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Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2007 Jun;27(6):424-6.Links
[Clinical observation on pricking and blood-letting and cupping with a
three-edge needle for treatment of acute eczema][Article in Chinese]


Yao J, Li NF.
Center of Acup-Moxibustion and Massage, Beijing Hospital of Integrated
TCM and WM, Beijing 100039, China. jbyj2007@sina.com

OBJECTIVE: To search for an effective therapy for acute eczema.
METHODS: Eighty-eight cases were divided into a treatment group and a
control group. The treatment group (n=46) were treated with pricking
the affected parts with three-edge needle and blood-letting puncturing
and cupping at back-shu points with three-edge needle, and the control
group (n=42) with oral administration of Clarityne and external
application of Pairuisong Ointment. RESULTS: The total effective rate
and the cured and markedly effective rate were 100.0% and 89.1% in the
treatment group and 88.1% and 42.9% in the control group with no
significant difference in the total effective rate (P > 0.05) and with
a very significant difference in the cured and markedly effective rate
between the two groups (P < 0.01).
CONCLUSION: Pricking and blood-letting and cupping with a three-edge
needle has a definite therapeutic effect on acute eczema, which is
better than that of the western medicine.

PMID: 17663106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Dermatology. 2003;207(3):261-4. Related Articles, Links

High iron and low ascorbic Acid concentrations in the dermis of
atopic
dermatitis patients.


Leveque N, Robin S, Muret P, Mac-Mary S, Makki S, Humbert P.


Laboratoire d'Ingenierie et de Biologie Cutanees, Faculte de Medecine
et de
Pharmacie, Place Saint Jacques, Besancon, France.


BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin
disease in
which reactive oxygen species (ROS) may be involved. Iron catalyses
ROS
formation and ascorbic acid (AA) scavenges these species. OBJECTIVE:
The aim of
this work was to determine iron and AA levels in AD patients' dermis
and to
compare their concentrations with those of healthy volunteers' dermis.
METHODS:
Five AD patients and 5 healthy subjects (controls) were enrolled in
this study.
Iron and AA were collected from human dermis by microdialysis and
assessed by
atomic absorption spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry,
respectively. RESULTS: The AD dermis demonstrated higher iron
concentrations
(44.3 +/- 4.6 mug/l) compared to controls (21.8 +/- 1.2 mug/l) as well
as a
significantly lower concentration of AA (46.7 +/- 0.6 vs. 176.8 +/-
14.5
mug/ml, respectively). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that iron and
AA
dermis levels could be indicators of inflammatory tissues and might
be
implicated in dermatological diseases such as AD. Copyright 2003 S.
Karger AG,
Basel


PMID: 14571067 [PubMed - in process]


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