiency, kidney qi insecurity, kid-ney-yang deficiency, kidney-yin deficiency, kidney yin-yang deficiency syndrome. Attention should be paid to use Mahuang Decoction as the combined prescription to receive the best treatment effect in the clinical practice.