Research on the correlation between the temperature asymmetry at acupoints of healthy and affected side and the severity index of facial paralysis / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the change trend of the temperature asymmetry coefficient at acupoints between healthy side and affected side in patients with facial paralysis, to study the correlation between the temperature asymmetry and Facial Disability Index (FDI), to provide scientific guidance for the application of infrared thermography in the examination of severity of facial paralysis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Using the infrared thermography to observe the temperature asymmetry at acupoints, the temperature asymmetry coefficient at acupoints between healthy side and affected side was calculated; the correlation between the temperature asymmetry and FDI was analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The correlation between the temperature asymmetry coefficient and FDI was statistically significant at acupoints of Yang-bai (GB 14), Cuanzhu (BL 2), Dicang (ST 4), Yuyao (EX-HN 4), Quanliao (SI 18), Jiache (ST 6) (P < 0.05, P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The temperature asymmetry coefficient at acupoints between healthy side and affected side could be a scientific measure to evaluate the severity of facial paralysis.</p>

Comparing of different methods on habitat adaptive division of Chinese material medica / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To comparing two kinds habitat adaptive division of Chinese material medica with different models.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The habitat adaptive divisions of A. lancea according essential oil accumulation with two kinds pattern, model pattern and template pattern were carrid and compared.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Two habitat adaptive divisions of A. lancea maps according essential oil accumulation were gotten.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Both model pattern and template pattern were efficient on habitat adaptive division of Chinese material medica, but they shoud bu used with different processesd and based different background [corrected]</p>

Key influencing factors on essential oil components of Atractylodes lancea and study on its division of climate adaptability / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To find the key factors that influence the content of the essential oil components of Atractylodes lancea and classify the habitat of A. lancea based the essential oil components, as well as explore a new method to conduct division of Chinese natural medicin through geographic information system (GIS) ultimately.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The key factors were obtained by canonical correlation and stepwise regressive analysis. Then the interpolation of climatic data for 30 years (1971-2000) was done by Sufer 7.0, and the habitat division was done by ARCGIS 9. 0.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>There were 6 correlation models between climate factors and 6 main essential oil componets were obtained, and a division map about essential oil components content of A. lancea base on clamate adaptability were drawn. It was found that the climate condition in Octobers played a key role on forming the essential oil components and the interaction of tempreture and precipitation was the most important factor on forming the essential oil components of A. lancea.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The adaptive habitat for forming the essential oil components of A. lancea was different from growing A. lancea ones. And GIS can be used perspective for division of Chinese natural medicine.</p>