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{"title":"Toxicity study of ethanol extract from Oroxylumindicum (L.) Vent in rats","authors":"Yi Yan ,&nbsp;Zhao Yong ,&nbsp;Li Chunying ,&nbsp;Zhang Yushi ,&nbsp;Bin Yang ,&nbsp;Yuan Yalan ,&nbsp;Wang Lianmei ,&nbsp;Pan Chen ,&nbsp;Liang Aihua","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30910-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30910-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>OBJECTIVE</h3><p>To evaluate the safety of Oroxylumindicum(L.) Vent extract administered for 26 weeks in Wistar rats.</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>Oroxylumindicum (L.) Vent extract was administrated to male and female rats by gavage once daily at doses of 54, 225, and450 mg • kg⁻¹ • d⁻¹. The rats were sacrificed after administration for13 weeks and 26 weeks. Part of the rats in each group were allowed to recover for 4 weeks after 26-week administration. Systematic examinations including haematology, urology, blood biochemistry and histomorphology were performed at the end of 13, 26 weeks of administration and 4 weeks of recovery.</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>No treatment related adverse effect shappened on rats'general status, body weight, food consumption, urinary index and histomorphology examination. Although during the administration, in some rats of extract's groups, the value of Red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell counts (WBC), hemoglobin (HGB), haematocrit (HCT) and K iron were decreased, and biochemistry index, such as glucose (GLU), triglyceride (TG), alanine transaminase (ALT) and blood urea nitrogen(BUN) were increased, the above parameters were within the normal ranges and all returned to baseline after the drug stopping for 4 weeks.</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>The administration of Oroxylumindicum(L.) Vent extractat levers up to 450 mg/kg (equals to 75 times of clinical dose) is well tolerated-for both genders without significant toxicity within the administration duration in this study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 5","pages":"Pages 714-725"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30910-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87936320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of efficacy and safety of gandouling plus sodium dimercaptosulphonate in treatment of patients with neurological Wilson's disease from China","authors":"Zhang Jing ,&nbsp;Xie Daojun ,&nbsp;Guo Yanbing ,&nbsp;Li Yajun ,&nbsp;Li Liangyong ,&nbsp;Han Hui ,&nbsp;Zhang Juan ,&nbsp;Chen Huaizhen ,&nbsp;Wang Meixia","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30919-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30919-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>OBJECTIVE</h3><p>To evaluate the efficacy and safety of gandouling plus sodium dimercaptosulphonate (DMPS) on neurological Wilson's disease (WD) in patients.</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>We retrospectively evaluated the clinical records of 125 WD patients with neurological syndromes who were treated with gandouling plus sodium DMPS or DMPS used alone. All patients had a history of neurological deterioration during their diseases courses. The clinical efficacies, adverse reactions, and results of the various hematological and biochemical investigations were recorded for statistical analysis.</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>92.30% (60 patients) of the WD patients treated with the combined therapy experienced an improved or stable neurological condition paralleled by a significantly improved GAS score. Meanwhile, the WBC and PLT counts stabilized, liver function and renal function were improved or remained stable. The combined therapy also obviously promoted the 24-h urinary copper excretion. In particular, only 30.76% of the WD patients experienced mild adverse reactions, including neurological deterioration in 5 patients (7.69%), hepatic worsening in 1 subject (1.89%), which was less frequently than those in the control group treated with DMPS only.</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>Our findings indicate that the safety and efficacy of gandou-ling plus DMPS is superior to those of DMPS used alone in the WD patients with neurological symptoms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 5","pages":"Pages 781-786"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30919-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47402877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gua Sha attenuates thermal hyperalgesia and decreases proinflammatory cytokine expression in serum in rats with lumbar disc herniation induced by autologous nucleus pulposus","authors":"Yang Min ,&nbsp;Zhang Hongyan ,&nbsp;Yue Rongzhao ,&nbsp;Shi Qinchuan ,&nbsp;Bian Yaoyao","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30908-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30908-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>OBJECTIVE</h3><p>To investigate the analgesic effect of Gua Sha and its underlying mechanism in rats with noncompressive lumbar disk herniation induced by autologous nucleus pulposus.</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>A rat model of noncompressive lumbar disk herniation was established and rats were randomly divided into model group, sham group, and Gua Sha group (24 in each group). Gua Sha was performed from the 5th day after the surgery, once every other day, 3 times for a course of treatment, and totally 3 courses. The thermal withdrawal latency was evaluated using the intelligent hot plate one day before the surgery, and on days 4 (the day before the treatment), 10 (the end of the first course), 16 (the end of the second course) and 22 (the end of the third course). On days 4, 10, 16 and 22, six rats in each group were picked randomly and their blood samples were drawn to assess the expression of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α).</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>Compared to rats in the sham group, the application of nucleus pulposus to right L5 dorsal root ganglion induced prolonged thermal hyperalgesia, and up-regulated the expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in serum (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.01). The therapy of Gua Sha attenuated thermal hyperalgesia potently, inhibited the expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in a time-dependent manner (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.01). There were no significant differences in the thermal withdrawal latency and the expression of inflammatory cytokines between the sham and Gua Sha groups at the end of the treatment (<em>P</em> &gt; 0.01).</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>The current study showed that Gua Sha might alleviate thermal hyperalgesia in rats with lumbar disc herniation induced by autologous nucleus pulposus <em>via</em> inhibiting the expression of proinflammatory cytokins.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 5","pages":"Pages 698-704"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30908-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42748677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Efficacy and safety of Shaoyang Xibi decoction in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a multi-center, single-blind, randomized controlled trial","authors":"Si Yuhao ,&nbsp;Ma Yong ,&nbsp;Guo Yang ,&nbsp;Pan Yalan ,&nbsp;Zheng Suyang ,&nbsp;Xu Guihua ,&nbsp;Da Weiwei ,&nbsp;Xu Lili","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30912-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30912-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>PURPOSE</h3><p>To observe the efficacy and safety of Shaoyang Xibi decoction (SYXBD) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA), and to verify that the theory of “Shaoyang dominating bone” in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can be applied to KOA treatment.</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>Participants were randomly allocated to two groups: SYXBD (treatment group, <em>n</em> = 66) and Meloxicam (control group, <em>n</em> = 66). Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) were used to assess efficacy before the treatment and 8 weeks after the treatment.</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>Baseline data before the treatment between the two groups were similar. The WOMAC scores significantly decreased and the SF-36 scores significantly increased after 8- week treatment in both groups compared with before the treatment (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.05). SYXBD significantly decreased pain scores (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.001), physical function scores (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.001) and the total scores (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.001) in WOMAC compared to Meloxicam. SYXBD significantly improved physical function (<em>P</em> = 0.021), bodily pain (<em>P</em> = 0.002) and general health (<em>P</em> = 0.014), with no significant difference in role emotional (<em>P</em> = 0.053), role physical (<em>P</em> = 0.517), vitality (<em>P</em> = 0.241), social function (<em>P</em> = 0.712) and mental health (<em>P</em> = 0.800) in SF-36 compared to Meloxicam. No adverse events were reported in the treatment group while 13 adverse events happened in the control group during the study.</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>SYXBD, prepared based on the theory of “Shaoyang dominating bone”, has a better curative efficay and safety in patients with KOA compared with Meloxicam. The TCM theory of “Shaoyang dominating bone” may be useful in KOA treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 5","pages":"Pages 733-739"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30912-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45102853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness and safety of auricular acupoint bloodletting in treatment of insomnia: an assessor-blinded pilot randomized controlled trial","authors":"Ni Jing ,&nbsp;Wang Bin ,&nbsp;Wang Fuzhuang ,&nbsp;Zhou Hongwei ,&nbsp;Shi Huaxin ,&nbsp;Zhang Ninan ,&nbsp;Zhao Hong ,&nbsp;Xie Qi","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30916-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30916-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>OBJECTIVE</h3><p>To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of auricular acupoint bloodletting in treatment of insomnia</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>Participants (<em>n</em> = 60) with insomnia were randomized into two groups to receive treatment of auricular acupoint bloodletting: low frequency group, 1 times/week for five weeks (<em>n</em> = 30); high frequency group, 2times/week for two weeks (<em>n</em> = 30). The following outcomes were measured blindly at baseline, after first treatment, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks: Pittsburgh sleep quality index scale (PSQI).</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>The groups were balanced at baseline for insomnia and demographic characteristics. There were no significant differences between the groups in terms of any of the outcomes, at the first follow-up time point. However, the therapeutic effect of LFG (once per week) is obviously lower than that of HFG (twice per week). In addition, there was no significant difference in the side effects between the two groups.</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>The treatment of insomnia with different frequencies of auricular acupoint bloodletting is effective and has less side effects. More reasonable treatment frequencies are worth further study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 5","pages":"Pages 763-768"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30916-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46016844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tonifying Qi and activating blood circulation in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine: their effects in patients with myocardial infarction","authors":"Gao Wulin ,&nbsp;Dai Guohua ,&nbsp;Zhang Tong ,&nbsp;Bi Dongxue ,&nbsp;Liu Chunhua ,&nbsp;Shi Xiaojing ,&nbsp;Zhao Fang ,&nbsp;Zhao Chen","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30911-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30911-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>OBJECTIVE</h3><p>To investigate the effects of tonifying <em>Qi</em> and activating blood circulation (SQABC), a method in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), on end-point events in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) in this retrospective cohort study.</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>Clinical data were obtained from the medical records of patients with acute MI (AMI), both during hospitalization and follow-up, and included general demographic information (age, gender, and contact information), TCM regimens used, and end-point events.</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>A total of 1596 patients with AMI were enrolled to this study, but data of only 1210 cases are accessible till follow-up. We classified the patients based on the exposure levels of SQABC. When comparing the results between all exposure and non-exposure groups, significant differences were identified, both during hospitalization and follow-ups. During hospitalization, cardiac death (4.40% <em>vs</em> 21.55%, <em>P</em> &lt; 0.05) and cardiac shock (3.04% <em>vs</em> 11.62%, <em>P</em> &lt; 0.05) were significantly lower in the exposure group than the non-exposure group. Similarly, during the follow-up, cardiac death (12.04% <em>vs</em> 20.49%, <em>P</em> &lt; 0.05), acute heart failure (7.27% <em>vs</em> 11.81%, <em>P</em> &lt; 0.05), composite endpoint of reinfarction and stroke (9.11% <em>vs</em> 15.28%, <em>P</em> &lt; 0.05), and rehospitalization due to angina (25.49% vs 34.38%, <em>P</em> &lt; 0.05) were significantly lower in the exposure group than the non-exposure group.</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>Our findings suggest that SQABC can significantly benefits the subjects in the management of high-risk AMI in them.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 5","pages":"Pages 726-732"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30911-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74106594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinical practices s of Traditional Chinese Medicine for acute upper respiratory tract infection in children","authors":"Rong Ping ,&nbsp;Li Li ,&nbsp;Zhang Xilian ,&nbsp;Liu Quanhui ,&nbsp;Yan Huimin ,&nbsp;Xin Deli ,&nbsp;Xue Zheng ,&nbsp;Ren Xianqing ,&nbsp;Wu Zhenqi ,&nbsp;Ma Rong ,&nbsp;Zhang Junhua","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30882-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30882-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>OBJECTIVE</h3><p>To develop Clinical practice s of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for acute upper respiratory tract infection (AURI) in children; TCM is used alone or administered together with antibiotics.</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>Under the guidance of evidence-based medicine concept, in strict accordance with the rules of international s development, as well as on the basis of evidence of clinical research of TCM, the s solicited opinions from clinical experts and methodologists in TCM and Western Medicine. GRADE standard was applied to form experts’ consensus.</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>The s standardized classification of TCM patterns and TCM treatments in children with AURI, including prescription, Chinese patent medicine, non-drug treatment and prevention.</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>Follows the principle of “evidence based, consensus supplemented, and experience referred”, these s were formulated, but the quality of evidence of included studies were relatively low. Further refinement of the s should be needed as deeper clinical studies as available in future.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 4","pages":"Pages 504-510"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30882-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91742994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect and safety of stimulating acupoints in children with cough variant asthma: A Meta-analysis","authors":"Jin Yutong ,&nbsp;Chen Shan ,&nbsp;Xuan Lihua","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30880-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30880-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>OBJECTIVE</h3><p>To evaluate the efficacy and safety of stimulating acupoints in subjects with childhood cough variant asthma (CVA).</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>A Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about the comparison between acupoint sticking therapy and non-acupoint sticking therapy for childhood CVA was conducted. The trials’ quality and risk bias were assessed using the Cochrane Handbook tool. Odds ratio (<em>OR</em>) or risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (<em>CIs</em>), mean differences (<em>MD</em>s) or standardized mean differences (<em>SMD</em>s) of a random-effects model were calculated. Heterogeneity was assessed by <em>P</em> value and <em>I</em>² statistics.</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>Thirteen studies were included in our review, indicating that the total effective rate of stimulating-acupoint group is better than that of control group [RR 1.19, 95% <em>CI</em> (1.13-1.26), <em>P</em> &lt; 0.000 01]. The recurrence rate in two years [<em>RR</em> 0.31, 95% <em>CI</em> (0.19-0.51), <em>P</em> &lt; 0.000 01] and cough duration [<em>MD</em> = −2.42, 95% <em>CI</em> (–3.75, −1.09), <em>P</em> = 0.0004] of childhood CVA in stimulating-acupoint group were significantly lower than those in control group. Besides, stimulating acupoints can reduce the level of IgE [SMD = −0.75, 95% <em>CI</em> (–1.21, −0.30), <em>P</em> = 0.001] and EOS [SMD = −0.36, 95% <em>CI</em> (–0.92,0.21), <em>P</em> =0.22].</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>Our findings suggest that stimulating acupoints had positive effects on childhood CVA and was relatively safe treatment. However, more RCTs with more useful indicators are warrant to confirm the current findings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 4","pages":"Pages 480-489"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30880-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43912091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinical observation on Wang Juyi's applied channel theory in treating stroke-sequel patients","authors":"Luo Lu ,&nbsp;Yu Zheng ,&nbsp;Yang Yuyang ,&nbsp;Liu Jing ,&nbsp;Zhou Wei ,&nbsp;Wang Juyi","doi":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30892-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30892-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>OBJECTIVE</h3><p>To explore the advantages of acupuncture treatment guided by channel palpation on stroke-sequel patients.</p></div><div><h3>METHODS</h3><p>This research was randomized, traditional acupuncture controlled trial using channel palpation acupuncture to treat stroke-sequel patients. Totally 148 patients who were randomly assigned to two experimental groups. The treatment group, i.e, the channel palpation group was treated with Dr. Wang Juyi's Channel Palpation. Patients in control group received acupuncture according to New Century Acupuncture. Every patient was needled at Renzhong (GV 26), Baihui (GV 20), Neiguan (PC 6), Jiquan (HT 1), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), and each acupuncture treatment was modified according different syndrome differentiations including liver yang rising [Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3)], wind-phlegm blocking collaterals [Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4)], phlegm-heat occupying in the Fu-organs [Quchi (LI 11), Neiting (ST 44), Fenglong (ST 40)], <em>Qi</em> deficiency with blood stasis [Qihai (CV 6), Xuehai (SP 10)], <em>Yin</em> Deficiency with wind [Taixi (KI 3), Fengchi (GB 20)]; for wry mouth, add Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4); for paralyzed arms, add Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Shousanli (LI 10) and Hegu (LI 4), for paralyzed legs, add Huantiao (GB 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9) and Fengshi (GB 31). The duration of each treatment was 6 weeks. Then the Fugl-Meyer score, the Stroke Specific Quality of Life scale (SS-QOL), and the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) were assessed before treatments, after 6 and 12 weeks of treatments to evaluate the acupuncture effect in each group. The data were collected and analyzed after the completion of treatment by SPSS 17 using paired sample <em>t</em>-test.</p></div><div><h3>RESULTS</h3><p>Totally 148 participants were recruited, and 136 eligible patients were included in this study. The results showed that for FMA motor function and Fugl-Meyer balance function and NIHSS, there is no statistic difference between two groups at the baseline period, after 6-week treatment and after 12-week follow-up (<em>P</em> &gt; 0.05); However, for NIHSS and SS-QOL, there is no statistic difference between two groups at the baseline period and 6 weeks after treatment (<em>P</em> &gt; 0.05). However, statistical difference starts to appear after 12-week (<em>P</em> = 0.028, 0.037 &lt; 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>CONCLUSION</h3><p>We conclude that as for improving the nerve function and the quality of life, Dr. Wang Juyi's Applied Channel Theory presents a better clinical result.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":17513,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine","volume":"38 4","pages":"Pages 593-600"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0254-6272(18)30892-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56345453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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