To observe influences of heat-reinforcing needling (HRN) on scores of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptoms and expression of plasma ATP synthase subunit O (
Sixty wind-cold-damp retention type RA patients were randomly allocated to HRN group (
After the treatment, the TCM scores of both the HRN and control groups were significantly decreased (
Both heat-producing needling and uniform reinforcing-reducing needling can improve RA patients' clinical symptoms, which may be associated with their actions in up-regulating expressions of plasma 