{"title":"Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis (IMP) with sepsis and death: a case study","authors":"Xue-Lei Zhou, Xue-mei Wan, Jing Chen, Z. Xie","doi":"10.46949/acm.2021.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46949/acm.2021.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis (IMP) is a rare clinical manifestation of ischemic enteropathy. There are no specific manifestations in the early stages. Digestive symptoms only present in the advanced stage. Diagnosis relies on extensive calcification of the mesenteric venule and extensive intestinal wall thickening via computed tomography (CT) scanning. A 50 years old Chinese woman who had taken herbal medicine for three years was diagnosed with IMP. All treatment after admission was in vain and she died 30 days thereafter. Therefore, when a patient with long-term oral intake of herbal medicine, which contains geniposde, presents with unknown ischemia, abdominal pain, mucinous stools, bloody stools, attention should be paid to screen IMP. ","PeriodicalId":158706,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Chinese Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114372917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acupuncture treatment for acute icteric hepatitis","authors":"Xue-mei Wan, Jinghe Chen, Tianhong Zhang, Xue-Lei Zhou","doi":"10.46949/acm.2021.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46949/acm.2021.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture treatment for acute icteric hepatitis.\u0000Method: Forty patients with acute icteric hepatitis were randomized into a treatment group and a control group (20 in each group). Oral liver-protecting medicine was administrated for the control group. In the treatment group, acupuncture with Yinlingquan-SP9, Yanglingquan-GB34, Zhusanli-ST36, Sanyinjiao-SP6, and Taichong-LR3 was added. The clinical efficacies and serum liver enzymes, including (TB, ALT, and GGT) were evaluated.\u0000Result: The total effective rate was 94.7% in the treatment group and 85.0% in the control group respectively, which differed significantly different(P<0.05). The liver function indexes decreased significantly in both groups after treatment (P<0.01). The indicators of the treatment group were significantly lower than those of the control group after treatment (P<0.05).\u0000Conclusion: Acupuncture combined with hepatoprotective drugs could be an effective method to treat acute jaundice hepatitis and showed better effectiveness than the single use of the conventional therapy.","PeriodicalId":158706,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Chinese Medicine","volume":"40 13","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120838014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advance on the clinical application of Wuqinxi (Five Animals Qigong)","authors":"Yi Liu, Yanjuan Lin, Yan Gao","doi":"10.46949/acm.2020.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46949/acm.2020.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"Wuqinxi (Five Animals Qigong) is a representative health Qigong and has been widely used to improve health and benefit rehabilitation. Researchers suggest that the Wuqinxi be useful to treat sports injury and cardiovascular, digestive and nervous disorders. The article reviewed the clinical advance of Wuqinxi and analyzed its mechanism for clinical application to popularize the practice and research of the Wuqinxi. \u0000[摘 要]五禽戏是中华民族一种古老的健身体操,寓保健、康复效益于生动形象的“戏”之中。对运动、心血管、消化及神经系统等的病症,都有一定的疗效。本文对五禽戏治疗各类病症的研究进展进行了总结和探讨。这将有利于对五禽戏作用机理的深入认识,为进一步开发利用五禽戏这一传统保健项目提供一定的理论基础。","PeriodicalId":158706,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Chinese Medicine","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121682383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}