The origin of northern Artemisia argyi recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica(Bencao gangmu) is Fudao(Chinese characters) in Tangyin county, While there is only Fudao(Chinese characters) instead of Fudao(Chinese characters). Whether indeed Fudao(Chinese characters) is Fudao(Chinese characters)? By reviewing the genuine evolution of A. argyi, doing textual research on Fudao(Chinese characters) and combing with field survey data of national census of Chinese Materia Medica resources, this paper concluded that the word Fudao(Chinese characters) firstly emerged in Figure Canon of Chinese Materia Medica(Bencao tujing) of Susong in Song dynasty and was applied in later generations, but the implication was not clear, then emerged both Tangyin and Fudao(Chinese characters) in Compendium of Materia Medica(Bencao gangmu). The place Fudao(Chinese characters) is one of the graves of Bianque, that existed from Shang and Zhou dynasty and never changed until now, the A. argyi of Tangyin was famous from the grave of Bianque in Fudao(Chinese characters), which could infer that Lishizhen considered Fudao (Chinese characters) was Fudao(Chinese characters) indeed, and the origin of northern A. argyi was Fudao(Chinese characters) in Tangyin county.
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By using cup culture, influence of different strains (ammonium-resistant N2-fixing type, wild type, none N2-fixing type) of Klebsiella oxytoca on the growth of rice seedling was compared. It was discovered that ammonium-resistant N2 -fixing bacteria could excrete some plant growth promoting substance, which could be adsorbed by cation resin. It' s activity wouldn't be affected at 80℃. At optimal concentration, the weight of rice root and seedling were increased by

Objective To summarize the experience and lesson of surgical treatment of acute traumatic brain injury.Methods A total of 516 cases with acute traumatic brain injury treated surgi- cally from January 2001 to December 2004 in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively.Of all,there were 56 cases with simple comminuted depressed fractures,138 with brain contusion and laceration and/ or intracerebral hematoma,122 with epidural hematoma,126 with suhdural hematoma,48 with diffuse brain swelling,18 with open brain injuries and eight with other kind of injury,all of whom were treated with standard large eraniectomy under general anaesthesia.The treatment results were evaluated by Glas- cow Outcome Scale(GOS).Results Of all,standard large craniectomy was performed in 194 cases, of which 304 cases(58.9%)were with good recovery,66(12.8%)with moderate deficit,72(13.9%) with severe deficit,12(2.3%)under persistent vegetative status and 62(12.0%)died 3-6 months after surgery.Conclusions More attention should be paid to surgery for traumatic brain injury.Individual surgical treatment should be performed under surgical principles.

Objective To report a case of psoriasis vulgaris associated with acute myelogenous leukemia(AML)(type M4EO).Methods Clinical data from the patient were collected.Histopathologic examination,and examination of bone marrow and peripheral blood smear were performed.The immunologic types of bone marrow cells were analyzed with FACS.Chromosome and G-banding analyses were carried out with cultured bone marrow cells.Results A33-year-old woman had a history of chronic plaque psoriasis for20years.Her cousin had the same disease history.The patient was treated with various therapeutic regi-mens,most of which were traditional Chinese medicines.Recently the patient suffered from myalgia and chest bone pain,periodic bleeding on gums,fever and so on.The abnormal infantile monocytes and promye-locytes were found with bone marrow smear,and crassitude basophilic granules were noticed in eosinophils.The diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia type M4EO was made.The diagnosis was confirmed with the immunologic analysis of born marrow cells with FACS.Chromosome and G-banding analyses revealed her karyotype of46,XX,inv(16)/47,XX,inv(16),+8(2/22).The plaque lesions of psoriasis were regressed after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and the symptoms of AML were resolved.Conclusion It is the first case report of psoriasis vulgaris associated with acute myelogenous leukemia M4EO which responded to allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

Based on the physiological properties of ammonium-resistant N2-fixingbacterium ( Klebsiella oxytoca NG13/pMC73A), the fermentation technology of it was studied. The basic medium of high-density culture was established, with glucose as carbon source coupled with appropriate nitrogen source and inorganic salts. At the middle and late phase of culture, glucose and ammonia were added to supply carbon source and nitrogen source, stabilizing the pHat 6.5 ~ 6.8. Optimal level of dissolved oxygen was kept by controlling aeration and stirring rate. Bacterium number of Klebsiella oxytoca NG13/pMC73A reached 600 ~ 700 x 10s cfu/mL at the end of culture. Compared with previous technology, bacterium number was increased by more than ten-fold with a comparable culture period.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate feasibility and effectiveness of pedicle screw bi-cortical fixation in lumbar spondylolisthesis or destabilization of aged people. METHODS: The statistical significance of the distance between the anterior edge of vertebral body and the anterior major blood vessels at the level of pediculus arcus vertebrae by CT scan at random were measured and analyzed. 82 cases of lumbar spondylolisthesis or destabilization, aged 65 years (range 51 to 75 years), including 35 males and 47 females, were treated pedicle screw bi-cortical fixation, with the anterior edge of the vertebral body penetrated by one screw thread. The function was evaluated by Macnab backleg pain scale standards. RESULTS: There was significant difference in the distance of the anterior edge and the major vessels between the old and the young (P< 0.05). All the 82 cases were operated successfully, and the mean time was 145 minutes and the mean amount of bleeding was 530 mL. The 43 cases including 15 males and 28 females were followed up for 18 months (range 3 to 53 months). There was one case of rupture of the spinal dura mater with no sequela after the suture. There were 3 cases of transient paralysis and pain of lower limbs, which were alleviated after 2 months' treatment. No complications of nerve root or vessel injuries were found. All incisions healed well at the primary stage. The lumbocrural pain of all 43 cases was alleviated to a certain content. There were 31 cases of excellent, 10 of good, and 2 of fair; the excellent and good rate was 97%. CONCLUSION: It is feasible and safe to treat the lumbar spondylolisthesis or destabilization in the old with the pedicle screw bi-cortical fixation.

Objective Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) has been reported with a close correlation with tumor multi-drug resistance. Real-time quantitative PCR (QRT-PCR) was performed to detect the MRP1 gene expression in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and its clinical signiifcance was analyzed. Methods Sixty-seven denovo ALL patients and 10 healthier children as bone marrow donor were studied. The chemotherapy was given according to CCLG-2008 protocol. SPSS software was employed to analyze the data and p-value below 0.05 was regarded as statistic signiifcance. Results MRP1 expression level showed a close correlation with ALL risk, the median of MRP1 expression was 4.28 (2.75~6.12), 5.62 (4.99~8.60) and 7.56 (3.66~11.13) for standard-risk group (SR), intermediate-risk group (IR) and high-risk group (HR), respectively. MRP1 mRNA expression in T-ALL group was 7.71 (6.49~14.35), which is higher than that of B-ALL (5.18(3.89~8.46)) (P<0.01). The rate of leukemia cells’ sensitivity to prednisone on 7th day was 70.6%in high expression group (n=34), which was signiifcantly lower than that in low expression group (n=33, 90.9%, P=0.035). The complete remission rateon 33th day was 64.7%in high expression group, and 87.9%in low expression group, which showed a signiifcant difference between them (P=0.026). Conclusions In children ALL, the expression of MRP1 is closely related with immunophenotyping, treatment response, hazard level and disease relapse.

Objective To observe the dynamic changes of high mobility group protein B1 ( HMGB1 )expression in the lung of rats with Vibrio vulnificus sepsis so as to unravel the role of HMGB1 in lung injury.Methods Sixty rats of clean grade were randomly divided into normal control group ( A group, n = 10) and Vibrio vulnificus sepsis group (B group, n =50). Sepsis model was made in rats with subcutaneous injection of Vibrio vulnificus with concentration of 6 × 108 cfu/ml in dose of 0. 1 ml/100 g into left lower limb.The rats of group B were sacrificed 1 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after infection for taking lung tissues to detect the water content of lung and to observe the histopathological changes in lung under light microscope.The expression of HMGB1 mRNA and the level of HMGB1 protein in the lungs were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot, respectively. Data were analysed with ANOVA and LSD method for comparison between groups, and P ＜0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Compared with the group A (0.652±0. 177), the expressions of HMGB1 mRNA in lung of rats of group B were significantly higher in 12 hours (1. 161 ±0.358, P=0.013), 24 hours (1.679 ±0.235, P =0.000) and 48 hours (1.258 ±0.274, P=0.004) and reached the peak in 24 h. Compared with group A (0.594 ±0. 190), the level of HMGB1 protein in rats of group B 6 h after infection ( 1. 408 ± 0. 567, P = 0. 026) was significantly increased (P＜0.05), and it reached peak in 24 h (2.415 ± 1.064, P =0.000) after infection. Compared with group A (0.699 ± 0.054), the lung water contents in rats of group B were significantly increased in 6 h (0.759±0.030, P=0.001), in 12 h (0.767 ±0.023, P =0.000), in 24 h (0.771 ±0.043, P=0.000) and in 48 h (0.789 ±0.137, P=0.000) after infection. Compared with group A, the pathological changes in the lung of rats in group B showed clearly marked pulmonary vascular congestion, interstitial edema and inflammatory cell infiltration, and those changes became more and more serious until alveolar sacs entirely collapsed and the boundaries of the alveolar septa could not be clearly identified in 48 h. Conclusions Vibrio vulnificus sepsis leads to the lung injury of infected rats, and the increase in the expression of HMGB1 mRNA in lung might be one of the mechanisms of lung injury in rats with Vibrio vulnificus sepsis.

Objective To investigate the factors related to the occurrence of in-stent restenosis (ISR) after percutaneous coronary drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. Methods A total of 258 consecutive patients with coronary angiography confirmed ISR that occurred at least one year after coronary sirolimus-eluting stent implantation, who were encountered at the Affiliated Ruijin Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University during the period from September 2010 to September 2014 , were collected as ISR group; and other 260 age-and sex-matched patients with no ISR at least one year after coronary sirolimus-eluting stent implantation, who were encountered at the same hospital and during the same period, were collected as the control group. The clinical characteristics, biochemical measurements, postoperative medications, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and coronary interventional features were determined;using multivariate logistic regression analysis the independent factors related to the occurrence of ISR were evaluated. Results Compared to the control group, in ISR group the history of previous myocardial infarction , presence of diabetes mellitus and cigarette smokers were more often seen; serum levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP), glycosylated hemoglobin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)and apoliprotein B in ISR group were significantly increased (P<0.05), while LVEF was decreased (P<0.05). Although the number of coronary lesions and the site of stent implantation were quite similar in both groups , the stents used in ISR group were smaller and longer (P<0.05), and bifurcation stenting procedure was more employed in ISR group (P<0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that the history of previous myocardial infarction, diabetes, cigarette smoking, elevated serum hs-CRP and LDL-C levels, and longer stent length were independent risk factors for the occurrence of ISR, whereas stent diameter and LVEF bore a negative correlation with ISR. Conclusion The occurrence of ISR after coronary sirolimus-eluting stent implantation is related to multiple clinical and coronary angiographic and interventional factors. Effective control of risk factors of coronary heart disease and improvement of left ventricular function play an important role in preventing ISR, especially for the patients who has small vessel disease, and in whom longer stents are employed and bifurcation stenting procedure is carried out.

A dispute about the decreasing-price problem of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has recently arisen. This article analyzes the statistical data of 1995-2011 in China, the results showed that the main responsibility of expensive health care has no direct relationship with the drug price. The price index of TCM rose significantly slower than the medicine prices, the production margins of TCM affected by the material prices has been diminishing since 1995, continuous price reduction will further depress profits of the TCM industry. Considering the pros and cons of raw materials vary greatly in price, decreasing medicine price behavior will force enterprises to use inferior materials in order to maintain corporate profits. The results have the guiding meaning to medicine price management.
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