| Bi Zheng", traslated "Bi Syndrome", a common disease in clinic, is being paid close attention to on its treatment and prevention measure recently as a result of its high incidence, complex condition, frequent recurrence as well as the difficulty in complete recovery. The researches on an certain effective therapeutic method and the related action mechanism is being urged around the whole medical field for the sake of improving treatment result. At present, acupuncture especially the electric acupuncture applied to the treatment of Bi syndrome has achieved some success to promote clinical effect and prevent relapse. This article covers some primary researches which have been done in order to further investigate the action mechanism of electric acupuncture respectively in the following aspects. 1. Literature researchthrough a wide review on the ancient record in traditional Chinese medicine along with current experimental and clinical researches on Bi syndrome, it is concluded that:(l)Bi syndrome is a group of syndrome including swollen joint,numbness and impaired or fixed flexion and extension which is attributed to the obstruction of qi and blood circulation in channels primarily resulting from wind, cold and damp evil attack. This syndrome in TCM is generally equal to a variety of disease in modern medicine such as rheumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, sciatica and scapulohumeral periarthritis.(2)Bi syndrome can also be separated into "Qu Ti Bi"(body Bi) and "Wu Bi"(five Bi)two types. The body Bi syndrome is composed of "FengBi"(windBi), "Man Bi"(cold Bi), "Zhuo Bi"(Adhesive Bi),"Re Bi"(Heat Bi) and "Ma Bi"(Numbness Bi), while five Bi syndrome includes vessel Bi connecting heart, tendon Bi connecting liver, muscle Bi connecting spleen, skin Bi connecting lung and bone Bi connecting kidney.(3)Contemporary clinical study on the acupuncture therapy for this disease major emphasizes on the survey of clinical efficacy and the related active principles in the treatment with different puncturing manipulations. And experimental researches mostly focuses on the foundation of animal models and the discovery of the action mechanism. As for the inquiry on the action mechanism of acupuncture, great work on the anti-inflammation and analgesia, immunity adjustment, circulatory and rheological promotion on blood, and anti-oxidative effect are under way, in addition to a specific research on the contrast of anti-inflammation and pain-killing influence by various types of puncturing method especially on the electric acupuncture with different electricfrequency.2. Clinical research:80 cases were observed in this part of research, among them, 37 were of pain Bi, 22 of adhesive Bi, 15 of wandering Bi and 6 of heat Bi. They were randomly assigned into 2Hz electric group of 27 cases, 100Hz electric group of 26 cases and body acupuncture group of 27 cases, sex, age, illness course as well as mian complaints and pattern differentiation in TCM of the all three groups were absolutely compatible. The results were as follows:(1)2Hz and lOOHz electric acupuncture groups have significantly relieved the clinical symptoms of Bi syndrome patients, superior to the body acupuncture group, however, they perform no difference between these two electric acupuncture groups. 2Hz and lOOHz electric acupuncture also take advantage over the body acupuncture in obtaining better curative rate, manifesting that the clinical effect of electric acupuncture is better than that of body acupuncture. Electric acupuncture on Yanglingquan, Zusanli and Ashi points together with some other supplementary points is particularly helpful in treating Bi syndrome.(2)Electric acupuncture treating Bi syndrome did made its work by increasing the serum complement concentration, reducing immunoglobin level, inhibiting the hyperactive humoral immunity. What's more, lOOHz electric acupuncture turned out to be of the best effect.(3)As OKT8 dropped obviously after the treatment with lOOHzelectric acupunctur...
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