Objective To study the clinical efficacy and the difference of intervention in appendix inflammatory mass by heavenly cool-inducing technique adopted distant and neighboring point selection. Methods Eighty patients of the appendix inflammatory mass with toxic heat syndrome were randomly divided into control group, distant point selection group, neighboring point selection group, and combined group, 20 cases in each group. The control group adopted the conventional western medicine treatment. On the basis of control group, the rest 3 acupuncture groups adopted the heavenly cool-inducing technique for 14 d. The distant point selection group chose Hegu point and Lanwei point;the neighboring point selection group chose Ashi point and Tianshu point (right);the combined group put them together. The longest diameter and three-dimensional volume of inflammatory mass were determined before and after treatment. The serum levels of white blood cells, C-reactive protein were determined at the same time, and then the clinical effective was estimated. Results The longest diameter, three-dimensional volume of inflammatory mass, the serum levels of white blood cells, and C-reactive protein of patients in 4 groups were reduced after treatment. The above indicators in patients of 3 acupuncture groups were lower than the ones in control group, the indicators in combined group were the lowest (P<0.05, P<0.01), and there was no difference between distant and neighboring point selection groups (P>0.05). The invalid number of cases in 3 acupuncture groups were fewer than the one in control group, and the indicators in combined group were fewest (P<0.05, P<0.01), with no difference between distant and neighboring point selection groups (P>0.05). Conclusion There is obvious therapeutic efficacy of heavenly cool-inducing technique to appendix inflammatory mass, while the combination of distant and neighboring point selection is better than the single methods.

OBJECTIVE To evaluat e the cost-effectiveness of Keluoxin capsule combi ned with chemical medicine in the treatment of diabetic kidney disease （DKD）from the perspective of the whole society. METHODS Six-state Markov model with 1 year cycle and 40 years time horizon was constructed by means of secondary literature review ，medical record analysis of sample hospital and clinical expert consultation. The cost-effectiveness of Keluoxin capsule combined with chemical medicine versus chemical medicine alone for DKD was evaluated by taking the quality-adjusted life year （QALY）as the output index ，setting the discount rate as 5％，and taking one time domestic gross domestic product （GDP）per capita in 2020 of China as the judgement threshold of incremental cost-effectiveness ratio （ICER）. RESULTS Within 40 years，Keluoxin capsule combined with chemical medicine group spent 8 644.09 yuan per capita more than chemical medicine alone group ，and gained more 0.143 QALYs；ICER was 60 460.25 yuan/QALY，which was less than one times GDP per capita of China in 2020（72 447 yuan）. The results of sensitivity analysis showed that the annual days of using Keluoxin capsule ，the health utility value of DKD at early stage had a great influence on the results of cost-effectiveness analysis. The results of probabilistic sensitivity analysis suggested that the basic analysis results of this study were robust. CONCLUSIONS At the current price level ，Keluoxin capsule combined with chemical medicine is more cost-effective to treat DKD than chemical medicine alone. The dosage of Keluoxin capsule and health utility value should be paid attention in specific decision- bjmu.edu.cn making scenarios.