简介：ＴｈｅｔｈｅｒａｐｅｕｔｉｃｐｒｉｎｃｉｐｌｅｓｏｆＡｌｚｈｅｉｍｅｒ’Ｄｉｓｅａｓｅｗｅｒｅｒｅｐｌｅｎｉｓｈｉｎｇｖｉｔａｌｅｎｅｒｇｙａｎｄｉｎｖｉｇｏｒａｔｉｎｇｂｌｏｏｄｃｉｒｃｕｌａｔｉｏｎ,ｉｎｖｉｇｏｒａｔｉｎｇｆｕｎｃｔｉｏｎｏｆｔｈｅｓｐｌｅｅｎｔｏｒｅｓｏｌｖｅｐｈｌｅｇｍ,ｓｔｒｅｎｇｔｈｅｎｉｎｇｔｈｅｍａｒｒｏｗｂｙｒｅｉｎｆｏｒｃｉｎｇｔｈｅｆｕｎｃｔｉｏｎｏｆｔｈｅｋｉｄｎｅｙ,ｉｎｖｉｇｏｒａｔｉｎｇｂｌｏｏｄｃｉｒｃｕｌａｔｉｏｎｔｏｅｌｉｍｉｎａｔｅｂｌｏｏｄｓｔａｓｉｓ.Ｔｈｅｍａｉｎｔｈｅｒａｐｅｕｔｉｃａｃｕｐｏｉｎｔｓｗｅｒｅａｓｆｏｌｌｏ

简介：Objective:Toobservetheeffectofelectroacupuncture(EA)onMeniere'sdisease.Methods:Atotalof114cases(38malesand76females)ofMeniere'sdiseaseweretreatedwithEAofErmen(耳门TE21),Tinggong(听宫SI19),Tinghui(听会GB2),Yifeng(NFDB1风TE17),Fengchi(风池GB20)andBaihui(百会GV20).Thetreatmentwasgiven3timesaweek,9timesaltogether.Follow-upwasmadeattheendofthe3rd,6thand12thmonthsaftertreatment.Results:Follow-upin114patientsshowedthatafterEAtreatment,63cases(55.26%)werecured,30(26.31%)hadremarkableimprovementintheirsymptoms,10(8.77%)respondedwithimprovementand11(9.65%)failedinthetreatment,withatotaleffectiverateof90.35%.Conclusion:EAtreatmentwaseffectiveincontrollingMeniere'sdiseasepatients'symptomsandreducingattack.

简介：

简介：

简介：

简介：ObjectiveThisreviewaimedtosystematicallysummarizeandcriticallyevaluatetheclinicalevidencefororagainsttheeffectivenessofacupunctureasasymptomatictherapyforuremicpruritus(UP)inend-stagerenaldisease(ESRD)patients.Materialsandmethod:Wesearched16electronicdatabasesfromtheirinceptionstoNovember2009.Allprospectiveclinicalstudiesofneedleacupunctureforuremicpruritusinhemodialysispatientswithend-stagerenaldiseasewereincludedregardlessoftheirdesign.RiskofbiasoftheincludedstudieswereassessedusingtheCochranecriteria.ResultsOf464initiallylocatedarticles,458studieswereexcluded.Threerandomizedcontrolledtrials(RCTs),onenon-randomizedcontrolledtrial(CCT)andtwouncontrolledobservationalstudieswereincluded.InthreeRCTs,acupuncturewascomparedtosham-acupuncture(n=1),oralantihistamineplustopicalointment(n=1)andoralcalcitriol(n=1).InoneCCT,electroacupuncture(EA)wascomparedtosuperficialelectricalstimulation.Intwoobservationalstudies,EA(n=1)ormanualacupuncture(n=1)wereemployed.Fourof6includedstudiesmentionedmildornooccurrenceofadverseevents.Allofincludedtrialsreportedbeneficialeffectsofacupuncture.However,mostofthestudiesshowedhighriskofbias,whichleavetheirreportsunconvincing.ConclusionThecurrentevidenceisinsufficienttoshowthatacupunctureisaneffectivetreatmentforuremicpruritusinpatientswithend-stagerenaldiseaseduetosuboptimalqualityandlackofmethodologicalrigorofincludedstudies.Futuretrialsshouldovercomethelimitationsofthecurrentlyavailableevidence.