Effect of acupuncture combined with medicine on neuropeptide Y in the patient of hypertension / 中国针灸
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
;
(12): 155-157, 2005.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-245177
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for a method for increasing therapeutic effect on hypertension and study on the mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Seventy-five cases were randomly divided into the treatment group (n=45) treated by acupuncture plus medicine, and the control group (n=30) treated by medicine. Their blood pressure and plasma neuropeptide Y (NPY) before and after treatment were investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Blood pressure and NPY content in both the two groups decreased significantly (P < 0.01), and the treatment group in decreasing blood pressure and NPY content was superior to the control group (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture and medicine have cooperation in treatment of hypertension, which is performed possibly through decreasing NPY.</p>
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Main subject:
Blood
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Blood Pressure
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Blood Pressure Determination
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Neuropeptide Y
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Acupuncture Therapy
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Hypertension
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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