Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture in treating functional dyspepsia (FD).Method Eighty FD patients were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 40 in each group. The treatment group was intervened by needling the specific points of the Stomach Meridian, while the control group was by Itopride hydrochloride tablets. The symptoms score and therapeutic efficacy were evaluated in the two groups.Result There was no significant difference in comparing the symptom score between the two groups before intervention (P>0.05); the symptoms score dropped significantly in both groups after intervention (P＜0.01); the difference in comparing the symptoms score between the two groups was statistically significant after intervention (P＜0.05). The total effective rate was 97.5% in the treatment group versus 67.5% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05), indicating that the total effective rate of acupuncture is higher than that of medication in treating FD.Conclusion Acupuncture at the specific points of the Stomach Meridian can obviously reduce FD symptom score, improve symptoms and enhance the total effective rate.

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture based on syndrome differentiation for functional dyspepsia (FD), and to explore the plausible action mechanism.Method Seventy-two eligible FD patients were randomized into a treatment group (36 cases) and a control group (36 cases). In the treatment group, the FD patients were divided into four types, liver-qi stagnation, spleen-stomach qi-deficiency, liver-qi affecting stomach, damp-heat accumulated in stomach, to receive acupuncture at the corresponding points based on syndrome differentiation in addition to the basic points including Zhongwan (CV12), Tianshu (ST25), Zusanli (ST36), and Neiguan (PC6); the control group was given Itopride hydrochloride tablets. Before and after intervention, the symptomatic efficacy index and the MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), as well as serum Gastrin (GAS) content were observed in the two groups.Result The total effective rate was 94.1% in the treatment group, significantly higher than 63.9% in the control group (P＜0.01); after intervention, the improvement of symptomatic efficacy index in the treatment group was markedly better than that in the control group (P＜0.01); the improvements of the SF-36 component scores in the treatment group were markedly higher than those in the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture based on syndrome differentiation can obviously improve the symptoms of FD patients, gastrointestinal function, and the quality of life, which is possibly realized by regulating serum GAS, and thus this treatment protocol is proper to be the optimal protocol in clinic for FD.

Objective To observe the effect of scalp-body acupuncture plus psychological intervention in treating post-stroke depression.Method Seventy-eight patients with post-stroke depression were divided into a treatment group (40 cases) and a control group (38 cases). In addition to ordinary neurological treatments, the treatment group also received scalp-body acupuncture plus psychological intervention while the control group also received Fluoxetine hydrochloride (Prozac). The interventions were given once a day, 4 weeks as a treatment course, for 2 courses in total. Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD) and neurological impairment severity scale (NISS) were observed before intervention, after 1 treatment course and at the end of the intervention.Result After intervention, the HAMD and NISS scores dropped significantly in both groups, and the treatment group was markedly better than the control group (P＜0.05). The total effective rates of anti-depression and recovery of neurological function in the treatment group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusion Scalp-body acupuncture plus psychological intervention can produce a content efficacy in improving depression and recovering neurological function.

God Moxibustion Statecraft (Shenjiujinglun) was written by Wu Yi-ding in the Qing Dynasty. This book comprehensively summarizes moxibustion experience before and during the Qing Dynasty, has a perfect system and informative contents and is a practical moxibustion monograph involving both principles and methods. It enjoys a certain status in the history of acupuncture development.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of fire needling in treating endometriosis.Method Fifty-eight endometriosis patients were randomly allocated to treatment and control groups. The treatment group received fire needling at specific points. The treatment was given at one week before menstruation until the end of it, twice a week, three months as a course. The control group took gestrinone 2.5 mg from the first day of menstruation, twice a week, for three consecutive months. The therapeutic effects were evaluated in both groups at three months after the end of treatment.Result The cure rate and the efficacy rate were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group (P＜0.05). The pregnancy rate was also higher in the treatment group than in the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusion Fire needling treatment for endometriosis has the advantages of good therapeutic effect, high cure rate and no influence on pregnancy.

Objective To observe the efficacy of electroacupuncture in improving discomforts during and after oocyte retrieval, for providing scientific and significant clinical evidence for the application of electroacupuncture to oocyte retrieval.Method A hundred and thirty-four outpatients receiving IVF-ET fertility treatment were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 67 in each group. The two groups both received muscular injection with Sauteralgyl 50 mg. Additionally, the treatment group was also given acupuncture at Baihui (GV20), Uterus (MA-TF, right ear), Tengtong (Extra, right), Sanyangluo (TE8, right), and Zusanli (ST36). When needling qi arrived, Tengtong (Extra) and Sanyangluo (TE8) were connected to SDZ-2 electroacupuncture apparatus. The needles were removed at the end of oocyte retrieval. For patients in the control group, oocyte retrieval was conducted 30 min after injection with Sauteralgyl. The operation duration was recorded; blood pressures before injection and at the end of surgery were measured; discomforts including dizziness, nausea, vomiting, perspiration, dry mouth, palpitation, and abdominal distension during operation were observed; discomforts (dizziness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and lassitude) 0.5 h, 1.5 h, and 2 h after operation were observed.Result The difference in comparing oocyte retrieval duration was statistically significant between the two groups (P＜0.05); there were significant differences in comparing the occurrence rates of dizziness, perspiration, nausea, and palpitation during operation between the two groups (P＜0.05); there were significant differences in comparing dizziness, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, and lassitude between the two groups 0.5 h, 1 h, 1.5 h, and 2 h after operation (P＜0.05). The inter-group differences in dizziness, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, and lassitude were statistically significant after operation (P＜0.05).Conclusion Electroacupuncture is effective in relieving discomforts during and after oocyte retrieval under transvaginal ultrasound.

Objective To observe the effect of salt-partitioned moxibustion at Zhongwan (CV12) in treating belching due to chemotherapy.Method Subjects with chemotherapy-induced belching were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 30 in each group. The control group was intervened by intramuscular injection with Ritalin 20 mg, while the observation group was by salt-partitioned moxibustion at Zhongwan for 30 min in addition to the intramuscular injection.Result The total effective rate was 93.3% in the observation group versus 76.7% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05); the action latency in the observation group was (1.7±1.8)min in the observation group versus (15.6±4.2)min, and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.01).Conclusion Salt-partitioned moxibustion at Zhongwan is significantly effective in treating chemotherapy-induced belching, and it’s easy-to-operate, efficient, and safe.

Objective To observe the therapeutic efficacy of Lu’s thread embedding plus medication in treating gastroptosis. Method Totally 180 patients were divided into a combined group (Lu’s thread embedding plus medication), thread embedding group and a medication group, to receive the corresponding intervention. The therapeutic efficacies and the efficacy of the combined group for gastropotosis of various degrees were observed and analyzed.Result The therapeutic efficacy of the combined group was significantly higher than that of the thread embedding group and medication group (P＜0.05). Lu’s thread embedding was more effective for mild gastroptosis than for moderate and severe gastroptosis (P＜0.05).Conclusion Lu’s thread embedding plus medication can produce a more significant therapeutic efficacy in treating gastroptosis than Lu’s thread embedding and medication used separately, and this protocol is more effective in treating mild gastroptosis.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of pricking and bleeding the Jing-well points with three-edge needle in treating acute Bell’s palsy.Method Sixty patients with Bell’s palsy were randomized into an observation group and a control group, 30 in each group. In addition to the regular Chinese and Western medicine treatment for Bell’s palsy, the observation group also received pricking and bleeding treatment with three-edge needle at the Jing-well points. The House-Brackman (H-B) Scale and R wave in blink reflex (BR) were observed.Result The total effective rate was 93.0% in the observation group, significantly higher than 90.0% in the control group (P＜0.05). The H-B score significantly increased in both groups after intervention (P＜0.05). The observation group was significantly higher than the control group in comparing H-B score at the end of first and second treatment course (P＜0.05). The R1 and R2 waves in BR increased markedly after intervention in both groups (P＜0.05); the observation group was significantly higher than the control group in comparing R1 wave (P＜0.05), and R2 wave only at the end of the first course (P＜0.05) but not at the end of the second course (P>0.05).Conclusion Combining pricking and bleeding the Jing-well points with three-edge needle in the treatment of Bell’s palsy can enhance the therapeutic efficacy and promote the recovery of the facial nerve function.

Objective To observe the effect of auricular point sticking on the sleep quality of patients undergone liver transplantation.Method The sleep quality was assessed by using sleep quality scale. The patients undergone liver transplantation were randomized into two groups, both receiving auricular point sticking, while the insomnia zone was selected in the observation group and non-insomnia zone was selected in the control group, 4 weeks as a treatment course.Result In 4 weeks after the transplantation, there were significant inter-group differences in comparing the scores of unfreshing sleep, difficulty falling asleep, nightmairs, medications, post-insomnia reactivity, and the total score of the self-rating scale of sleep (SRSS) (P＜0.05); in 2 months after the transplantation, there were significant differences in comparing the scores of sleep latency, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbance, sleep medications, daytime dysfunction, and the global score of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) between the two groups (P＜0.05), indicating that the sleep quality in the observation group was markedly improved. Three months after transplantation, there were no significant differences in comparing the sleep indexes between the two groups (P>0.05).Conclusion Auricular point sticking at the insomnia zone can markedly improve the short-term sleep disorder in patients after liver transplantation, and can reduce the dose of sleep medications.