title: Effects of acupuncture at 7-9 am and 3-5 pm on plasma thromboxane and prostaglandin in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effects of acupuncture at different times on plasma thromboxane (TXB2) and prostaglandin 6-Keto-PGF1a (6-K-P) in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Totally 90 patients were randomly divided into a group acupunctured at 7-9 am, a group acupunctured at 3-5 pm and a drug control group, with 30 cases in each group. The contents of plasma TXB2 and 6-K-P from venous blood before treatment were compared with those 15 days after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The plasma TXB2 levels of the two acupuncture groups were obviously lower than those before treatment (P < 0.05, P < 0.01), but the 6-K-P levels of both the acupuncture groups were remarkably higher than those before treatment (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). and the TXB2 level in the 3-5 pm acupuncture group was obviously lower than that in the 7-9 am acupuncture group (P < 0.05), and the 6-K-P level of the former was obviously higher than that of the latter (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture can promote functional recovery in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and enhance their survival quality.
authors.affiliation: The Hospital Affiliated to Shandong TCM University, Jinan, Shangdong 250011, China.
authors.forename: Feng-Hua
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000097:blood*; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000097:blood*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D013931:Thromboxanes