[The medical research of "chicken blood therapy"]

Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2020 Jul 28;50(4):214-224. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20200416-00046.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In 1952, inspired by the "tissue therapy" which was being carried out nationwide at that time, Yu Changshi, a folk science enthusiast, proposed "chicken blood therapy" . In 1959, it was supported as an important achievement in technological innovation and technological revolution movement. In the following years, some researchers and many hospitals organized by the leaders of Jing'an District of Shanghai successively carried out the animal experiment, the first phase clinical experiment and the second phase clinical experiment of this therapy, and this therapy was also widely spread during this period.However, the expert meeting in 1965 gave it a basically negative conclusion on the basis of insecurity and poor long-term effect.

1952年,受当时全国推行的"组织疗法"启发,民间科学爱好者俞昌时提出"鸡血疗法"。1959年,此疗法被当成技术革新和技术革命运动的重要苗头而得到支持。在随后几年,上海市静安区有关领导组织一批研究人员和多家医院先后进行了"鸡血疗法"的动物试验、一期、二期临床试验,"鸡血疗法"在此期间也得到广泛传播。可1965年的专家会议却以不安全和远期疗效不佳为理由给予"鸡血疗法"基本否定的结论。.

Keywords: Great Leap Forward; Yu Changshi; chicken blood therapy; folk science enthusiast; technological innovation and technological revolution movement; tissue therapy.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research*
  • Blood*
  • Chickens*
  • China
  • Inventions
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional