Journal of pharmacopuncture

2025

Bupleuri Radix Ameliorates Vascular Inflammation in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells via Modulation of Tight Junction Protein Expression and Inhibition of Nuclear Factor-κB Activation.

doi:10.3831/kpi.2025.28.1.57 ·PMID:40165875

ObjectivesThe vascular endothelium plays a central role in the maintenance of vascular homeostasis. Inflammation of vascular endothelial cells has been closely related to the development of a wide range of cardiovascular diseases, including…

2023

National Health Insurance Data Analysis for the Second-Wave Development of Korean Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines in South Korea.

doi:10.3831/kpi.2023.26.2.198 ·PMID:37405112

ObjectivesAfter the evidence-based Korean medicine clinical practice guidelines (KM-CPGs) for 30 targeted diseases were developed in 2021, 34 diseases have been proposed for the second-wave development of the KM-CPGs. The purpose of this st…

2015

Evaluation of Women with Myofascial Abdominal Syndrome Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine.

doi:10.3831/kpi.2015.18.034 ·PMID:26998387

ObjectivesThis study used semiology based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to investigate vital energy (Qi) behavior in women with abdominal myofascial pain syndrome (AMPS).MethodsFifty women diagnosed with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) se…