1.Effect of Local External Application of Wuwei Shuangbai Powder on Cancer Pain and Hemorheology Indexes of Primary Liver Cancer Patients
Danqing LI ; Lingling SUN ; Jieheng LIN
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;34(2):177-180
Objective To study the effect of external application of Wuwei Shuangbai Powder on relieving primary liver cancer pain and to observe its effect on hemorheology indexes.Methods A double-blind,randomized and controlled trial was carried out in 60 primary hepatocellular carcinoma patients with cancer pain.The patients were divided into control group and treatment group,30 cases in each group.The treatment group was given external application of Wuwei Shuangbai Powder and oral use of placebo capsules,and the control group was given external application of placebo powder and oral use of celecoxib capsules.The treatment for the two groups lasted for 7 days.Before and after treatment,pain was scored by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS),and the peripheral blood hemorheology indexes of both groups were observed.Results (1) After treatment,the NRS pain scores of both groups were decreased compared with those before treatment (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01),and the scores of the treatment group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P < 0.05),indicating that the treatment group had better effect on relieving cancer pain.(2) After treatment,the indexes of hemorheology of treatment group were significantly higher than those of the control group,and the differences of the indexes except the hematocrit were significant between the two groups(P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).Conclusion Wuwei Shuangbai Powder is effective for the treatment of primary liver cancer pain.The mechanism may be related to the improvement of hemorheology of liver cancer patients.
2.Yishi Therapy for the Treatment of Primary Tinnitus:A Long-Term Efficacy Follow-up of 496 Cases
Yanfang CHEN ; Peng LIU ; Wenzhi LIN ; Jinguang LIU ; Jieheng LIU ; Haixin ZHANG ; Weiping HE
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(24):2558-2564
ObjectiveTo demonstrate the long-term effect of Yishi Therapy for primary tinnitus and analyze the factors affecting the effectiveness. MethodsWe conducted long-term follow-ups of primary tinnitus cases treated with Yishi Therapy during 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2023 by face-to-face, online and telephone between 1 July 2023 and 31 January 2024, to understand the final regression of primary tinnitus and lifestyle changes. We retrospectively analysed the basic data of patients before treatment, and statistically analysed the recovery rate and overall effective rate of tinnitus treated by the Yishi Therapy, and the factors affecting the effectiveness such as lifestyle, age, duration of disease, gender, tinnitus location, severity of tinnitus, accompanying symptoms and complications on the overall effective rate. ResultsA total of 496 cases of primary tinnitus completed follow-ups successfully, and the total Tinnitus Evaluation Questionnaire (TEQ) at follow-up was significantly lower than that before treatment (P<0.001). Among the 496 cases, 101 (20.36%) cases cured, 189 (38.10%) cases showed significant improvement, 116 (23.39%) cases were effective, 90 (18.15%) cases were ineffective, and the overall effect rate was 81.85% (406/496). At follow-up, the score of lifestyle was higher than that before treatment (P<0.001). Grouped by the score of lifestyle at follow-up, the effective rates of better lifestyle group and poor lifestyle group were 97.53% (237/243) and 66.80% (169/253), respectively, with statistical significance (P<0.001). Grouped by the mean value of the difference in lifestyle scores before and after treatment, the effective rates of the group with greater lifestyle adjustment and the group with smaller adjustment were 97.55% (239/245) and 66.53% (167/251), respectively, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.001). Binary logistic regression showed that the better lifestyle, the greater lifestyle adjustment and the severity of tinnitus were positively correlated with the total effective rate of tinnitus (P<0.001), while older and hearing loss were negatively correlated with the total effective rate of tinnitus (P<0.05). ConclusionYishi Therapy on primary tinnitus shows good long-term effect, lifestyle, severity of tinnitus, hearing loss or not, age are the relevant factors affecting the efficacy of tinnitus, lifestyle is the main factor affecting clinical efficacy.