Frequency-specific analysis of hearing outcomes after surgery for chronic ear diseases.

Objective: To examine the relationship between different surgical factors and frequency-specific hearing results following surgery for chronic ear disorders.

Methods: We reviewed retrospectively data of 246 patients with chronic ear diseases who had surgery between January 2019 and December 2020. Seventy-three patients did not fulfil the criteria and were excluded.

[Extraction process optimization and link evaluation of Reyanning Mixture based on quality by design idea].

Reyanning Mixture is one of the superior Chinese patent medicine varieties of "Qin medicine". Based on the idea of quality by design(QbD), the extraction process of the Reyanning Mixture was optimized. The caffeic acid, polydatin, resveratrol, and emodin were used as critical quality attributes(CQAs).

Research Progress of and Predictive Analysis of Quality Markers Based on Network Pharmacology.

Du Zhong is a valuable Chinese medicinal herb unique to China. It is a national second- class precious protected tree, known as "plant gold", which has been used to treat various diseases since ancient times. The main active ingredients are lignans, phenylprophetons, flavonoids, iridoids and steroids and terpenoids, which have pharmacological effects such as lowering blood pressure, enhancing immunity, regulating bone metabolism, protecting nerve cells, protecting liver and gallbladder and regulating blood lipids.

[Medicinal evolution and modern research progress on Mume Fructus].

Prunus mume is an edible and medicinal material, and Mume Fructus is its processed product, which was first recorded in Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica(Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing). It is an effective drug for stopping diarrhea with astringents and promoting fluid production to quiet ascaris. By consulting the ancient herbal works of the past dynasties, modern codes, and other rela-ted literature, this paper sorted out the medicinal evolution of Mume Fructus, examined the ancient efficacy of Mume Fructus and the main indications, and summarized the inclusion of Mume Fructus in national and provincial standards.

Platycarya strobilacea Sieb. et Zucc.: a review of its traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology.

Objectives: Platycarya strobilacea Sieb. et Zucc. is the dry infructescence of P.