Description for medicine or protocol of treatment in detail:
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Renying group
Acupoint selection: Renying (real acupuncture) Neiguan, Yanglingquan, Baihui, Yintang (fake acupuncture)
Operation process: The patient's position is supine. After the acupuncturist disinfects his hands and the acupoints on both sides of the subject with 75% alcohol, he will cover the acupuncture points on both sides with a telescopic foam pad (1*1*1cm3). Renying acupuncture point uses a 0.25 x 0.25mm disposable sterile acupuncture needle, which passes through the hollow tube and penetrates into the acupoint through the foam rubber pad. The depth of acupuncture is 0.5-1.0cm, depending on the acupuncture point and body size. After the injection, the subject felt sore, numb, swollen and swollen locally. The rest of the acupuncture points (Neiguan, Yanglingquan, Baihui, Yintang) use a 0.25 x 0.25mm disposable sterile blunt (not able to pierce the skin) acupuncture needle through the hollow tube and touch the subject through the foam pad On the skin, a blunt needle cannot pierce the skin, but only locally produces a tingling sensation when the needle is pressed against the skin, which is similar to the pain when a normal needle is inserted into the needle. The needle retention time is 30 minutes.
Sham acupuncture group
Acupoint selection: Renying, Neiguan, Yanglingquan, Baihui, Yintang (false acupuncture)
Operation process: The patient's position is supine. After the acupuncturist disinfects his hands and the acupoints on both sides of the subject with 75% alcohol, he will cover the acupuncture points on both sides with a telescopic foam pad (1*1*1cm3). All acupuncture points (Renying, Neiguan, Yanglingquan, Baihui, Yintang) use a 0.25 x 0.25mm disposable sterile blunt (not able to pierce the skin) acupuncture needles through the hollow tube and touch the foam pad. When touching the subjects skin, a blunt needle cannot pierce the skin, but only locally produces a tingling sensation when the needle is pressed against the skin, which is similar to the pain when a normal needle is inserted into the needle. The needle retention time is 30 minutes.
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Inclusion criteria
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1. Patients aged between 45 and 70 years old;
2. Patients whose carotid and femoral arteries meet the diagnostic criteria of atherosclerotic plaque;
3. The patients with carotid and femoral artery intima-media thickening were stable flat plaques without unstable active plaques, and the total number of bilateral artery plaques was less than or equal to 5;
4. Patients with carotid or femoral artery stenosis less than 50%;
5. Patients with LDL-C level between 2.59 mmol / L and 8.0 mmol / L, triglyceride level between 1.7 mmol / L and 10.0 mmol / L;
6. Patients who have not used drugs related to improving atherosclerosis in recent 2 weeks, such as drugs for hypertension, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc;
7. Patients who are willing to participate in the study and can cooperate in the arrangement and understanding of the research contents.
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Exclusion criteria:
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1. Those patients whose age >= 60 years old, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, low HDL-C and smoking combined with more than 4 risk factors;
2. Patients who have suffered from cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, severe trauma or major operation;
3. Patients with serious diseases related to heart, liver, kidney or hematopoietic system;
4. Patients with mental diseases such as cognitive impairment;
5. Patients with skin diseases and hemorrhagic diseases;
6. People who are afraid of acupuncture; people who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to get pregnant during the study period;
7. Patients who participated in other trials.
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