Dacryocystitis ; surgery ; Endoscopy ; Humans ; Nose ; surgery ; Nose Diseases ; surgery ; Optic Nerve Diseases ; surgery

Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Sinusitis ; diagnosis ; therapy

Endoscopy ; methods ; Humans ; Nasal Septum ; surgery

Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Rhinitis

Endoscopy ; methods ; Frontal Sinus ; surgery ; Humans

Endoscopy ; Humans ; Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures ; Paranasal Sinuses ; anatomy & histology

Anti-Bacterial Agents ; therapeutic use ; Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Rhinitis ; drug therapy ; Sinusitis ; drug therapy

OBJECTIVETo provide inspiration and ideas for clinical treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD) by data mining technology based frequency analysis and cluster analysis of medical records, prescriptions and herbs in treating CHD by distinguished veteran doctors of traditional Chinese Dedicine (TCM).

METHODSTotally 386 medical cases were retrieved from Wanfang Data, Chinese Scientific Journals Database (VIP medical information resources system, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Typical Collections of Medical Cases by Contemporary Distinguished Veteran Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine. They input into database trimmed after unified standard. Medication laws of CHD by distinguished veteran doctors of TCM were analyzed using frequency analysis and cluster analysis, and so on.

RESULTSDistinguished veteran doctors of TCM frequently used top ten herbs in treatment of C D as Salvia miltiorrhiz , Ligusticum wallichii, Trichosanthes kirilowi, Pinellia ternat, Angelica sinensis, Poria coco stragalu , Panax ginseng, Allium macrostemon, and Radix Ophiopogonis. Cluster analysis summarized that there were 16 herb pairs commonly used, 7drug assemblies consisting of 3 herbs and 5 drug assemblies consisting of multiple herbs.

CONCLUSIONSDistinguished veteran doctors of TCM mainly used herbs assemblies capable for invigorating Pi to resolve phlegm, and promoting qi and activating blood circulation in treating CHD. Meanwhile, they concurrently used herbs combination of nourishing Xin and tranquilization, and regulating yin and yang.

China ; Cluster Analysis ; Coronary Artery Disease ; therapy ; Data Mining ; Databases, Factual ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Objective To explore the correlation of city school-aged children′s intelligence quotients(IQ) with family factors.Methods Picking up 180 healthy children which aged 10-14 and their parents.Children′s IQ were tested with Wechsler intelligence Scale for Children- Revised(WISC-R).Their parents were investigated by using the questionnaire designed by ourselves about some factors of family which includes Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ), Home Education Index Measuring Scale (HEIMS),and so on. We analyzed the associations between children′s IQ and family factors with the applicable data about 114 only child. Results Multiple stepwise regression analyses show that some factors have significant effects on IQ of children(P

OBJECTIVETo study the origin and ethnopharmacological uses of mineral medicine Halitum.

METHODThe historical literature and results of the modern researches were searched and on-the-spot investigation was also carried out.

RESULTThe result showed that characteristics and function and uses of Halitum mentioned in historical literature and results of the modern researches were mostly coincident. However there were also some problems, which needed to explore further.

CONCLUSIONWith the development of mineral materials research and utilization, Halitum sources should be defined more clearly and scientifically.

China ; ethnology ; Drug Therapy ; history ; Ethnic Groups ; Ethnopharmacology ; history ; History, Ancient ; Humans ; Minerals ; analysis ; history ; pharmacology