Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research / [Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan Yi xue qing bao yan jiu suo bian ji]
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Randomized Controlled Trial
[Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Bee-venom Acupuncture].
To study the clinical efficacy and safety of bee-venom acupuncture therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ⋯ Bee-venom acupuncture therapy for RA patients is safe and effective, worthy of popularization and application in clinical practice.
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To observe the effect of different frequencies of electroacupuncture (EA) stimulation on pain threshold (PT) and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in dorsal horns (DHs) of the lumbar spinal cord in resiniferatoxin (RTX)-induced post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) rats, so as to reveal its mechanism in alleviating PHN. ⋯ EA at 2 Hz can significantly reduce VEGF expression in the lumbar spinal cord DHs of PHN rats, which is possibly in part related to its effect in alleviating the mechanical allodynia. Our study suggests that 2 Hz EA is the best stimulation frequency for relieving PHN.