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| Dementia • Chin J Integr Med. 2005 Sep;11(3):161-6. |
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September 1, 2005 |
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A comparative study on the acupoints of specialty of baihui, shuigou and shenmen in treating vascular dementia / Lai XS, Huang Y. |
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OBJECTIVE: To study the relative specialty of the acupoints of Baihui (DU20), Shuigou (DU26) and Shenmen (HT7) in treating vascular dementia (VD). METHODS: Fifty patients suffering from VD were divided into 5 groups randomly and treated by conventional acupuncture for hemiplegia, or conventional acupuncture plus needling in DU20, DU26, HT7 respectively or simultaneously. Clinical symptoms were observed, and the scales such as Hasegawa's dementia scale-recension (HDS-R), activities of daily living (ADL) and functional activities questionnaire (FAQ) were used for assessment before and after acupuncture treatment. The scores were processed statistically. RESULTS: DU20 and HT7 could improve the abilities of memory, orientation, reaction and reduce adamancy and trance. Bedsides, DU 20 was helpful in improving the abilities of understanding, calculating and social adapting. While DU26 is helpful in treating retardation, failure in daily activities, trance and poor memory. The combination of the 3 acupoints could improve the intelligence and social adapting ability of VD patients. CONCLUSION: DU20, DU26 and HT7 had its own effect in treating VD, but the effect of three points used in combination was the best. |
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DU20, DU26 and HT7 had its own effect in treating VD, but the effect of three points used in combination was the best. |
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Acupuncture and Massage College, Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine University |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16181527&query_hl=21 |
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| Dementia • Physiol Behav. 2005 Sep 19 |
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Acupuncture improved cognitive impairment caused by multi-infarct dementia in rats. / Yu J, Liu C, Zhang X, Han J. |
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Recent studies have demonstrated that acupuncture is feasible to treat vascular dementia (VD). The aim of this study was to present behavioral evidence that acupuncture could improve the learning and memory of multi-infarct dementia rats. The pattern of multi-infarct dementia in rats was made by injecting homogeneous emboli into the internal carotid artery. Of them the rats which showed damage in learning and memory (n=43) were randomly allocated to 3 groups: impaired group (n=14), acupuncture group (n=15) and placebo-acupuncture group (n=14). Moreover, normal group (n=15) and sham-operated group (n=15) were set as control groups. The acupuncture group was given acupuncture, which consisted of Tanzhong (CV17), Zhongwan (CV12), Qihai (CV6), Zusanli (ST36) and Xuehai (SP10). Morris water maze test was employed to assess spatial discriminational ability per group respectively and to analyze the curative effects of acupuncture. Compared to the impaired and placebo-acupuncture groups, no cognition impairment was found in the normal and sham-operated groups, and the statistic analysis showed that there were significant differences between normal and impaired groups in ANOVA. Shortened mean escape latency was detected in the acupuncture group compared with the impaired group during the same trial days. Search strategy changed from random pattern adopted by impaired and placebo-acupuncture rats to tendency or linear pattern popular in normal group. The present results suggested that the acupuncture exerted a protective effect on cognitive impairment caused by cerebral multi-infarction in rats, and acupuncture has a specificity of cure. Acupuncture as a potential clinic method in treating VD should be developed and investigated in the future. |
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The present results suggested that the acupuncture exerted a protective effect on cognitive impairment caused by cerebral multi-infarction in rats, and acupuncture has a specificity of cure. Acupuncture as a potential clinic method in treating VD should be developed and investigated in the future. |
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Gerontological Department, The First Hospital affiliated to Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China. |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16181648&query_hl=21 |
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