1.A design of a prototype of traditional Chinese medicine nasal atomizer device
Liang TIAN ; Jinpeng WU ; Xiaoxi DONG ; Zhiyong GONG
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2014;37(3):163-166
Objective Nasal administration,as a common means of treatment of respiratory diseases,may normally cause bronchospasm,cough and other adverse reactions,the efficiency of nasal nebulizers has been criticized as well.This paper aims to develop a medicine atomizing device,pharmaceutically atomized in solving the existing problems,providing a modern instrument for treatment of respiratory diseases by traditional Chinese medicine.Methods The device could prepare medicine by decoction and filtration,which means this unit is divided into two functional modules,medicine preparation and herbal atomization.1 200 W heating plate is placed in decoction unit and is programmed to fit traditional decoction protocol.Steam and ultrasonic nebulised medicine are combined in atomizing unit.Another non-contact infrared heating unit also located in to control the temperature precisely.Different forms of traditional Chinese medicine and different filtration methods were selected to optimize the atomizing effect.Results An implementation of two sequence of filtration enabled optimization of atomizing.After 15 volunteers'trial,this device functioned well on Bama nasal medical protocol,and could effectively avoid the adverse reactions of the traditional way of cold fog atomizing.Conclusions The nasal nebulizer equipment on which Chinese herbal medicine treatments could directly performed,produced atomized mist particle size suitable for nasal treatment,and by generating warm steam to avoid the common clinical administration caused choking to hypoxia and other adverse reactions.Meanwhile,instrument has a friendly interactive feature to meet the clinical requirements for medicine nebulizer treatment.
2.Research progress on the mechanism and application of laser acupuncture and moxibustion
Hengyong LV ; Zhen LI ; Zhiyong GONG ; Jinpeng WU
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2015;38(6):-
This review introduces the mechanism and advantages of laser acupuncture and moxibustion, the biological effect of low-level laser, the characteristics of acupuncture point area and the experimental laws of biological effect.On this basis, the existing problems in clinical application of laser acupuncture and laser acupuncture apparatus are pointed out.The combination therapy method with various wavelength are also discussed, and future development directions in the study are prospected.
3.Auxiliary fixation of proximal humerus fractures with medial support
Qi SUN ; Jinpeng GONG ; Xiaoyang NIE ; Jiezhou WU ; Renlong LI ; Ming CAI
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2016;18(7):641-644
There is a considerable increase in incidence of proximal humerus fractures.Locking plates are widely applied in the treatment of proximal humerus fractures due to their superior advantages.However,they may still lead to a high incidence of complications,especially in complex proximal humerus fractures.Reconstruction of medial support for a proximal humerus fracture can reduce complications effectively.At present,there is no consensus on the optimal method for medial support.The methods commonly used for medial support as an auxiliary fixation of proximal humerus fracture include screw support,bone transplantation,bone substitute and dual plates,all of which are discussed in this review.
4.GC-MS Metabolites and Gene Expression Characteristics in Fibrous Roots of Dioscorea zingiberensis in Response to Low Phosphorus Stress
Caixia XIE ; Jinpeng CUI ; Yajing LI ; Juan ZHANG ; Qingpu LIU ; Haiyan GONG ; Jingwei LEI ; Fengqing WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2022;28(13):189-197
ObjectiveTo investigate the metabolites and gene expression characteristics in fibrous roots of Dioscorea zingiberensis in response to low phosphorus stress. MethodThe severe stress group, the moderate stress group, and the normal group were set up to stimulate the low phosphorus stress experiment. The fibrous roots of D. zingiberensis were collected during initial stress. The metabolites and transcriptomic characteristics were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) derivatization and RNA-seq techniques. Through multivariate statistical analysis of metabolites treated by different methods,functional analysis of differentially expressed genes, and data mining, the metabolism markers produced in fibrous roots of D. zingiberensis under low phosphorus stress were screened out, and the metabolic pathway characteristics of different genes were analyzed. ResultA total of 116 GC-MS metabolites were detected from the fibrous roots of D. zingiberensis. The metabolic characteristics of fibrous roots of D. zingiberensis under different low phosphorus treatments were obviously different. Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis(OPLS-DA) model was used to screen six differential metabolites represented by sugars and alcohols from metabolites of fibrous roots treated with different methods,and these components were presumedly metabolism markers of fibrous roots of D. zingiberensis in response to low phosphorus stress. The differential genes screened out from the severe stress group and the normal group were mainly enriched in peroxidase pathway,phosphate and hypophosphate metabolism pathway,while the differential genes screened out from the severe stress group and the moderate stress group were mainly enriched in glutathione metabolism pathway and phosphopentose pathway. A total of 177 differential genes in response to low phosphorus stress were screened out from fibrous roots, involving many pathways such as terpenoid skeleton and inositol biosynthesis,which was consistent with the fact that the metabolic differential components in fibrous roots in response to low phosphorus stress were mainly saccharides and inositol. ConclusionThe metabolites and gene expression in fibrous roots of D. zingiberensis responded to low phosphorus stress,and the differential metabolites were closely related to differentially expressed genes. This study is expected to provide a theoretical basis for the research on the molecular mechanism of D. zingiberensis in response to low phosphorus stress.