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{"title":"[Exploration of acupuncture treatment for insomnia induced by mental retardation: based on \"trinity theory of <i>shaoyang</i>, <i>sanjiao</i> and <i>haishi</i>\"].","authors":"Jian-Ning Ren","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220831-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220831-0005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Insomnia induced by mental retardation is related to the synergistic dysfunction of \"<i>shaoyang</i>, <i>sanjiao</i> and <i>haishi</i> (the period of the day from 9 pm to 11 pm) \" in pathogenesis. Based on \"trinity theory of <i>shaoyang</i>, <i>sanjiao</i> and <i>haishi </i>\", the acupoints of hand and food <i>shaoyang</i> meridians on the head and face (Fengchi [GB 20], Sizhukong [TE 23] and Jiaosun [TE 20]) and those on the four limbs (Sanyangluo [TE 8], Zhongzhu [TE 3], Qiuxu [GB 40] and Xiaxi [GB 43]) are selected to regulate the pivot function of <i>shaoyang</i>. Front-<i>mu</i> and back-<i>shu</i> points (Sanjiaoshu [BL 22], Danzhong [CV 17] and Tianshu [ST 5]), as well as auricular points (Gan [CO₁₂], Dan [CO₁₁] and Sanjiao [CO₁₇]) are chosen to promote <i>qi</i> circulation of <i>shaoyang</i> and <i>sanjiao</i> meridians. In association with the relevant knowledge of time acupuncture at <i>haishi</i>, the circadian rhythm of sleep is set up and the appropriate sleep pattern is developed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"955-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9990973","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":"[Core in <i>jingjin</i> diagnosis and treatment: <i>yizhi weishu</i>].","authors":"Zhi-Liu-An Wang,&nbsp;Hong-Tu Tang,&nbsp;Yong Xiong,&nbsp;Wei-Wei Ma,&nbsp;An-Qi Luo","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221208-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221208-0003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Jingjin</i> (muscle region of meridian) is a distal diagnosis and treatment system of the sinew/fascia disorders on the base of the concept of <i>jin</i> in TCM. <i>Jin</i> should be a particular palpable structure rather than a single anatomic structure with a specific distributing course. <i>Yizhi weishu</i> refers to a idea running through the whole process of diagnosis and treatment of sinew/fascia disorders, in which, the results, obtained by the overall observation and palpation of patient's sinew/fascia structure, are taken as the criteria of treatment. <i>Yitong weishu</i> (taking the sites of sensitivity or tenderness as the points) verifies this idea in practice. Under the guidance of <i>yizhi weishu</i>, through identifying the primary from the secondary, and regulating <i>yin</i> and <i>yang</i>, the spasticity and flaccidity of sinews/fascia can be cured and the induced diseases treated. The diagnosis and treatment system of <i>jingjin</i>, based on <i>yizhi weishu</i>, develops the original <i>jingjin</i> theory with vague concept involved, formulates a systematic thinking of treatment for sinew/fascia disorders and provides a new approach to clinical treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"876-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9997284","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":"[Evolution of acupuncture techniques for <i>jin</i> diseases and the rise and fall of <i>jingjin</i> doctrine].","authors":"Long-Xiang Huang","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230316-k0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230316-k0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It has the important enlightenment and reference significance for the inheritance and innovation of <i>jin</i> (sinew/fascia) diseases and its theoretic basis, <i>jingjin</i> (muscle region of meridian) doctrine by sorting out the origin of the acupuncture techniques for <i>jin</i> diseases and exploring the root of its rise and fall. Using context analysis, overall investigation and practice test, the paper elaborates the basic concepts, e.g. needling techniques for <i>jin</i>, <i>jingjin</i>, <i>jinji</i> (muscular contracture) and <i>jiejin</i> (knotted tendon), and <i>jingjin</i> doctrine. In particular, the three key concepts, i.e. <i>fanzhen jieci</i> (heating after needling), <i>yizhi weishu</i> (feelings from patients and acupuncture operators) and <i>yitong weishu</i> (the worst painful sites of muscle spasm) are deeply investigated. These three concepts, involved in the treatment of <i>jingjin</i> disorders, treatment principles and methods, are of a great controversy in the current academic circle. The author clarified the category of needling for <i>jin</i> disease and main needling techniques, investigated specially the origin of <i>fanzhen jieci </i> and <i>guancifa</i> (repeated needling directly on the foci), and explored the evolution of the needling methods that had been controversial or neglected for a long time, i.e. <i>neire cifa</i> (technique for inducing heat inside for cold obstruction), <i>guancifa</i>, <i>tiaocifa</i> (inserting the needles around the foci), <i>fencifa</i> (intramuscular needling) and <i>mucifa</i> (deep puncturing to the peritoneum or on front-<i>mu</i> points). Finally, from the relationship between <i>jin</i> and <i>mai</i> (meridian), and the differences between dry needling and acupuncture technique for <i>jin</i> diseases, the author explored the crucial problems and countermeasures urgently required in the future development of <i>jingjin</i> doctrine so as to provide the references for the theoretical innovation of acupuncture- moxibustion science.</p>","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"855-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9997283","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":"[Manifestations and distribution rules of <i>jingjin</i> lesions in neck-type cervical spondylosis].","authors":"Hong-Xi Huang,&nbsp;Xi-Lin Ouyang,&nbsp;Gen-Ping Zhong,&nbsp;Dao-Cheng Zhu,&nbsp;Wei Xu,&nbsp;Lin Jiao","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230329-k0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230329-k0012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore the manifestations of <i>jingjin</i> (sinews/fascia) lesions and summarize their distribution rules in the patients with neck-type cervical spondylosis so as to provide the evidences for the development of clinical diagnosis and treatment scheme of acupuncture for cervical spondylosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 120 patients with neck-type cervical spondylosis were collected. The meridian diagnostic method was used to examine the upper back of each patient, the manifestation category of <i>jingjin</i> lesions, locations and the affected muscle regions of twelve meridians were recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>(1) The punctate lesions of <i>jingjin</i> were detected in 15 regions, and the highest frequency of lesion occurred in the region from the inner upper corner of the scapula to Quyuan (SI 13) (113 cases, 94.2% of lesion frequency). The lesion frequency of 10 regions was ≥50.0%. The punctate lesions were mainly distributed in the muscle regions of hand-<i>shaoyang</i> (349 cases) and foot-<i>taiyang</i> (333 cases). (2) The linear lesions of <i>jingjin</i> were detected in 10 regions, and the highest frequency of lesion occurred in the region from the inner upper corner of the scapula to Quyuan (SI 13) (77 cases, 64.2% of lesion frequency). The lesion frequency of 2 regions was ≥50.0%. The linear lesions occurred mainly in the muscle region of foot-<i>taiyang</i> (251 cases). (3) Eight regions were examined to be the planar lesions of <i>jingjin</i>, and the highest frequency of lesion was found in the site of Jianjing (GB 21) (84 cases, 70.0% of lesion frequency). The lesion frequency of 3 regions was ≥50.0%. The muscle region of foot-<i>taiyang</i> (260 cases) was predominated in the planar lesions. (4) The distribution of all of the punctate, linear and planar lesions of <i>jingjin</i> was analyzed statistically. It was found that 25 regions were involved and those with the high lesion frequency were distributed in the area from the inner upper corner of the scapula to Quyuan (SI 13), the sites of Jianjing (GB 21) and Dazhui (GV 14), transverse processes of C₃ to C₅ and the area from the lateral border of the scapula to the teres minor, separately. The muscle regions of foot-<i>taiyang</i>, hand-<i>shaoyang</i> and hand-<i>yangming</i> were involved in various kinds of <i>jingjin</i> lesions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong><i>Jingjin</i> lesions in patients with neck-type cervical spondylosis can be divided into three categories, namely, punctate, linear and planar lesions; of which, the punctate lesions are dominated. A majority of <i>jingjin</i> lesions is related to the muscle region of foot-<i>taiyang</i>, and the lesion frequency is higher compared with the lesions to the muscle regions of hand-<i>shaoyang</i> and hand-<i>yangming</i>. <i>Jingjin</i> lesions are commonly distributed in the area from the inner upper corner of the scapula to Quyu","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"881-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9997285","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":"[Exploration of the thinking and methods in treatment of cancer pain with acupuncture and moxibustion on the base of the fascia theory].","authors":"Li-Ling Li,&nbsp;Xin Jiang,&nbsp;Yu-Xiang Wan,&nbsp;Xue-Wei Qi,&nbsp;Jin-Chang Huang","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230210-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230210-0004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a commonality between <i>jingjin</i> (muscle region of meridian) and the fascial network for coordinating the balance in the body. The occurrence and the progression of tumor may disrupt the overall coordination between the fascial network and <i>jingjin</i> directly or indirectly, thereby, the impairment of this coordination may result in cancer pain. Rooted on the theory of overall balance of the fascial network, and combined with understanding of pain in <i>jingjin</i> theory, professor <i>HUANG Jin-chang</i> emphasizes the importance of \"relaxing the knot\" in treatment of cancer pain. It is recommended to select the fascia reaction point as the target point, in accordance with the principle of balance adjustment and apply various acupuncture and moxibustion therapies, such as <i>Fu</i>'s subcutaneous needling, small-needle scalpel therapy, fire needling, and moxibustion.</p>","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"894-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9997286","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":"[Clinical thinking of acupuncture for snoring based on \"disharmony <i>qi</i> leads to restlessness\"].","authors":"Yu-Qiang Song,&nbsp;Yuan-Bo Fu,&nbsp;San-Feng Sun,&nbsp;Jie Sun,&nbsp;Lin-Bo Shen,&nbsp;Yu-Zhuo Zhang","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221117-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221117-0006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study summarizes the clinical thinking of acupuncture for snoring based on \"disharmony <i>qi</i> leads to restlessness\". According to the pathological characteristics of <i>qi</i> stagnation and blood stasis, phlegm dampness and internal obstruction in snoring patients, combined with the etiology, pathogenesis and location of the disease, the innovative viewpoint of \"disharmony <i>qi</i> leads to restlessness\" is proposed. It is believed that the key to snoring treatment lies in \"regulating <i>qi </i>\". In clinical practice, acupuncture can directly regulate the <i>qi</i> of the disease's location, regulate the <i>qi</i> of the organs and viscera, and regulate the <i>qi</i> of the meridians to achieve overall regulation of the body's internal and external <i>qi</i>, smooth circulation of <i>qi</i> and blood, and ultimately achieve the therapeutic goal of harmonizing <i>qi</i>, stopping snoring, and improving sleep quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"951-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9999758","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":"[Fascia and defensive <i>qi</i>: construction of body view in classical acupuncture theory].","authors":"Qiang Ma,&nbsp;Jing Wang","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230330-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230330-0017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Influenced by the concept of \"<i>qi</i>-void\" in Taoist philosophy during the Qin and Han dynasties, the early acupuncture theory attaches the importance to the \"fascial (muscular) interstices\" distributed widely in the human body. The defensive <i>qi</i> runs through everywhere in these interstices that is easily invaded by the pathogenic wind and cold, and <i>bi</i> syndrome of <i>jingjin</i> (muscle region of meridian) is involved. Besides, fascial (muscular) interstices are the places for the delivery of relaxing needling and joint needling. Fascial tissue is a crucial structure to produce <i>deqi</i>, while, the function of defensive <i>qi</i> is tightly connected to the autonomic nerve in modern medicine, both of which actually belong to the different expressions of patients' body feeling. Medical scholars at early era, in reference with \"fascia\" and \"defensive <i>qi </i>\", has summarized and refined their clinical practice experience. Thereby, the concepts of \"arrival of <i>qi </i>\" and \"fascial (muscular) interstices\" are extended, which constructs the peripheral framework of core concepts in acupuncture theoretic system, e.g. meridians and acupoints, and becomes an important component of the body view in classic acupuncture theory.</p>","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"871-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9997282","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":"[Effects of catgut embedding and PGLA embedding at \"Zusanli\" (ST 36) on skin mast cells, substance P and histamine in healthy rats].","authors":"Yu-Jia Wang,&nbsp;Li-Hong Li,&nbsp;Xun-Rui Hou,&nbsp;Hong-Fang Nie,&nbsp;Xin Liang,&nbsp;Qian Zhang,&nbsp;Ling Cheng,&nbsp;Ting-Ting Ye","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220703-k0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220703-k0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To observe the effects of catgut embedding and polyglycolic acid/poly-lactic acid (PGLA) embedding at \"Zusanli\" (ST 36) on the activation of local skin mast cells (MC), and expression of substance P (SP) and histamine (HA), and to explore the mechanism of the temporal stimulation effect of acupoint catgut embedding and provide a foundation for further research on the initiation mechanism of acupoint catgut embedding.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>One hundred and sixty male SPF-grade SD rats were randomly divided into a blank group (10 rats), a sham-embedding group (50 rats), a catgut group (50 rats), and a PGLA group (50 rats). Each intervention group was further randomly divided into five subgroups according to the time points after intervention: 8 hours, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days, and 21 days, with 10 rats in each subgroup. One-time sham-embedding, catgut embedding and PGLA embedding was given at left \"Zusanli\" (ST 36) in each intervention group, respectively. The skin and subcutaneous connective tissue of the left \"Zusanli\" (ST 36) were collected at the corresponding time points after intervention, except for the blank group (only one day before intervention). Toluidine blue staining was used to detect MC count and degranulation, and immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the expression of SP and HA positive cells.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was no significant difference in MC count between the subgroups of each intervention group and the blank group (<i>P</i>>0.05). There was no significant difference in MC count between the subgroups of the catgut group and the PGLA group (<i>P</i>>0.05). The MC count in the 8-hour subgroup of PGLA group was higher than that in the 8-hour subgroup of catgut group (<i>P</i><0.05), while the MC count in the 21-day subgroup of PGLA group was lower than that in the 21-day subgroup of catgut group (<i>P</i><0.05). Compared with the blank group, the degranulation rates of MC were increased in the 8-hour and 3-day subgroups of sham-embedding group, 8-hour, 3-day, and 7-day subgroups of catgut group, and 8-hour, 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day subgroups of PGLA group (<i>P</i><0.01, <i>P</i><0.05, <i>P</i><0.001). There was no significant difference in the degranulation rate of MC between the subgroups of the catgut group and the PGLA group (<i>P</i>>0.05), and no significant difference in the degranulation rate of MC between the two embedding groups at the same time point (<i>P</i>>0.05). Compared with the blank group, the expression of SP positive cells was increased in the 8-hour subgroup of sham-embedding group, 8-hour, 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day subgroups of catgut group, and 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day subgroups of PGLA group (<i>P</i><0.001, <i>P</i><0.05). The expression of SP positive cells in the 7-day subgroup of catgut group was higher than that in the 8-hour subgroup of catgut group (<i>P</i><0.05), while the expression of SP positive cells in the 14-day subgroup o","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"944-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9990971","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":"[Moxibustion combined with western medication for rheumatoid arthritis with blood stasis obstruction and its effect on platelet activation].","authors":"Lin-Kang Bai,&nbsp;Hui Liang,&nbsp;Wen-Juan Wang,&nbsp;Yan Zhu","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220913-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220913-0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the clinical efficacy and action mechanism of moxibustion combined with western medication for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with blood stasis obstruction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fifty-six patients of RA with blood stasis obstruction were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 28 patients in each group. The patients in the control group were treated with oral administration of leflunomide tablets and celecoxib capsules, while the patients in the observation group were treated with moxibustion in addition to the treatment used in the control group. Moxibustion was performed at bilateral Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuehai (SP 10), and <i>ashi</i> points, once every other day, three times a week. The treatment duration for both groups was 12 weeks. The TCM syndrome score, disease activity score-28 (DAS-28), rheumatoid factor (RF), hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), hemorheological indexes (whole blood viscosity high shear, whole blood viscosity low shear, plasma viscosity), serum calcium ion (Ca²⁺) level, and platelet count (PLT) were observed before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacy was evaluated after treatment in the two groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with those before treatment, the TCM syndrome scores, DAS-28 scores, RF, hs-CRP, ESR, whole blood viscosity high shear, whole blood viscosity low shear, plasma viscosity, and PLT were decreased after treatment in both groups (<i>P</i><0.01), with the observation group showing lower values compared with those in the control group (<i>P</i><0.05). Compared with those before treatment, the serum Ca²⁺ levels were increased after treatment in both groups (<i>P</i><0.01), and the observation group showed a higher increase than that in the control group (<i>P</i><0.05). The total effective rate was 85.7% (24/28) in the observation group, which was higher than 67.9% (19/28) in the control group (<i>P</i><0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Moxibustion combined with western medication could alleviate clinical symptoms in patients with RA of blood stasis obstruction, and its mechanism may be related to the inhibition of platelet activation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"927-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10044839","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":"[Research progress on the effect mechanism of acupuncture-moxibustion for pressure injuries].","authors":"Hong-Na Yin,&nbsp;Yang Cui,&nbsp;Zhong-Ren Sun,&nbsp;De-Long Wang,&nbsp;Xin-Yu Zhou,&nbsp;Jian-Tao Yin,&nbsp;Shuo Zhang,&nbsp;Gui-Jun Liu","doi":"10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221013-k0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221013-k0001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evidence shows that acupuncture-moxibustion could promote the healing of pressure injuries (PI), but its action mechanism is not fully understood. This review summarizes the basic research literature of acupuncture-moxibustion for PI and identifies that the mechanism of acupuncture-moxibustion for PI is related with regulation of related signaling pathway target proteins, improvement of inflammatory response, modulation of vascular microenvironment, attenuation of oxidative stress damage, and inhibition of cell apoptosis. The review also points out the current limitations and future research directions. It emphasizes the need for further exploration of the upstream regulatory mechanism, specific cellular molecules, and the interactions among these molecules. A multi-level, multi-target, and multi-dimensional approach is required to fully understand the mechanism underlying the promotion of PI healing by acupuncture-moxibustion.</p>","PeriodicalId":23967,"journal":{"name":"Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion","volume":"43 8","pages":"970-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9999761","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}