title: [Effect of acupuncture combined with medicine on neuropeptide Y in the patient of hypertension].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search for a method for increasing therapeutic effect on hypertension and study on the mechanism.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-five cases were randomly divided into the treatment group (n=45) treated by acupuncture plus medicine, and the control group (n=30) treated by medicine. Their blood pressure and plasma neuropeptide Y (NPY) before and after treatment were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Blood pressure and NPY content in both the two groups decreased significantly (P < 0.01), and the treatment group in decreasing blood pressure and NPY content was superior to the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture and medicine have cooperation in treatment of hypertension, which is performed possibly through decreasing NPY.
authors.affiliation: Zhuhai Hospital of Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital, Zhuhai 519015, China. xi_wnsheng@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Yan-ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chuang-peng
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Hui-shan
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y