National Natural Science Fund of China(No.81130062,No.81403367);Outstanding Traditional Chinese Medicine Academic Leader Program of Henan Province(No.HNZYLJ201301001);the National Key Technology R&D Program during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period(No.2014BAI10B06)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of Tiaobu Feishen formulae(TBFS), including Bufei Jianpi formula(BJF), Bufei Yishen formula(BYF), and Yiqi Zishen formula(YZF), on inflammatory response, protease-anti-protease i...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,No.2015CB554504)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of long-term exposure to moxa smoke on acupuncturists and to consider the association between physical symptoms and gender, age, secondhand smoke(SHS) exposure, and the duration o...
Supported by the Study of Warming Effect of Moxibustion and its Principle(the Major National Basic Research Program of China,No.2009CB522904);the Study of Safety of Moxibustion Products Based on High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in Metabonomics Technology(Hunan Graduate Student Innovation Fund,No.CX2010B342)
OBJECTIVE: To design a combined dynamic inhalation device for testing the toxicity induced by moxa smoking. METHODS: The new apparatus (Patent No. 201120101911.5) includes air renewal and recycling systems, a gas ...
Supported by a Grant from the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(973 Program)(No.2011CB505403)
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between smoking and drinking and constitution types from Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)theory.METHODS:The Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire(CCMQ)was used.A sam...
When working at a Sino-German clinicfrom December 1991 to January 1993,theauthor applied Semen Vaccariae ear pointtapping and pressing therapy for 45 foreignpatients who wanted to give up smoking.The results were rema...
In recent years,more and more peoplein the world are willing to quit smoking bythe acupuncture method.Nevertheless,thereexist different opinions about thetherapeutic effectiveness of the method.Thedata collected in th...
ANSWER:It is universally acknow-ledged that smoking is jeopardizing the hu-man health.There are various kinds of meth-ods for abstinence from smoking,but theacupuncture therapy is relatively simple,eco-nomic and conve...