Adipose tissue,derived from the mesoderm, consists of adipocytes and stromal vascular fraction.Stromal vascular fraction is a cell population that has not been fully identified, which contains a variety of stem/progenitor cells.Recent studies have indicated that adipose tissue contains a certain amount of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells to maintain its hematopoietic regeneration potential,but the specific mechanism of regulation is not clear yet.This review is mainly about the research progress of adipose tissue and its relationship with bone marrow microenvironment, providing a new idea for understanding the hematopoietic regeneration potential of adipose tissue.

The statement on the depth of needle insertion is collected from Neiiing (nternal Classic) and Nanjing (Classic of Medical Problems) and the relationship of it is discussed with meridians, diseases, symptoms, location of sickness, qi and blood changes in human body, time, layers of needle insertion, reinforcing and reducing of acupuncture, etc. The factors are explored for the determination of the puncture depth, which provides the important guidance for the depth of insertion, needling sensation, reinforcing and reducing manipulations, acupuncture effect and the improvement of acupuncture efficacy. The complex and mystery of acupuncture technique focus on the control of insertion depth. In clinical practice, the increase of needle insertion depth may not induce the equal increase of efficacy. The depth of needle insertion is rather relevant with stimulation at the effective acupoint in the effective layer.
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Objective:To establish a method for the determination of nimesulide granules by HPLC. Methods:An Inertsil ODS-SP C18 column(250 mm × 4. 6 mm,5 μm) was used, and the mobile phase was 0. 01 mol·L-1 potassium hydrogen phosphate anhy-drous-acetonitrile(55∶45)[adjusting pH to (7. 2 ± 0. 05) with phosphoric acid]. The detection wavelength was set at 399nm and the flow rate was 1.0 ml·min-1. The injection volume was 20 μl. Results: The linear range of nimesulide was 0.044-0.222 μg(r=0. 999 9), the average recovery was 99. 22% and RSD was 0. 46%(n=6). Conclusion:The method is simple, accurate with promis-ing sensitivity and reproducibility, and can be used in the determination of nimesulide granules .

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture by selecting points from the Lung and Stomach Meridians based on the theory of accumulation in stomach and connection with lung in treating post-infectious cough.Method Ninety patients with post-infectious cough were randomized into treatment group 1, treatment group 2, and a control group. Treatment group 1 was intervened by acupuncture at points from the Lung and Stomach Meridians, treatment group 2 was by puncturing points from the Lung Meridian, and the control group was by oral administration of Compound Methoxyphenamine Capsule. Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) was adopted for observation before and after intervention, and the symptom and clinical efficacies were compared between the groups.Result The total effective rate was 90.0% in treatment group 1, versus 83.3% in treatment group 2, and 80.0% in the control group. The total effective rate of treatment group 1 was significantly different from that in treatment group 2 and the control group (P<0.05). Regarding cough during the daytime, the total effective rate was 93.3% in treatment group 1, versus 83.3% in treatment group 2 and 76.7% in the control group. The total effective rate in treatment group 1 for cough during the daytime was significantly different from that in treatment group 2 and the control group, and the total effective rate in treatment group 2 was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05). For cough at night, the total effective rate in treatment group 1 was 86.7%, versus 80.0% in treatment group 2 and 80.0% in the control group. The total effective rate in treatment group 1 for cough at night was significantly different from that in treatment group 2 and the control group (P<0.05). The LCQ score in treatment group 1 was markedly different from that in treatment group 2 and the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture based on lung-stomach theory is an effective approach in treating post-infectious cough, and this method has an advantage of general regulation.

This paper was aimed to establish the curative effect evaluation indexes scientifically , which is the key technical step for the study of traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM ) effect evaluation methods under the mode of disease-syndrome combination. However, there is still a lack of generally accepted methods. In this paper , several key technical steps in the research process for establishing the curative effect evaluation indexes were put forward , namely , the framework of scientific and reasonable formation on the evaluation indexes is the premise; target selection of evaluation indexes is the core link; the evaluation and verification of evaluation in-dexes are key points , which provide the methodology reference for similar research in this field .

According to the current situation and issues about the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical treatment guidelines,to put forward ideas on the guidelines development:founding up an efficient organization composed of multi-disciplinary staff; following the procedures of the guidelines formulation and ensuring process quality; paying attention to evidence collection,evaluation,integration and recommendation; improving grade of TCM clinical evidence,exploring research methods appropriated to the characteristics of TCM; assessing the guidelines in order to enhance applicability of the guidelines,and so on.According to the features and reality of TCM,to put emphasis on improvement of the grade of the TCM clinical evidence,exploration and establishment of evidence evaluation and classification methods appropriated to the characteristics of TCM; exploration of recommendation methods reflected the characteristics of TCM,other relevant issues also in discussed.

Based on the position and signifi cance of the syndrome in effect evaluation under the diagnose and treatment mode of the disease binding study and limitations of evaluation methods on some syndrome change,the article pointed out the comprehensive evaluation methods and possible ways by the combination of the evaluation on turnover regularity of syndrome and certain change of some syndrome,as well as preliminarily discussed several problems which should be paid attention to.

Objective To evaluate the reliability,validity and responsibility of the efficacy satisfaction scale for COPD patients at stable stage.Methods One hundred and fifty-five COPD patients at stable stage were selected from January to October of 2008.All subjects came from The First Affiliated Hospital of Hean College of TCM.The Cronbach' ? coefficient,Guttman split-half coefficient and re-test reliability were used as the indexes to reflect the reliability of the scale.The content validity and the construct validity were used to evaluate the validity of the sacle.The average score between pre-treatment and post-treatment was compared to evaluate the feasibility.Results The Cronbach'? coefficinent and Guttman split-half coefficinent of the efficacy satisfaction scale for COPD at stable stage respective was 0.906 and 0.758.The Cronbach'? coefficinent of the four domains respective were 0.905(working and life ability),0.645(clinical symptoms),0.788(efficacy) and 0.793(therapy convenience) for the efficacy satisfaction scale.The correlation coefficient between the four domains and it's items were within 0.70～0.87.The factor analysis of the scale extracted three common factors.The scores improvement with four domains was of great effect size change.The effective response rate was 91.2%.Conclusion The efficacy satisfaction scale for COPD patients at stable stage has better reliability,good content validity and common construct validity which could better distinguish therapeutic efficacy.

To study the regulation effect of Sheng-mai San (SMS)on intestinal dysbacteriosis,ceftriaxone sodium was used to induce intestinal dysbacteriosis in vitro,the bacteria were cultured in the selective medium and enu-merated by plat counting method,and the short chain fatty acid were also analyzed .The results showed that SMS (16.5,11.2,5.5 mg/mL)could significantly inhibit the proliferation of potentially harmful bacteria such as Enterococci,Enterobacteriaceae and promote the proliferation of Lactobacillus and Clostridum.Compared with the model group,the proliferation of Enterococci and Enterobacteriaceae was inhibited by 24.9% and 19.1%,while the proliferation of Lactobacillus and Clostridum was increased by 22.3% and 25.8% respectively in the middle-concentration of SMS group (11.2 mg/mL)at 24 h.Meanwhile,SMS in different concentration significantly increase the accumulation of acetic acid and propionic acid generated by gut microbes which could significantly inhibit the proliferation of harmful bacteria.And SMS showed prebiotic effects on intestinal microflora imbalance induced by antibiotics in vitro.