摘要:The authors of this paper hold that the TCM collateral disease theory is an important part of TCM theoretical foundation, and a deep study of the TCM collateral disease theory will help the development and innovation of TCM theories of zang-fu, meridians and collaterals, pathogenic factors and pathogenesis, and diagnosis and treatment based on syndrome differentiation. The authors try to explain the pathogenesis of the TCM collateral disease on the basis of the molecular pathophysiologicaL facts, and have put forward a new hypothesis of the TCM collateral disease. By doing so, the authors intend to make one of the possible links between TCM basic theories and modern medical theories.
关键词:traditional Chinese medicine;Collateral Disease Theory;Molecular LeveL;Integration of TCM and Modern Medicine
摘要:This paper briefly introduces some internationally recognized criteria for diagnosis, treatment and treating effectiveness assessment of vascular dementia (VaD), and explains the sources, scoring criteria, essential contents and reasons for the adoption of some oftentimes used VaD assessment scales, in order to help further understand and apply the Criteria for Diagnosis, TCM Differentiation and Clinical Effectiveness Assessment in Treating VaD (see Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2000, 23(5): 16 - 24), and to answer the readers’ relevant questions. The criteria and scales introduced in this paper include DSM-IV criteria for dementia; NINDS-AIREN criteria for VaD; criteria for obvious effectiveness, effectiveness, ineffectiveness and exacerbation in treating VaD; Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD); Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR); Instrumental Activities of Daily living Scale (IDAL) which contains Physical Self-maintenance Scale (PSMS); CGIC; and Clinician Interview-Based Impression of Change (CIBIC). The authors of this paper state that there are still some other criteria and scales waiting for clinical trial in China because there are some cultural differences needing to be dealt with. Too, the Criteria for Diagnosis, TCM Differentiation and Clinical Effectiveness Assessment in Treating VaD need to be revised on the basis of clinical verification.
关键词:vascular dementia;Diagnosis;NeuropsychologicaL Examination;Behavior Examination;Assess- ment of Daily Living Activities
摘要:The mechanism of chronic restrained stress (CRS) and the regulatory effects of three TCM formulas on CRS were investigated through neurological and endocrinologicaL approaches. Rat model of CRS was established and the behavior of the model rats was observed and assessed by the open field test and tail hanging-test. The levels of plasmatic ACTH, serum cortisol and hypothalamic (β-endorphin in the model rats were measured by radioimmunoassay. The effects of Xiaoyao Powder (XP), Jinguishenqi Pills (JP) and Sijunzi Powder (SP) on the model rats were observed. The results showed that XP could increase the level of cortisol, SP could increase the level of β-endorphin in the acute stage of restrained stress, and JP could decrease the level of β-endorphin in the chronic stage of restrained stress. The results suggest that all the three TCM formulas play a certain role in the intrinsic regulation of chronic restrained stress in the model rats.
摘要:The effects of Naoluotong Capsules (NC) on behavior disorder, cerebral infarct size and the degree of cerebral edema were observed in the rats with middle cerebral artery thrombosis induced by FeCl3. The results showed that all the three doses of NC, namely 80, 40 and 20 mg/Kg, could reduce cerebral infarct size by 55% , 56% and 9% respectively, and also, could decrease cerebral water content and relieve behavior disorder. The results from the experiment on NC in the rats with acute blood stasis showed that NC could markedly reduce whole blood viscocity, enhance erythrocyte deformability and weaken erythrocyte aggregation. The mechanism of NC against focal cerebral ischemia might be related with their effects for changing certain hemorheological criteria.
摘要:This experiment was designed to investigate the mechanism against rheumatoid arthritis of the total glycoside from the dried sarcocarp of Cornus officinalis (TGCO). Modified Boyden chamber technique was used to assay chemotaxis of the supernatant of cultured primary synoviocytes of the rats with rheumatoid arthritis induced by C Ⅱto joint-invading inflammatory cells such as neutrophils, marrow-derived macrophages and lymphocytes. The results were expressed by the difference between the numbers of membrane-penetrating cells in the TGCO-treating group and that in the control group. The results showed that chemotaxis of the supernatant of cultured primary synoviocytes treated by TGCO was much weaker to the above-mentioned three kinds of cells, compared with that of the control group (P < 0.01), which suggests that TGCO can inhibit chemotaxis of the articular synoviocytes to the inflammatory cells, and reducing the number of inflammatory cells in articular synovium is one of the mechanisms of TGCO against rheumatoid arthritis.
摘要:The effects of Buyanghuanwu Decoction (BD) and Huangqi (the root of Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus membranaceus mongholicus) on cerebral excitatory amino acid (EAA) were investigated in gerbils undergone cerebral ischemia and reperfusion. Gerbil cerebral ischemia model was established by the method of ligating common carotid arteries. The levels of cerebral glutamate (Glu), asparate (Asp), γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine (Gly) were measured in the model. The results showed that in 15 minutes after cerebral ischemia, the levels of Glu, Asp and GABA markedly increased (P <0.05, P <0.01, P < 0.05), and BD and Huangqi could decrease the level of Glu (P < 0.05); in 48 hours after reperfusion following 15 minutes of cerebral ischemia, the levels of Glu and Asp markedly increased (P < 0.05), and BD and Huangqi also could decrease the level of Glu (P < 0.05). The results suggest that the mechanism against ischemic cerebral injury of BD and Huangqi may be related with their resisting the increase of the level of EAA induced by cerebral ischemia and reperfusion.
摘要:The model of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) was successfully established in guinea pigs by using the complete Fruend s adjuvant and myelin basic protein. The immunohistochemical ABC assay revealed an increase of the expression of NF-K B p65 positive cells in the spinal cord in the animals in the model group, and a significant decrease of the expression of NF-K B p65 positive cells in the spinal cord of the animals in the Wenyangbushen Formula-treated group. The results suggest that Wenyangbushen Formula may relieve multiple sclerosis through its inhibiting the expression of NF-k B p65 in the spinal cord, and arresting or weakening the activity of immune inflammatory molecules .
摘要:The mechanism of the protective effects of Naomaikang Granules (NG), which are prepared according to a TCM formula for benefiting qi, promoting blood circulation and inducing resuscitation, on the brain were studied in the rat undergone middle cerebral artery ischemia and reperfusion. The rat model of ischemia and reperfusion was established by Longa’s method. The levels of excitatory ammo acids (EAA), water content and the level of Ca+2 were measured in the brains of the rats by automatic amino acid analysis, dry and wet weight method and atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Rat cerebral morphologic changes were observed by HE method. The results showed that the level of Glu decreased (P < 0.01), the ratio of Glu/GABA tended to be normal, and both the water content and the level of Ca+2 decreased (P<0.05) in the brains in the rats in the NG-treating group. It was also found that the morphologic changes of neurons caused by ischemia and reperfusion were relieved in the NG-treating group. The results suggest that NG exerts its effects against cerebral injury through its inhibiting EAA release and Ca+2 intrinstic flow.
摘要:Mouse celiac macrophages (Mφ) were cultured with hyperlipidemic serum and drug-carried serum respectively, and the levels of nitric oxide (NO), nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and oxidized low density lipoprotein (OX-LDL) were measured in the different culture fluids. RNA was extracted from Mφ, and the mRNA expression of macroph-age colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) was observed by PT-PCR. The results showed that the TCM drugs for relieving hepatic depression and removing turbidness could enhance NOS activity significantly, increase the level of NO, inhibit the production of OX-LDL, and regulate the level of M-CSF, which suggests that these TCM drugs possess good effects against oxidative modification reaction, hence to prevent and treat arteriosclerosis effectively.
关键词:TCM Drugs for Relieving Hepatic Depression and Removing Turbidness;nitric oxide;Macroph- age;Arteriosclerosis;Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
摘要:The effects of Kangdai No. 1 on the dynamic changes in the expression of GFAP of hippocampal astrocytes in the mice with injury caused by forebrain ischemia and reperfusion, and the relationship between the effects of Kandai No. 1 and ischemic neurons were investigated by the immunohistochemical method. The model group showed that there was only a small number of GFAP-expressing astrocytes in the mice in 1 day after ischemia and reperfusion, there was an increase in the number of GFAP-expressing astrocytes in 3 days after ischemia and reperfusion, the number of GFAP-expressing astrocytes reached a peak in 7 - 10 days after ischemia and reperfusion, and the number of GFAP-ex-pressing astrocytes still remained a relatively high level in 15 days after ischemia and reperfusion; while the Kangdai No. 1 group showed that there was a marked decrease in the number of GFAP-expressing astrocytes; the normal control group and sham operation group showed that there was only a few GFAP-expressing astrocytes; and the changes in the numbers of GFAP-expressing astrocytes were related with the survival state of neurons. The results indicated that there was a dynamic change in the number of GFAP-expressing astrocytes when forebrain ischemia and reperfusion happened, and Kangdai No. 1 had good protective effects against the injury of astrocytes and neurons caused by forebrain ischemia and reperfusion.
关键词:Forebrain Ischemia and Reperfusion;Immunohistochemistry;astrocyte;Kangdai No. 1;GFAP
摘要:The contents of total ginsenoside and 10 important monomer ginsenosides, namely Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd, Rg3, Rh2, Re, Rg1, Rg2 and Rh1 in the American ginseng fruit paste and its zymotic fluid were determined by macroporous resin column chromatography-colorimetry and RP-HPLC in order to make use of the American ginseng fruit paste. The results showed that the content of total ginsenoside in the American ginseng fruit paste processed by special technique for fermentation was decreased by 50% ; and the contents of monomer ginsenosides with similar structures were also changed markedly, and among them, the contents of Rg3, Rh2, and Rh1 were increased by 44.398 mg, 17.669 mg, and 13.547 mg respectively. The results suggest that the zymotic fluid of American ginseng fruit paste possesses the value of further development.
关键词:American Ginseng Fruit Paste;Zymotic Fluid;Total Ginsenoside;Monomer Ginsenoside
摘要:The effects of Tiaoxin Formula (TF) against Alzheimer’s disease (AD) were investigated. 68 AD patients were randomly divided into the treating group (34 cases) and control group (34 cases), and the former was given TF and the latter, donepezil, respectively for 12 weeks. The changes in the criteria pertaining to MMSE, ADL and certain neuropsychological scales such as FOM, RVR, DS and BD were observed in the AD patients before and after the administration of the two drugs. The results showed that both TF and donepezil could normalize the criteria pertaining to MMSE, ADL, FOM, and DS (P < 0.05), and there was no difference between the treating effectiveness rates in the patients in the two groups (P >0.05), which suggests that TF can improve the cognition and ability to lead the daily life of AD patients and is an effective preparation for treating AD.
关键词:Tiaoxin Formula;Alzheimer’s disease;Benefiting the Heart to Promote the Flow of Yang;Re- moving Phlegm to Induce Resuscitation;clinical study
摘要:The effects of Naotongjing Capsules (NC) against the neurological deficit and insulin resistance caused by acute cerebral infarction (ACI) were studied. 64 Patients were randomly divided into the treating group (34 cases) and treating control group (30 cases), and the former was given NC and the latter, nimodipine, respectively for 3 weeks. Some criteria, such as the severity of neurological deficit, the levels of blood sugar (empty stomach and 2 hours after meal), level of insulin (Ins), insulin sensitivity index (ISI) and the level of blood lipid, were measured before and after the administration. The results showed that before the administration, the level of Ins (empty stomach), and the levels of blood sugar and Ins (2 hours after meal) were markedly higher (P < 0.01), and the value of ISI was markedly lower (P < 0.01) in the patients of the above-mentioned two groups, compared with those in the healthy subjects in the normal control group; after the administration, the level of Ins (empty stomach) and the levels of blood sugar and Ins (2 hours after meal) were markedly decreased (P < 0.05, P<0.01), the value of ISI was markedly increased (P < 0.05), and the lipid metabolic disturbance was markedly relived in the patients in the treating group; NC showed better effects for decreasing the level of Ins (empty stomach) and increasing the value of ISI, compared with nimodipine (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). The results suggest that NC not only may relieve the severity of ACI neurological deficit significantly, but also may control the insulin resistance accompanied by lipid metabolic disturbance in the acute stage of cerebral infarction .
关键词:cerebral infarction;insulin resistance;TCM;Tongnaojing Capsules;clinical study
摘要:The curative effects of Bushenqingredu Formula (BF) combined with western-style drugs (WD) in treating lupus nephritis were investigated. 80 Patients in the treating group were treated with BF (which exerts the effects of tonifying the kidney, clearing away heat and toxins, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis) and WD (which was used for controlling autoimmune reaction); 30 patients in the control group were treated with WD alone; and the changes in symptoms, signs and laboratory criteria were observed before and after the treatment. The results showed that the total effective rate in the treating group was 91.25% while that in the control group was 82.56%, and there was a significant difference between the two effective rates (P < 0.05); and too, the values of laboratory criteria, such as autoantibody, complement, blood lipid, 24-hour urinary albumin excretion, renal function and renal pathologic changes, were all markedly improved (P< 0.05 or P < 0.01) after the BF and WD treatment. The results suggest that the effects of BF combined with WD in treating lupus nephritis were better than those of single WD.
摘要:The effects of puncturing different Jing acupoints with electric needles on the level of calmodulin in the ischemic region of the brain were investigated in the rats undergone ischemia and reperfusion. The results showed that the level of active calmodulin in the ischemic brain in the rats increased markedly, while it decreased when the Jing acupoints on the forepaws, or hind paws, or on all the four paws of the rats were punctured with electric needles, which suggests that Jing acupoint electric needling exerts a certain protective effect on the brain. The results also showed that there was no difference among the effects on active calmodulin exerted by the Jing acupoint electric needling on the forepaws, hind paws, and all the four paws.