Data Mining Analysis of Medical Records on AIDS Fever by Professor Li Fazhi / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

This study was aimed to analyze the medication rules of AIDS fever by Professor Li Fazhi, in order to pro-vide the corresponding medication reference basis for Chinese medicine treatment of AIDS fever. The complex net-work analysis method was used. This study was conducted among AIDS fever patients treated by Professor Li Fazhi from September 2007 to June 2012 in Weishi County, Henan Province. The analysis was made on the etiology and pathogenesis of AIDS fever, syndrome differentiation and treatment as well as medication of senior famous Chinese medicine doctors. The results showed that through a multidimensional query analysis, the core medication in the treatment of AIDS fever included harmonization and heat-clearing herbs such as Bupleurum, Licorice, Scutellaria, as well as qi-supplementing and healthy qi reinforcing herbs such as Codonopsis and Astragalus. The core prescriptions were modified Xiaochaihu Decoction and Buzhong Y iqi Decoction. It was concluded that the treatment rules of AIDS fever by Professor Li Fazhi was to clear heat in combination with supplementing the center and boost qi.

Moringa oleifera: una opción saludable para el bienestar / Moringa oleifera: a healthy option for the well-being

La Moringa oleifera Lam, conocida en Cuba como paraíso francés, entre otros nombres, es una planta con innumerables propiedades nutritivas y terapéuticas, por lo cual pudiera ser considerada como uno de los alimentos que contribuyen al bienestar y a la prevención de enfermedades por sus efectos antioxidantes. Es apremiante llamar a su cultivo, utilización y consumo racional, no solo por sus propiedades, sino también como parte de un estilo de vida sano. A tales efectos, se realizó una revisión bibliográfica con vistas a exponer algunos de sus usos medicinales.

The Moringa oleifera Lam, known in Cuba as French paradise, among other names, is a tree with countless nutritional and therapeutic properties, reason why it could be considered as one of the foods that contributes to the well-being and the prevention of diseases due to its anti-oxidative effects. It is urgent to promote its cultivation, use and rational consumption, not only for its properties, but also as part of a sound lifestyle. To such effects, a literature review was carried out aimed at exposing some of its medicinal uses.

White Ginseng Commercialization and Sales Expansion Activities of Gaesung Merchants in the 1910s and 1920s / 의사학

Ginseng has always been the typical export item in Korean history. Until the 18th century, exporting ginseng was wild ginseng from the mountains. Since the 19th century, exporting ginseng became red ginseng, which was red due to steaming and drying process. Red ginseng was produced by Gaesung merchants, so that these merchants were able to gain the control of the output. Gaesung merchants of the 19th century exported red ginseng to China and made huge economic success. However, when the Korean Empire and Japanese colonical government established red ginseng monopoly, it essentially blocked Gaesung traders from manufacturing and exporting any further of its prized commodity. Then, the traders turned to sun-dried white ginseng as a substitute to red ginseng. As a result, white ginseng production dramatically increased after 1914, which in turn made Gaesung merchants newly aware of the commercial value of white ginseng, which was previously ignored. The traders made good use of the traditional medicine herb market, which opened annually, to promote the expansion of white ginseng sales. Moreover, the merchants also adopted modern marketing techniques, as they founded companies to handle solely white ginseng sales, refreshed packaging to raise commodity values, and made an effort in advertising and mail order sales. Due to such endeavors, demand for white ginseng grew exponentially both in domestic and foreign markets, which generated steady growth of white ginseng prices despite the rapid increase of its supply. This phenomenon naturally brought about the rich economic accomplishments of Gaesung merchants. Through the white ginseng sales activities of Gaesung merchants in post-1910s era, two facts can be newly uncovered. First, the mass consumption of white ginseng today in Korean society took a full-scale step after the 1910s. Second, it was a widely-held view that during the Japanese rule, majority of Korean traditional merchants were economically ruined, while a small minority collaborated with the colonical government to obtain economic success. However, Gaesung merchants in 1910s successfully commercialized white ginseng not with the aid of the Japanese but with their own efforts alone. Such fact reveals that there were other types of traditional merchants during the Japanese colonial period who cannot be explained with the common theory.