In recent years, the literature showed that Yiqi Yangyin and Huoxue Huayu method (benefiting qi and nourishing yin, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis) in treating diabetic complications has achieved a satisfactory effect. This article made a summary on the method of Yiqi Yangyin and Huoxue Huayu from theoretical, clinical, and laboratory aspects.

Objective To compare the change of mineral element in Tibet herb Halenia ellipitica D. Don before and after the seeds matured. Method We separately collected the cultivated Halenia ellipitica D. Don of several different districts in Qinghai province before and after the seeds matured and analyzed the contents of mineral elements as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium by atom absorb spectrum instrument. Results and Conclusion The calcium, magnesium and potassium, sodium elements nutriment has an antagonistic characteristic. The sodium and phosphorus elements nutriment has a coordination characteristic of the cultivated Halenia ellipitica D. Don in Qinghai province during the growth period.

Aim To evaluate the effect of 15d-PGJ2 on up-regulated expression of PPAR? and inducing HSC apoptosis and inhibiting HSC proliferation. Methods The rat liver stellate cell line (HSC-T6) was cultured in DMEM, and treated with PPAR? agonist 15d-PGJ2 of different concentrations. The expression of PPAR? mRNA was detected by RT-PCR. The protein expression of NF-?B was examined by Western blot. The cell proliferation rate of HSC-T6 was determined by MTT colorimetric assay. The cell cycle and apoptosis ratio were measured using flow cyto -metry analysis. Results The proliferation rate of the rat liver stellate cell line (HSC-T6) was significantly inhibited by 15d-PGJ2 (vs controls, P

Objective To investigate the patterns of mesorectum lymph node (LN) metastases of rectal cancer. Methods Rectal cancer specimens obtained by total mesorectum excision were treated with lymph node revealing solution to retrieve all the nodes, and examined by routine pathology and immunohistochemical staining. Results A total of 443 LN in 26 specimens were harvested, with 128 nodes(28 9%)in 23 cases (88 5%) found positive. Positive nodes with the size less than 5 mm accounted for 59%. Among the 23 metastatic cases, there were 14 cases with tumors locating in the posterior wall, 69 out of 71 positive nodes were found along the superior rectal artery. In the other 9 cases, tumors were found in the lateral wall, 29 out of 57 positive nodes were found around ipsilateral branches of superior rectal artery,7 were around the contralateral branches, 4 were around the ipsilateral branches of middle rectal artery. Conclusions Most positive LN were less than 0 5 cm in diameter. LN metastasis of rectal cancer have close relationship with tumor location. Tumors in the posterior wall tend to spread upward along the superior rectal artery, while tumors in the lateral wall may have upward and lateral LN metastases simultaneously, with most metastatic LN found ipsilaterally.

OBJECTIVETo assess the feasibility of laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) for low or ultralow anterior resection of rectal cancer.

METHODSExcision of the mesorectum and low (ultralow) colo-anal anastomoses were performed laparoscopically in 62 patients with low rectal cancer based on the concept of TME and double stapling technique (DST).

RESULTSSixty-two operations with TME and DST were performed in a totally laparoscopic manner, and only one was converted to open procedures because of dysfunction of coagulation. The operative time was 125 min (110-210 min) and the operative blood loss 20 ml (5-80 ml). The time for bowel function recovery and post-operatively dietary intake was 1-2 days. Twenty-eight patients received postoperative analgesics. Average hospital stay was 8 days (5-14 days). Complications were observed in only 2 of the 62 patients, one had suffered from urinary retention and the other, anastomotic leakage.

CONCLUSIONSTotally laparoscopic excision of the mesorectum for low or ultralow anterior resection of rectal cancer is a minimally invasive technique with sphincter preservation, less postoperative pain, and rapid recovery.

Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Anal Canal ; surgery ; Anastomosis, Surgical ; methods ; Colon ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Rectal Neoplasms ; surgery ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To investigate the surgical methods and experience of laparoscopic radical cystectomy and orthotopic ileal neobladder for invasive bladder cancer. Methods The clinical data of 14 patients with invasive bladder cancer underwent laparoscopic radical cystectomy and orthotopic ileal neobladder were collected retrospectively during March 2011 and October 2014. Results The 13 patients with invasive bladder cancer were successfully completed laparoscopic radical cystectomy and orthotopic ileal neobladder. 1 case was treated with laparotomy because of unsatisfactory surgery ifeld caused by excessive tumor bleeding. Twelve cases of the urethra-neobaldder anastomosis were completed through the abdominal incision, while for the other 2 cases, the anastomosis was done under the laparoscope, 2 cases were performed neovesicourethral anastomosis using single-needle running sutures through laparoscopy. The median operative time was 444 minutes, the mean intraoperative blood loss was 490 ml. Postoperative pathologic results conifrmed that 12 cases were bladder transitional cell carcinoma (1 case with partial squamous cell carcinoma) and 2 cases with bladder adenocarcinoma. No severe complication occurred except for 2 cases of urinary leakage and 1 case of urinary incontinence. Patients were followed up for 6-56 months,within which 3 patients were died of distant metastasis, 1 case was detected with intracranial metastasis, 1 case was found with urethra-vesical anastomotic stenosis while cured after urethrotomy. Ten cases were well recovered and the mean volume of the neobladder was 300 ml. Conclusions Laparoscopic radical cystectomy and orthotopic ileal neobladder have the advantage of better therapeutic effects, safety, minimal invasion and rapid recovery, which are the preferred therapeutic methods for invasive bladder cancer.

ObjectiveTo systematically sort out the knowledge framework and conceptual logic relationship of "disease-syndrome-treatment-prescription-medicine" in the existing literature on traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy（DPN）， to construct of the knowledge map of TCM treatment of DPN， and to promote the explicitation of the implicit knowledge in the literature on the treatment of DPN with TCM. MethodTaking the literature of China National Knowledge Infrastructure about TCM treatment of DPN as the main data source， TCM-related concepts and entities were constructed by manual citation， and the corresponding relationships between the entities were established. Structured data were formed by processing with Python 3.7， and the knowledge graph was constructed based on Neo4j 3.5.34 graph database. ResultThe resulting knowledge graph with TCM diagnosis and treatment logic， defined 12 node labels such as prescriptions， Chinese medicines and syndrome types at the schema layer， as well as 4 types of relationships， such as inclusion， correspondence， selection and composition. It could support the query and discovery of nodes（syndrome elements， syndrome types and treatment methods）， as well as the relationship between each node. ConclusionBased on the literature data， this study constructed a knowledge map for TCM treatment of DPN， which brought together various methods of TCM treatment of DPN， including internal and external treatment. The whole chain knowledge structure of syndrome differentiation and classification for DPN treatment is formed from syndrome element analysis， syndrome type composition to treatment method selection， which can provide new ideas and methods for literature data to serve clinical and scientific research work， as well as reference for visualization of TCM literature knowledge， intellectualization of TCM knowledge services and the standardization of TCM diagnosis and treatment.

As a kind of intervention measures of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture-moxibustion is highly adopted on global clinical practice. Even though the global clinical trial registration system was established more than 10 years ago, the proportion of acupuncture-moxibustion clinical trial registration is still very low; and it is very problematic on the methodological quality and report quality in the published acupuncture-moxibustion clinical trials. In order to manage particularly the acupuncture-moxibustion clinical trials, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, collaborated with China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion and World Federation of Acupuncture Societies, established the Acupuncture-Moxibustion Clinical Trail Registry (AMCTR). AMCTR is a secondary registry platform affiliated to the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR) and WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP), specifically for the acceptance and management of clinical trials in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion. It is a nonprofit academic organization, located in China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.