Objective To compare therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture and western medicine on blood pressure variability in young patients with hypertension. Methods Sixty cases of young patients of hypertension were randoml...Objective To compare therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture and western medicine on blood pressure variability in young patients with hypertension. Methods Sixty cases of young patients of hypertension were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture group and a western medicine group, 30 cases in each group. In the electroacupuncture group, electroacupuncture was applied at Quchi （曲池LI 11） and Taichong （太冲LR 3）. In the western medicine group, Captopril was taken orally. Twenty-four hour dynamic blood pressure, and blood pressure variability and circadian rhythms were observed after treatment for 14 days in the two groups. Results Electroacupuncture at Quchi （曲池LI 11） and Taichong （太冲LR 3） significantly decreased systolic pressure and diastolic pressure at different time phases in the young patients with hypertension （all P〈0.01）, with no significant difference as compared with the western medicine group （all P〉0.05）; electroacupuncture at Quchi （曲池LI 11） and Taichong （太冲LR 3） significantly reduced the standard deviations of systolic pressure and diastolic pressure at different time phases in the young patients with hypertension as compared with those before the treatment （P〈0.01, P〈0.05）. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups in 24 h systolic standard deviation （24 h SSD）, 24 h diastolic standard deviation （24 h DSD）, daytime SSD （dSSD）, nighttime SSD （nSSD） and nighttime DSD （nDSD） （P〈0.01, P〈0.05）; and there was significant difference between the two groups in numbers of the Dipper and the non-Dipper after treatment （P〈0.05）. Conclusion Electroacupuncture at Quchi （曲池LI 11） and Taichong （太冲LR 3） has a better long-term effect of decreasing blood pressure and improves effectively changes of circadian rhythms in young patients with hypertension, which are an effective point pair for hypertension.展开更多
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect on acne vulgaris of pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) under acupuncture anesthesia, and establish whether providing anesthesia to the treatment area by manipulating Hegu(...OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect on acne vulgaris of pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) under acupuncture anesthesia, and establish whether providing anesthesia to the treatment area by manipulating Hegu(LI 4) and Quchi(LI 11) might have an additional therapeutic benefit. METHODS: Thirty-eight patients were recruited and randomized into a control group and an intervention group with a single-blind(observer-blind) method. The control group was treated by pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) and the studied group by pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) under acupuncture anesthesia at Hegu(LI 4) and Quchi(LI 11). Both groups were treated twice weekly for 6 weeks. The analgesic and therapeutic effects of acupuncture were evaluated on a visual analog scale(VAS) and global acne grading system(GAGS), respectively.RESULTS: There were differences in the VAS scores of pain on pricking and in the pricked area, and the duration of pain between the groups. After 12 treatments, there was a significant reduction in GAGS scores from baseline in both groups, but there was no significant difference between the groups. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture anesthesia at Hegu(LI 4) and Quchi(LI 11) is an effective means of alleviating the pain of pricking-bloodletting cupping and reducing the duration of pain in the treatment area. Pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) improves the skin lesions of patients with moderate acne vulgaris, but acupuncture anesthesia does not appear to have an additional therapeutic effect.展开更多
基金Supported by Project of Shandong Provincial 2005–2006 TCM Science and Technology Development Plan:2005-206
文摘Objective To compare therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture and western medicine on blood pressure variability in young patients with hypertension. Methods Sixty cases of young patients of hypertension were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture group and a western medicine group, 30 cases in each group. In the electroacupuncture group, electroacupuncture was applied at Quchi （曲池LI 11） and Taichong （太冲LR 3）. In the western medicine group, Captopril was taken orally. Twenty-four hour dynamic blood pressure, and blood pressure variability and circadian rhythms were observed after treatment for 14 days in the two groups. Results Electroacupuncture at Quchi （曲池LI 11） and Taichong （太冲LR 3） significantly decreased systolic pressure and diastolic pressure at different time phases in the young patients with hypertension （all P〈0.01）, with no significant difference as compared with the western medicine group （all P〉0.05）; electroacupuncture at Quchi （曲池LI 11） and Taichong （太冲LR 3） significantly reduced the standard deviations of systolic pressure and diastolic pressure at different time phases in the young patients with hypertension as compared with those before the treatment （P〈0.01, P〈0.05）. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups in 24 h systolic standard deviation （24 h SSD）, 24 h diastolic standard deviation （24 h DSD）, daytime SSD （dSSD）, nighttime SSD （nSSD） and nighttime DSD （nDSD） （P〈0.01, P〈0.05）; and there was significant difference between the two groups in numbers of the Dipper and the non-Dipper after treatment （P〈0.05）. Conclusion Electroacupuncture at Quchi （曲池LI 11） and Taichong （太冲LR 3） has a better long-term effect of decreasing blood pressure and improves effectively changes of circadian rhythms in young patients with hypertension, which are an effective point pair for hypertension.
基金Supported by the New Technique and Occupation Project of General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University(No.2011-2-20)
文摘OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect on acne vulgaris of pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) under acupuncture anesthesia, and establish whether providing anesthesia to the treatment area by manipulating Hegu(LI 4) and Quchi(LI 11) might have an additional therapeutic benefit. METHODS: Thirty-eight patients were recruited and randomized into a control group and an intervention group with a single-blind(observer-blind) method. The control group was treated by pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) and the studied group by pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) under acupuncture anesthesia at Hegu(LI 4) and Quchi(LI 11). Both groups were treated twice weekly for 6 weeks. The analgesic and therapeutic effects of acupuncture were evaluated on a visual analog scale(VAS) and global acne grading system(GAGS), respectively.RESULTS: There were differences in the VAS scores of pain on pricking and in the pricked area, and the duration of pain between the groups. After 12 treatments, there was a significant reduction in GAGS scores from baseline in both groups, but there was no significant difference between the groups. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture anesthesia at Hegu(LI 4) and Quchi(LI 11) is an effective means of alleviating the pain of pricking-bloodletting cupping and reducing the duration of pain in the treatment area. Pricking-bloodletting cupping at Dazhui(GV 14) improves the skin lesions of patients with moderate acne vulgaris, but acupuncture anesthesia does not appear to have an additional therapeutic effect.
