简介:Inthepresentstudy,theeffectofelectroacupuncture(EA)onimmunesystemwasobservedintheratbyusingmicro-wholeblooddirectimmunofluoreseenceStainingassaytodetectchangesoftheperipheralbloodTlymphocytesubgroupandemployingredbloodcell(RBC)C3breceptor-yeastrosettetestandredbloodcell-ICrosettetesttoanalyzeerythroeyticimmunefunction.ResultsshowedthatafterEAof“Zusanli”(ST36),CD4^+,RBC-C3bRRandRBC-ICRintheperipheralbloodofthenormalratsincreasedsignificantlywhileCD8^+hadnoanyconsiderablechangesandapositivecorrelationbetweenCD4+andRBC-C3bRRwasfound.Inimmuoosuppressionmodelrats,thevaluesofCD4^+andRBC-C3bRRwereobviouslylowerthanthoseofthenormalcontrolgroupwhileCD8^+hadnoanystrikingchanges;butafterEAtreatment,therewerenoevidentdifferencesbetweenEAgroupandnormalcontrolgroupintheabove-mentionedindexes.Therewerealsonoanysignificantdifferencesbetweennon-acupointgroupandnormalcontrolgroupinthoseindexes.ResultssuggestthatEAof“Zusanli”(ST36)canraiseTcellimmunefunctionandRBCadhesionfunctioninbothnormalratsandimmunosuppressionmodelrats,bothofwhichpresentapositivecorrelation.
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简介:Hiccupisasymptomcharacterizedbyashort,repeatedinvoluntarysoundfromthelarynxduetoreversedupwardflowofqitostimulatethediaphragm(spasmofthediaphragm),followedbysuddenclosureoftheglottis,whichcheckstheinflowofair.Itmayoccuralongorappearinthedevelopmentalprocessofsomeacuteorchronicdiseases,andisoftenasignofdeteriorationofthedisease.From2000to2004,theauthorofthepresentpapertreated56casesofhiccupwithacu-moxibustionofGuanyuan(关元CV4)andQihai(气海CV6)andachievedsatisfiedresults.Followingisthesummary.
简介:From1990to2001,theauthortreated31casesofurinaryretentionofposthemorrhoidectomyorcesareansectionwithacupunctureofHegu(LI4)(reinforcingmethod)andSanyinjiao(SP6)(reducingmethod).Thetherapeuticeffectofthetreatmentwassatisfactory,thetotaleffectiveratewas96.7%.Followingisthereportofthetreatment.