[The effect of acupuncture on endocrine regulation in hypertensive patients]. / Vliianie akupunktury na éndokrinnuiu reguliatsiiu u bol'nykh gipertonicheskoi bolezn'iu.

Thirty-five stage I-II essential hypertension subjects aged 25-63 were examined after the 1st and 10th acupuncture to clarify the effect of a single procedure and a course of acupuncture treatment on blood ACTH, STH, TTH, beta-endorphine, neurotensin, thyroxine, aldosterone, hydrocortisone and plasma renin activity. The hormonal spectrum was determined by radioimmunoassay using special kits. The blood was obtained before acupuncture, 5 min after introduction of the needles, immediately and 30 min after their removal. It is shown that acupuncture-related decline of arterial pressure occurs in participation of pituitary and adrenal hormones as well as polypeptides beta-endorphine and neurotensin.

[The clinical efficacy of auricular electroacupuncture in treating hypertension patients]. / Klinicheskaia éffektivnost' élektroaurikuloakupunktury pri lechenii bol'nykh gipertonicheskoi bolezn'iu.

Auricular electroacupuncture using 10 Hz alternating impulse current generated by Rampa-2 apparatus has been employed to treat 98 patients with essential hypertension stage I-II. The treatment resulted in the fall of both systolic and diastolic pressure (p less than 0.01). The symptoms relieved in stage I hypertension by 66 +/- 2.4%, in patients with stage II by 57 +/- 1.1%, thus allowing discontinuation of the drugs in the former group and reduction of their intake in the latter one.

[The combined use of traditional acupuncture and microacupuncture therapy in treating bronchial asthma patients]. / Sochetannoe primenenie traditsionnogo igloukalyvaniia i mikroigloterapii dlia lecheniia bol'nykh bronkhial'noi astmoi.

The attacks of bacterial asthma in 100 patients were treated by standard acupuncture, microacupuncture and by combined use of the modalities. The comparative analysis revealed the highest efficiency for the combined treatment, the less for microacupuncture. The disease of moderate severity, light severity and that free of attacks should be treated, as the authors believe, with acupuncture plus microacupuncture, standard acupuncture, and microacupuncture, respectively.