{"title":"[Exploring the substantial basis of the features yinxu huowang in girls with precocious puberty].","authors":"D P Cai, Y M Shi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Differential diagnosis to 75 girls with true precocious puberty was made using method of TCM. It was observed that each girl had Yinxu Huowang (intense internal heat due to deficiency of vital essence) to a certain extent, these features were very remarkable in most of them. To explore the substantial basis of the features, the functions of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis were determined. The results showed that the levels of serum FSH, LH, E2 in the girls rise significantly than those in normal girls of the same age, and LHRH stimulating test displays characteristic changes of excessive activity. Treated with TCM of Ziyin Xiehuo, (nourish vital essence reducing intense internal heat) and remitted, the levels of serum FSH, LH, E2 descend significantly, the volume of uterus and ovary reduce markedly, secondary sexual characteristics retrogress evidently, while the features of intense internal heat due to deficiency of vital essence mitigate obviously. According to the above mentioned, the authors consider that the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis starting beforehand and being hyperfunction are likely to be the substantial basis of the features--that deficiency of Shen Yin, (vital essence) accompanied with intense Fire of the Vital Gate--of the girls with true precocious puberty.</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 7","pages":"397-9, 387"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13073260","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":"[Thrombosis test in vitro of 107 cases with arteriosclerosis obliterans].","authors":"X Jin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thrombosis test in vitro of 107 cases with arteriosclerosis obliterans were measured and controlled by 36 normal persons. Of 107 cases, 13 cases belonged to ischemic phase, 47 cases nutritional disturbance phase, 47 necrosis (24 cases were first degree, 9 cases second degree, 14 third degree). Types distribution were: simple blood stasis 65 cases, blood and damp stasis 34, and 8 others. 46 patients were treated systematically by TCM-WM. The result proved that the indexes of thrombosis test in vitro of patients were much higher than that of normal persons (P less than 0.001). The relevant indexes were different in varied periods, degrees and types (P less than 0.05-0.01) and between before and after treatment (P less than 0.001). Of treated 46 cases, total effective rate was 86.96%, amputation rate was 13.04%. Formation of thrombus in vitro lowered 88.03%. The authors suggested that measurement of thrombosis test might be a accurate way to reflect the course of the disease and a basis for treatment and differentiation of symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"331-3, 323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12879804","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":"[Scavenging effect of re-du-qing on free radicals].","authors":"F E Lu, J H Zhang, M Z Li","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The general Shwartzman reactions of rabbits were induced by intravenously injecting endotoxin twice with 24 hours interval. The lipid peroxides (LPO) in sera and liver homogenates of rabbits in normal saline group (12.26 +/- 0.84 n mol MDA/ml, 1.86 +/- 0.43 n mol MDA/mg protein respectively) were significantly higher than those of rabbits in normal control group (7.93 +/- 2.90, 1.31 +/- 0.22, both P less than 0.01), and LPO in sera and liver homogenates of rabbits in Re-Du-Qing group (6.55 +/- 2.97, 1.19 +/- 0.12) were evidently lower than those of rabbits in normal saline group (P less than 0.01), accessed to the LPO level of rabbits in normal control group. In in vitro experiment, LPO of mitochondria in Re-Du-Qing group (1.50 +/- 0.43 n mol MDA/mg protein) dramatically decreased, compared with that of endotoxin group (2.39 +/- 0.69, P less than 0.05) and of control group (2.23 +/- 0.75, P less than 0.05). The findings of both in vivo and in vitro experiments showed that Re-Du-Qing possesses scavenging effect on free radicals. In view of the detoxification mechanism of Re-Du-Qing, in addition to inhibiting bacteria and degrading. endotoxin, the scavenging effect of Re-Du-Qing on free radicals are also included.</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"362-3, 326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13050363","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 and experimental study on cerebral thrombosis treated with antithrombotic xinmaining].","authors":"L Zhao, Z M Liu, Z Z Piao","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antithrombotic xinmaining were composed with Moschus, Calculus Bovis, Borneol, Radix Ligusticum, Flos Sophorae Immaturus, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Leech, etc. This preparation was suitable for treating channels and collaterals type of cerebral thrombosis. The dosage was 2-4 capsules (0.5 g/capsule) oral administration twice per day, 3-4 weeks as a therapeutic course. The authors studied 158 cases of these patients compared with 117 cases of control group with dextran and Vinorutone. The clinical result showed that the obvious effective rate in the therapeutic group was 62.1% and the total effective rate 96.3%; the values in the control group were 38.5% and 86.3% respectively (P less than 0.01). The laboratory results showed that the blood viscosity, serum viscosity, hematocrit (vol %), RBC electrophoresis rate (micron/sec/v/cm) and platelet aggregation rate (%) before antithrombotic xinmaining administration were 5.82 +/- 0.82, 1.82 +/- 0.02, 52.81 +/- 6.70, 0.82 +/- 0.19 and 28.33 +/- 12.02 respectively; and those after the treatment were 4.72 +/- 0.65, 1.70 +/- 0.02, 48.76 +/- 0.40, 0.97 +/- 0.17 and 23.05 +/- 10.01 (mean +/- S), P less than 0.01. The toxicological study proved that the preparation was safe, no significant side-effect and good for cerebral thrombosis medication.</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"327-30, 323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13049783","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 and experimental studies on the treatment of severe facioplegia with compressing drug, acupuncture and infrared rays].","authors":"W C Jin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 160 patients with severe facioplegia detected by the strength-duration curve, partial or complete reaction of degeneration of the facial nerve and its related muscles occurred in 158 patients and no reaction of degeneration in 2 patients. All the patients were arbitrarily divided into 2 groups. One group of 62 patients was treated with the regimen 1: Mianmasan adding acupuncture and the other of 98 patients with the regimen 2: modified Mianmasan adding acupuncture and red lighting. The treatment concretely was an application method by dusting the Mianmasan, over the scarified skin corresponding to the selected acupoints and motor points, and finally stick a piece of adhesive plaster on them. The clinical experiment was carried out by using double contrast method, i.e., autogenous and allogenic contrasts with ear pulse wave and skin temperature records. It was confirmed that the affected side of the face had chronic tissue ischemia and returned to normal after treatment. The results showed that among 160 treated patients, 70(43.8%) were cured, 46 (28.7%) markedly improved, 43 (26.9%) improved and 1 (0.6%) remained ineffective. By the statistical analysis, it was demonstrated that the curative effect of regimen 2 was superior to that of regimen 1 (P less than 0.01), and the effective rate in the patients with partial reaction of degeneration was higher than that in those with complete reactcon of degeneration (P less than 0.05).</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"337-9, 324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13049784","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 research on the treatment of cervical spondylosis with jingtongning granule].","authors":"Y H Wang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors treated 102 cervical spondylosis patients with jing tong ning granule that made of herbs according to the TCM principle of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis. The 9 hemorheological indexes before and after treatment were observed. 15 patients of all were also observed the changes of eyeground microangium. Moreover, the animal experiments were taken in order to test and verify the effects further. The results revealed that the total effective rate was 96.1%. The main hemorheological indexes (eg. blood viscosity and plasma viscosity) showed significant difference in statistics before and after treatment (P less than 0.05, P less than 0.01). The changes of eyeground microangium had significant difference too, (P less than 0.01). The animal experimental results were the same as the clinical ones. Hence, the authors consider that jing tong ning granule had the effects to decrease the blood viscosity, improve microcirculation and accelerate blood flow.</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"343-5, 325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13049785","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":"[Summary of the First National Symposium on Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine].","authors":"X Pang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"382-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12845003","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":"[Changes in T-lymphocyte subsets in patients with orthopedic trauma and effects of yipanzhu decoction on the impaired immune function].","authors":"S X Wang, J Y Yang, S C Liu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of yipanzhu decoction (YD) on immune function in 40 patients [2 groups, YD and normal saline (NS) group] with orthopedic trauma by taking T lymphocyte subsets as indexes were observed. The peripheral venous blood samples randomly taken from 30 healthy subjects served as control. The blood were collected within 24 hours after trauma. Then the YD and NS were respectively given to the patients in the 2 groups for 3 days, and the blood were taken 4th, 7th, 14th day after trauma for the observation of T subsets. The results revealed that before administration of YD the percentage of pan-T cells was reduced with an increased percentage of Ts cells and a decreased ratio between Th and Ts cells; 3 days after giving the drugs in YD group the percentage of pan-T cells was slightly increased, and the changed percentage of Ts cells and the ratio of Th/Ts cells mentioned above was recovered to normal, while in NS group all these indexes remained at abnormal range during the period we observed. The results suggested that YD could promote the recovery of abnormal T lymphocyte subsets in traumatized patients, and it possessed to some extent the function of immune regulation that was helpful to reduce the ratio of infection after trauma.</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"340-2, 324-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12994881","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":"[Simultaneous detection of the platelet aggregation and release in patients with cardio-cerebral vascular diseases associated with blood stasis and their clinical significance].","authors":"X M Han, Z Q Chen, H M Mao","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors determined the platelet aggregation(PA) activity respectively with electric impedance and photoelectric turbidimetry in patients with ischemic cardio-cerebral vascular diseases associated with blood stasis. The results showed the PA activities were elevated both in whole blood and plasma. Then, the authors detected simultaneously the PA activity and amount of post-aggregation beta-thromboglobulin(beta-TG) releasing and also in vivo amount of spontaneous plasma releasing of beta-TG with photoelectric turbidimetry and RIA methods with blood stasis. The results showed, during the acute phase of stroke, a high activated state of platelet existed, expressed as significant elevation both of the amount of beta-TG releasing of post-aggregation and plasma beta-TG level. However, no definite correlation between rate of PA and subsequent amount of beta-TG releasing was found, and detection of aggregation rate alone did not disclose the state of activation. As compared with the acute phase, during the recovery stage of stroke in which the clinical symptom of blood stasis was improved, the plasma beta-TG level declined significantly, however, was still higher than in normal controls; amount of releasing beta-TG was declining which denoted that the platelet functions were reducing then, but were still in a higher state of activation. These results suggested that there were changes both in number and quality of platelet in patients with blood stasis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"334-6, 323-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12994880","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":"[Experimental studies on immunostimulatory effects of the Isatis indigotica polysaccharide].","authors":"Y M Xu, P C Lu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Polysaccharides extracted from the root of Isatis indigotica (IIP, 50 mg/kg.d, ipx8d) significantly increased the weight of spleen and number of white blood cell and lymphocyte in peripheral blood in normal ICR mice, and antagonized the immunosuppressive actions of hydrocortisone. There were marked potentiating effects on delayed hypersensitivity reaction induced by 2, 4-dinitrochlorobenzene in normal NIH mice treated with IIP as well as in immunodepressed mice induced by cyclophosphamide. By administration of IIP, the percentage of ANAE+ lymphocytes stained with acid alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase method were significantly increased in peripheral blood of normal ICR mice, and the decreases in number of ANAE+ lymphocytes in mice induced by hydrocortisone were prevented to a certain extent. But IIP could not enhance Con A-induced lymphocyte proliferation of C57BL mouse spleen cells in vitro measured with MTT colorimetric assay. In addition, the plaque forming cells in 5 x 10(6) splenocytes of NIH mice treated with IIP were higher than that of the control group (P less than 0.01). IIP could also elevate the clearance rate of intra-venous charcoal particles in normal mice, i.e., stimulated the phagocytic activity of macrophages. The result indicates that IIP is capable of increasing humoral and cellular immune functions and enhancing the functions of reticuloendothelial system, and might be a good immunopotentiator.</p>","PeriodicalId":23984,"journal":{"name":"Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi = Chinese journal of modern developments in traditional medicine","volume":"11 6","pages":"357-9, 325-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13049787","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}