Therapeutic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine Hot Compress on Neck, Shoulder, Waist and Leg Pain

2021 ◽  
AMB Express ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingjiang Hu ◽  
Nana Xu ◽  
Xi Yang ◽  
Xi Hu ◽  
Yunliang Zheng ◽  
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Abstract Nigella A, also named Sieboldianoside A, has been extracted from many kinds of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), such as Nigella glandulifera, Stauntonia chinensis DC., and the leaves of Acanthopanax sieboldianus. Nigella A exhibited potential analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, and antioxidant activities. However, whether Nigella A could treat ulcerative colitis (UC) is still unknown. As saponins always be regarded as the kinds of ingredients that could regulate immunity and intestinal flora. This research aimed to investigate the therapeutic effect of Nigella A on UC and explore its effect on intestinal flora. We noted that Nigella A and Sulfasalazine (SASP) could significantly improve the signs and symptoms, alleviate colonic pathological injury in DSS-induced mice. The changing of many specific bacterial genus such as Lactobacillus, Porphyromonadaceae, Bacteroides and Escherichia might closely related to the recovery of intestinal inflammatory response. This study initially confirmed the therapeutic effect of Nigella A and SASP on DSS-induced colitis by improving the diversity of intestinal microbial composition. Nigella A has the potential to be developed for the treatment of UC and other disorders related to the imbalance of intestinal flora.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keke Luo ◽  
Haiyu Zhao ◽  
Baolin Bian ◽  
Xiaolu Wei ◽  
Nan Si ◽  
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“Shanghuo” (“excessive internal heat”) is caused by exuberant endogenous fire, which does not have a comprehensive and systematic traditional Chinese medicine theory. In previous study, we had evaluated the therapeutic effect of Huanglian Jiedu Decoction (HLJDD) (granule) on patients with “Shanghuo”, however, the specific mechanism was not clear, which need further exploration. To explain its intervention mechanism, we select 57 patients with oral diseases caused by “Shanghuo” and 20 health volunteers to divide into oral disease group, HLJDD intervention group and healthy control group. Firstly, biochemical indicators before and after HLJDD intervention are detected, such as inflammatory factors, oxidative stress factors and energy metabolism factors. The results exhibit that HLJDD significantly decreases indicators succinic acid (p < 0.001); tumor necrosis factor-alpha, adenosine triphosphate, citric acid (p < 0.01); interleukin-8 (IL-8), 4-hydroxynonenal, pyruvic acid, lactate dehydrogenase (p < 0.05). The levels of glucocorticoid, adrenocorticotropic hormone (p < 0.01); lactic acid, IL-4, IL-10 (p < 0.05) significantly increase after HLJDD intervention. In addition, we adopt multi-omics analysis approach to investigate the potential biomarkers. Nontargeted metabolomics demonstrate that the levels of 7 differential metabolites approach that in the healthy control group after HLJDD intervention, which are correlated with histidine metabolism, beta-alanine metabolism and sphingolipid metabolism through metabolic pathway analysis. Targeted lipidomics results and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis show that 13 differential lipids are identified in the three groups mainly focuse on lysophosphatidylcholines, lysophosphatidylethanolamines. Finally, the network associations of those differential biomarkers reveal the regulation of adenosine triphosphate and tricarboxylic acid cycle play essential role in the therapeutic effect mechanism of HLJDD in “Shanghuo”. The study has laid the foundation for further revealing the mechanism and finding clinical biomarkers related to “Shanghuo”.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Zhi-qiang Wang ◽  
Zhi-yong Song ◽  
Bai-zhi Yang ◽  
Xiu-hong Wang ◽  
Huan-chen Gui ◽  
...  

Xiao-Chai-Hu-Tang (XCHT), a representative of previous edition of Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine and harmonizing formulas, has multiple pharmacological functions. However, a variety of side effects could be caused by misuse or abuse, ignoring the theory of diagnosis and treatment based on the combination of syndrome and disease differentiation. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the efficacy of XCHT, depending upon the individual patient’s condition. Among 98 patients treated with XCHT, most of the patients of syndromes could be cured after about two course. The therapeutic effect rate of prescribed XCHT in our 98 cases of treatment is 91.84% (90/98). In addition, the high frequently syndromes are consistent with Shanhanlun. With multiple years of experience, we believe that: patient feel pain and tenderness under the right costal arch is one of the symptoms of patients who fit for the treatment with XCHT.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Feifei Zhang ◽  
Jie Bai ◽  
Yao Zheng ◽  
Shuai Liang ◽  
Lei Lei ◽  
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Background. Acute pyelonephritis (APN), known as stranguria in traditional Chinese medicine, is commonly treated with antibiotics. However, the rise in antibiotic resistance and the high rates of recurrence of APN make its treatment complicated, thus the development of alternative therapies is critical. Peach gum has long been recognized by traditional Chinese medicine as a food with medicinal value of relieving stranguria, but whether and how its primary constituent peach gum polysaccharides (PGPs) contribute to the diuretic function is still not clear. Purpose. The aim of this study was to investigate the optimum extraction process of PGPs and to evaluate its therapeutic effect on APN rats and to discover the underlying mechanism. Methods. In this study, surface design optimization was adopted to optimize the preparation of PGPs and HPLC and FT-IR spectra were used to evaluate the quality of PGPs; APN model rat was established by the Escherichia coli urinary tract infection method; the therapeutic effect and mechanism of PGPs on APN were determined by the visceral index, biochemical indicators, pathological section of the APN rat, and diuretic activity on mice and antibacterial activity in vitro. Results. Compared with an untreated APN group, the results showed that treatment with PGPs increased the APN-induced attenuation of secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) and creatinine clearance and decreased the APN-induced enhancement of the number of white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil counts (NC), bacteria load of the kidneys, kidney index, serum creatinine, urine volume, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and interleukin-2 (IL-2) levels. The mechanism underlying these effects was further elucidated through in vitro experiments of the antibacterial and antiadhesion effects of PGPs. Conclusion. Due to the good therapeutic effects and advantages of PGPs, it could be considered as an alternative medicine to treat APN.


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