A theoretical study on eight extra channels includes: the Du channel, the Ren channel, the Chong channel, the Dai channel, the Yinwei channel, the Yangwei channel, the Yinqiao channel and Yangqiao channel. They doesn’t look like 12 main channels depend on viscera and there is no relation of internal-external. They tied closely with the extra-fu organs (the brain and uterus). A clinical application often use single point therapy, the application of stimulation at one point of the superficial of the body, the correlative leg-hand therapy to feel the point, the internal-external combining therapy, lower point for upper disease, upper point for lower disease, feeling right-left point, yin-yang co-point. Their application can be used in treatment for several conditions such as lose consciousness due to high fever, stroke, angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, non-palpable pulse, hypertension and nervous depression
Pharmaceutical Preparations ; Therapeutics

A study was conducted on 45 patients who had aphasia after cerebrovascular accident at Department of Acupuncture in Chinese medicine Institute of Chiangsu, China. Patients were divided randomly into 3 groups: Group 1 was treated by alone scalp acupuncture, group 2 was treated by alone tongue acupuncture, and group 3 was treated by both two methods. Results: Combination of tongue acupuncture and scalp acupuncture is an effective treatment for aphasia after cerebrovascular accident. It has good treatment effectiveness with all kinds of aphasia. The patients in group 3 had better results than the group 1 and group 2
Stroke ; Therapeutics ; Aphasia ; Acupuncture Therapy

30 patients of simple obesity were treated by acupuncture combined with auricular acupoint taping and pressing therapy. After treatment, body weight, total cholesterol, triglyceride and low density lipoproteine cholesterol were decrease significantly
obesity ; Acupuncture, Ear ; Therapeutics ; diagnosis ; Acupuncture

Retrograde menstruation: Due to heat stagnation in the liver channel. Principle of treatment: clearing away the liver-fire, ensuring proper downward flow of the blood. Acupoints: Taichung, Chihkou, Hoku, Yinghsiang, Keshu. Reducing needle manipulation was applied. Due to deficiency of yin fluid of both the lung and kidney. Principle of treatment: Tonifying the kidney and moistening the lung, nourishing yin and stopping bleeding, ensuring proper downward flow of the blood. Acupoints: Taiyuan, Yuchi, Hoku, Yinghsiang, Taihsi. Uniform reinforcing, reducing needle manipulation was applied. 2. Hemafecia (hematuria) during mentruation. Including hemafecia before menstruation. Principle of treatment: clearing away heat and moistening, removing heat from the blood to stop bleeding. Acupoints: Chüchih, Erhchien, Neiting, Shangchuhsu, Chengshan, Liehchüch, Kungtsui. Reducing needle manipulation was applied. And Hematuria before menstruation. Principle of treatment: Diuresis, clearing away heat, removing heat from the blood to stop bleeding. Acupoints: Sanyinjiao, Hsiahchüshü, Xuehai, Yinlingchuan. Reducing needle manipulation was applied
Acupuncture ; Women ; Menstruation ; Therapeutics

Background: Continuation of previous study of screening traditional medicinal plants with anti-diabetic effect, the hypoglycemic effect of glue extracted from Fructus Lycii which was named HPD was study. Objective: to investigate the hypoglycemic effect of HPD on diabetic mice caused by different doses of streptozocine. Subjects and methods: causing diabetes by streptozocine at difference doses was used to collect glucose intolerance mice, mild diabetic mice and severe diabetic mice. The effect of HPD p.o. at several doses was evaluated after 3 days of use. Results: By oral allocation with the dose of 500 and 1.000mg/kg body-weight for 3 days, HPD inhibited increasing blood glucose in streptozocine-induced glucose intolerance mice (intraperitoneal STZ 100 mg/kg). HPD 1000 mg/kg body weight had the potent hypoglycemic effect on streptozocine-induced diabetic mice, reverse the blood glucose self control ability of mild streptozicine-induced diabetic mice (STZ 120 mg/kg), meanwhile can not stop a hyperglycemic effect of high dose of STZ (STZ 180 mg/kg). Conclusion: HPD has the potent anti-hyperglycemic effect on streptozocine -induced diabetic rats. Anti-hyperglycemic of HPD is indirect under present of insulin\r\n', u'\r\n', u'\r\n', u'
Cornus ; Mice ; Inbred NOD ; Streptozocine ;

BACKGROUND/AIMS: To compare the performance of a modified Glasgow Blatchford score (mGBS) to the Glasgow Blatchford score (GBS) and the pre-endoscopic Rockall score (RS) in predicting clinical interventions in Vietnamese patients with acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AN-VUGIB). METHODS: A prospective multicenter cohort study was conducted in five tertiary hospitals from May 2013 to February 2014. The mGBS, GBS, and pre-endoscopic RS scores were prospectively calculated for all patients. The accuracy of mGBS was compared with that of GBS and pre-endoscopic RS using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Clinical interventions were defined as blood transfusions, endoscopic or radiological intervention, or surgery. RESULTS: There were 395 patients including 128 (32.4%) needing endoscopic treatment, 117 (29.6%) requiring blood transfusion and two (0.5%) needing surgery. In predicting the need for clinical intervention, the mGBS (AUC, 0.707) performed as well as the GBS (AUC, 0.708; p=0.87) and outperformed the pre-endoscopic RS (AUC, 0.594; p<0.001). However, none of these scores effectively excluded the need for endoscopic intervention at a threshold of 0. CONCLUSIONS: mGBS performed as well as GBS and better than pre-endoscopic RS for predicting clinical interventions in Vietnamese patients with ANVUGIB.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Blood Transfusion ; Cohort Studies* ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ; Hemorrhage* ; Humans ; Prognosis ; Prospective Studies* ; ROC Curve ; Tertiary Care Centers

Objectives: The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has increased, particularly among individuals who have recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Health literacy is considered a “social vaccine” that helps people respond effectively to the pandemic. We aimed to investigate the association between long COVID-19 and PTSD, and to examine the modifying role of health literacy in this association. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at 18 hospitals and health centers in Vietnamfrom December 2021 to October 2022. We recruited 4,463 individuals who had recovered from COVID-19 infection for at least 4 weeks. Participants provided information about their sociodemographics, clinical parameters, health-related behaviors, health literacy (usingthe 12-item short-form health literacy scale), long COVID-19 symptoms and PTSD (Impact Event Scale-Revised score of 33 or higher). Logistic regression models were used to examine associations and interactions. Results: Out of the study sample, 55.9% had long COVID-19 symptoms, and 49.6% had PTSD.Individuals with long COVID-19 symptoms had a higher likelihood of PTSD (odds ratio [OR], 1.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.63–2.12; p < 0.001). Higher health literacy was associated with a lower likelihood of PTSD (OR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.97–0.99; p = 0.001). Compared to those without long COVID-19 symptoms and the lowest health literacy score, those with long COVID-19 symptoms and a 1-point health literacy increment had a 3% lower likelihood of PTSD (OR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.96–0.99; p = 0.001). Conclusion Health literacy was found to be a protective factor against PTSD and modified the negative impact of long COVID-19 symptoms on PTSD.