Acupuncture is widely used as an alternative therapy with few side effects because of its simple manipulation and low cost. However, accidents may occur if the practitioner uses it improperly. Early in the Qin dynasty, the Canon of Medicine mentioned that improper use of acupuncture could cause injury to the body and even death, and it systematically described the occurrence and prevention of acupuncture accidents. Physicians in the successive dynasties frequently reported it, and realized that the manipulation skills were significantly important in preventing the occurrence of acupuncture accidents. Since the 1950s, acupuncture accidents had been effectively prevented because of the improving of acupuncture instruments, enhancing of the quality of the practitioners, popularizing of sterilization and disseminating of anatomic knowledge. Nevertheless, with the renovating of acupuncture techniques, new accidents may occur constantly. The prevention of acupuncture accidents still should be an arduous task for acupuncturists. Nowadays, acupuncture therapy is being used in more than 140 countries, and acupuncture accidents due to improper application are increasing. Prevention of acupuncture accidents has become a global issue deserving of great attention.

Moxibustion is an important invention of the Chinese nation, which originated as early as in the clan commune period of the primitive society. The literature records on moxibustion can be traced back to the Warring States Period (475 B.C. to 221 B.C.). Doctors through the ages made considerable progress and published a great number of books on moxibustion. Moxibustion has been applied in treating a great range of diseases. Since the 1950s, the treatment scope of moxibustion has been expanded, and the therapeutic methods of moxibustion are becoming increasingly rich and varied, and great progress in research on the mechanism of moxibustion has been made. Moxibustion was once popular in Europe after its dissemination to the West in the seventeenth century, and the practitioners invented some new methods of moxibustion. Japan is the country in the West where fruitful efforts have been made in research on moxibustion. In modern times, moxibustion has been used for health protection, and the scientists are paying great attention to the experimental research on moxibustion.

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Objective To study the different periods of childhood bronchial asthma induced sputum of the percentage change of inflammatory cells,and to explore part of the pathogenesis of asthma in children.Methods 69 children with asthma(the age ≥5 years old) were selected.By clinical symptoms,they were divided into acute exacerbation and clinical remission of 3 months and 6 months.At the same time,in the same groups of hospital pediatric clinic,22 healthy children were chosen as control group.The percentage of neutrophils and eosinophils in induced sputum was detected.Through the comparison,we can explore the correlation between the two kinds of inflammatory cells in different periods of asthma.Results Comparing the percentage of neutrophils among the four groups,acute exacerbation group was compared with clinical remission three months group,clinical remission six months group and the normal control group,acute exacerbation group was higher than the clinical remission group of three months,clinical remission of six months and normal control group [(57.905 ± 11.615)％ vs (40.137 ± 11.668)％,(33.825 ± 12.457) ％,(23.836 ± 13.585) ％,P =0.039,0.000,0.000].The clinical remission of three months and clinical remission six months group were higher than the normal control group(P =0.000,0.032).The clinical remission of three months group and 6 months group had no significant difference (P =0.538).The percentage of eosinophils in acute exacerbation group was higher than the clinical remission of three months group,clinical remission of six months and normal control group [(4.090 ± 1.452) ％ vs (2.685 ± 1.190) ％,(2.151 ± 1.417) ％,(1.848 t 0.887) ％,P =0.002,0.000,0.000].The clinical remission of three months group and the normal control group had no significant difference (P =0.937).Conclusion Asthma in children induced sputum neutrophil percentage and eosinophil percentage are significantly higher in acute exacerbation.The study shows that neutrophils and eosinophils are involved in the part of the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma in children.

Objective: To investigate the effects of immunotherapy on PRA, TGF-β and CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ nTreg cells in women with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion. Methods:We detect the level of PRA,TGF-βin serum and the expression of nTreg cells in peripheral blood of pregnant, non pregnant and natural fertility women by enzyme immunoassay and flow cytometry. Results:After immunotherapy,the median level of PRA and TGF-βin non pregnant group was lower than that in pregnant group(27. 5%,107. 7 pg/L vs 68. 75%,189. 9 pg/L,P<0. 01). Compared to pregnant group,the median expression rate of nTreg cells were lower in non pregnant group(5. 05% vs 8. 05%,P<0. 01). Conclusion:The PRA,TGF-βand nTreg cells are critical factors for pregnancy in RSA patients. It is helpful to identify and judge the effect of immunotherapy by detect the level of panel reactive antibodies,TGF-β in serum and the expression rate of nTreg cells in peripheral blood.

On the basis of ARMT core processor, a biological signal acquisition system with USB2.0 interface is presented in this paper. It is self-developed and Lab VIEW7 is taken as a host communicating software platform for the entire data communication system. The study is mainly focused on the firmware programming for USB chip, the development of USB WDM Driver, and the method for the calling of DLL from Lab VIEW7 to communicate with self-made hardware device.

[Objective] To study the relation between essential hypertension(EH) and TCM syndrome types and Plasma homocysteine(Hcy)and lipid.[Method]343 cases of essential hypertension were divided into following syndromes:Liver-fire hyperactivity,hyperactivity of Yang due to Yin deficiency,deficiency of Yin and Yang,Qi-deficiency and stagnation of phlegm.Plasma homocysteine and lipid in the patients of EH and the normal persons were detected with Fluorescenoe Polarization Immunoassay(FPIA).[Result]Hcy level in the patients of EH was significantly higher than that of healthy controls(P

Transcription factors T-bet/GATA3 are one of the most fascinating areas of immunology today.Rencently,information has been accumulated to clarity T-bet/GATA3 roles in etiology and progression of certain diseases.This review focuses on the relationship between T-bet/GATA3 and diseases.

Degenerative changes in autonomic nervous system happen in elderly. The cardiac function reduces, the ability of regulating the target organ decreases, and the stability of hemodynamics is not easy to maintain in old people. How to maintain the hemodynamic stability of elderly patients during anesthesia has become the focus of clinical research. Dexmedetomidine, as a new type of 2- alpha adrenergic agonist, has the function of anti-anxiety, sedation, analgesia and anti-sympathy, and which is wildly used in clinic. This article describes the research progress of dexmedetomidine used in elderly patients during anesthesia.