OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the antiemetic effect of acupuncture (AP) and acupressure (APr) of the Pc 6 acupoint in pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). METHODS A prospective, placebo-controlled trial included 36 pregnant women with HG. Two methods of acupuncture were used: bilateral manual AP of the Pc 6 (Neiguan) acupoint (group 1, n = 10) and bilateral APr o...

In this study, we aim to investigate the effects of electroacupuncture on the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway in microglia. Male Wistar rat of SPF grade (weighing 200 ± 20 g) were randomly divided into (i): sham control group, which was subjected to sham operation (ii) vehicle group, which underwent the occlusion of middle cerebral artery; (iii-v): acupuncture groups, which were subjected to the o...

3 4 5 Jae-Hyo Kim, Hee Young Kim, Kyungsoon Chung, Jin Mo Chung 6 7 8 9 Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 10 TX 77555-1069, U.S.A. 11 Department of Meridian & Acupoint, College of Korean Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang 12 University, Shinyong-dong 344-2, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea 13 14 15 16 17 18

Gastrointestinal parasites are a significant challenge in sheep farming, and periparturient ewes one of the most susceptible categories flocks. This study aimed to verify whether injection B vitamins at acupuncture point governing vessel 14 (GV14) can influence parasitic load or host parasite interaction naturally infected during peripartum period. Four weeks before parturition, 25 were divided...

3 4 5 Jae Hyo Kim, Hee Young Kim, Kyungsoon Chung, and Jin Mo Chung 6 7 8 9 Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 10 Galveston, TX 77555-1069, U.S.A. 11 Department of Meridian & Acupoint, College of Korean Oriental Medicine, 12 Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea 13 14 15

OBJECTIVE observe the curative effect of the simple obesity patients who are complicated with hypertension and are treated by oral drugs under the adjuvant treatment of acupoint massage nursing. METHODS a total of 42 patients, who suffer from simple obesity but are complicated with mild to moderate hypertension, are selected and then randomly divided into an observation group and a control gr...

BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is commonly reported after surgery and anaesthesia. We compared the effects of combinations of electrical acupoint stimulation or tropisetron with dexamethasone with the effects of dexamethasone alone, for inhibition of PONV in gynaecological patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. METHODS We randomized 157 patients undergoing elective gyn...

We recently demonstrated that bee venom (BV) injection into the Zusanli acupoint produced a significantly more potent anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effect than injection into a non-acupoint in a Freund's adjuvant induced rheumatoid arthritis (RA) model. However, the precise BV constituents responsible for these antinociceptive and/or anti-inflammatory effects are not fully understood. I...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) and the target genes before and after warm acupuncture at the genetic level were assessed, and the cytokines and neurotransmitters related to insomnia were studied. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were used to create PCPA insomnia rat models and randomly divided into the normal, model, warm acupuncture, and drug groups. The Dinghui Acupoint, Heyi Acupoint, and Xin Acupoint w...