Based on vector auto-regression (VAR) model, this paper takes advantage of Granger causality test, variance decomposition and impulse response analysis techniques to carry out a comprehensive study of the factors influencing the price of Chinese herbal, including herbal cultivation costs, acreage, natural disasters, the residents' needs and inflation. The study found that there is Granger causality relationship between inflation and herbal prices, cultivation costs and herbal prices. And in the total variance analysis of Chinese herbal and medicine price index, the largest contribution to it is from its own fluctuations, followed by the cultivation costs and inflation.
Agriculture ; economics ; Commerce ; Costs and Cost Analysis ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; economics ; Humans ; Models, Statistical ; Plants, Medicinal ; growth & development ; Regression Analysis

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Female ; Heart Failure ; blood ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Myocardium ; metabolism ; Serum Response Factor ; metabolism

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the microbial contamination of trichosanthis fructus decoction pieces, and provide a reference for the test method and standard of the microbial limit. METHODS: Trichosanthis fructus decoction pieces were tested for the total aerobe microbial count, the total combined yeasts and molds count, the thermoduric bacteria count, the bile-tolerant gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella. RESULTS: The total contamination percentages of aerobes, combined yeasts and molds, thermoduric bacteria, bile-tolerant gram-negative bacteria of trichosanthis fructus are 100%, 59%, 91%, and 91%, respectively. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and salmonella of trichosanthis fructus were not detected. CONCLUSION: To assure the safety of trichosanthis fructus decoction pieces, it is recommended to control the total aerobe microbial count, the total combined yeasts and molds count, the thermoduric bacteria count, the bile-tolerant gram-negative bacteria, escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa and salmonella.

Animals ; Female ; Injections, Intraventricular ; Male ; Maze Learning ; drug effects ; Memory ; drug effects ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Toluene ; administration & dosage ; toxicity

Objective:To improve the teaching quality of in-service clinical pharmacist training. Methods:According to the traits of in-service pharmacists and teaching methods, combined with problem-based learning ( PBL), peer-led team learning(PLTL) and lecture-based learning ( LBL) , a standard teaching mode for in-service clinical pharmacists was explored and established. Results:The teaching mode could not only improve the study enthusiasm of students, but also let them master the study methods, and team co-operation consciousness was strengthened. Conclusion:An integrated teaching mode of LBL, PBL and PLTL has a good teaching effect on clinical pharmacist training.

Objective:To investigate the breakthrough point and working method of anti-infective clinical pharmacists for involving the clinical therapy. Methods:Through the specific cases, the effect of clinical pharmacists in ward round and consultation was intro-duced and analyzed. Results:Through communication and learning, clinical pharmacists could play an important role in such areas as indications, multi-resistant bacterium and adverse reactions, especially in adverse reactions and individualized dosage regimen. Con-clusion:To a certain extent, clinical pharmacists are helpful to rational application of antibiotics in clinics through ward round, case discussion and consultation.

OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of recombinant human endostatin (rh-endostatin) combined with Lobaplatin for injection and irinotecan injection in the treatment of advanced recurrent small cell lung cancer (SCLC). METHODS:A total of 88 patients with advanced recurrent SCLC in our hospital were divided into control group (41 cases) and observation group (47 cases) according to random number table. Control group was given Irinotecan injection+Lobaplatin for injection. Observation group was additionally given Recombinart human endostatin injection 15 mg added into 0.9%Sodium chloride injection 250 mL,ivgtt,qd,for consecutive 14 d,every 14 d. A treatment course lasted for 28 d,and both groups were treated for 2 courses. The clinical efficacy,the levels of serum carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA),the scores physical state (ECOG) and quality of life (QOL) before,after treatment were observed in the two groups,and the survival and adverse reactions of the two groups were compared. RESULTS:The total response rate of observation group was 59.6%,which was higher than 43.9% of control group,but there was no statistical significance (P>0.05). Before treatment, there was no significant difference in serum CEA levels,ECOG scores or QOL scores,between 2 groups(P>0.05);after treatment,the serum CEA levels of the two groups were significantly decreased,and the observation group was significantly lower than the control group,with statistically significant (P<0.05). In observation group,ECOG scores decreased while QOL scores increased significantly,and significantly better than the control group,with statistical significance(P<0.05). The overall survival(OS)of observation group was 16.8 months,which was significantly higher than 11.5 months of control group,with statistical significance (P<0.05). The incidence of leucopenia in observation group was significantly higher than control group;the incidence of leucopenia and abnormal liver function were significantly lower than control group,with statistical significance(P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Rh-endostatin injection combined with lobaplatin and irinotecan can improve serum CEA levels and the quality of living aswell as prolong the survival time.

OBJECTIVETo observe the curative effect of integrative medicine for treatment of systematic lupu erythematosus (SLE).

METHODSTotally 110 cases of SLE were randomized into two groups, 50 in the control group and 60 in the treated group, both were treated with prednisone, but to the treated group, integrative medica treatment was given additionally according to syndrome differentiation. The course for both groups was 6 months. Clinical symptoms, immunological indexes, peripheral blood figure, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and creatinine (Cr) in blood, and 24 h urinary total protein (u-TP/24 h) were observed before and after treatment.

RESULTSOf the 60 patients in the treated group, the treatment on 29 was evaluated as clinical remission, 18 as remarkably effective, 9 as effective, and 4 as ineffective, the total effective rate being 93.33% (56/60), while that in the control group was clinical remission in 11, remarkably effective in 10, effective in 19, ineffective in 10 respectively, and the total effective rate 80% (40/50), the difference on total ef fective rate between the two groups was significant (chi2 = 4.36, P <0.05). Besides, the improvement in the treated group was superior to that in the control group in terms of clinical symptoms such as fever, arthralgia and baldness (P <0.05, P <0.01); the negative reversion rate of anti-nuclear antibody (ANA, 51.3% vs 28.1%), antidouble-stranded DNA (ds-DNA, 53.6% vs 26.1%), anti- ribonucleoprotein (RNP, 63.2% vs 29.4%) and circulating immnue complexes (CIC, 63.2% vs 29.4%, all P <0.05); lowering of immunoglobulin (for IgG, P < 0.05; IgA, P <0.01; IgM, P <0.01); as well as bettering in peripheral blood figure, ESR, CRP, Cr and u-TP/24 h (P <0.05 or P <0.01).

CONCLUSIONIntegrative medical treatment is obviously effective for SLE patients.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Autoantibodies ; blood ; Blood Sedimentation ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Integrative Medicine ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ; blood ; drug therapy ; immunology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prednisone ; therapeutic use ; Young Adult

To establish a method based on a pseudotyped virus assay for screening drugs for anti-H5N1 avian influenza virus, and then to evaluate anti-virus activity of traditional Chinese herbal compounds with the function of purgation, detoxification, cooling the blood and reinforcing the healthy qi based on seropharmacology.

In order to provide a scientific basis for the establishment of a Daphnes Cortex medicinal material fungus library and the screening of endophytic fungi that promote the growth of Daphnes Cortex and increase the content of daphnetin, we used Illumina high-throughput testing technology to analyze 9 Daphnes Cortex samples from Gansu and Shanxi provinces. A total of 632 766 valid sequences were obtained, including 348 OTUs, 4 phyla, 20 classes, 48 orders, 108 families, 154 genera, and 208 species. The sum of the first 3 fungal genera account for more than 65% of the total abundance, with the highest reaching 98.4%. Alternaria and Phoma are the main genuses of Daphne giraldii Nitsche, and Altemaria is the dominant genus. The endophytic fungi community of Daphnes Cortex is rich in diversity, and the order of fungal diversity in different producing areas is: Gangu County > Wutai County > Tanchang County.