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OBJECTIVE@#Here, we explored molecular changes that could potentially mediate healing effects of Gua Sha - a method employed by the Chinese traditional medicine with proven track records of safe and efficient applications dating back to ancient times as well as support from randomized controlled trials performed by modern medical studies - yet remaining almost entirely unexplored by the modern-day high-throughput methods of the -omics sciences.@*METHODS@#We investigated transcriptome changes occurring shortly after Gua Sha treatment in the whole blood of healthy volunteers using bulk RNA-seq analysis. We applied various analytical tools to identify genes with consistent expression changes in multiple individuals in response to Gua Sha and their networks.@*RESULTS@#We found that while the changes were very subtle and individual-specific, we could identify consistent upregulation of three histone genes. Further analysis of the potential regulatory networks of these histone genes revealed the enrichment of functions involved in the immune response and inflammation.@*CONCLUSION@#The significance of these results in the context of potential effects of Gua Sha and the next steps in exploring the molecular mechanisms of action of this technique are discussed.
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Humans , Medicine, Chinese Traditional/methods , Histones , Gene ExpressionABSTRACT
Taking the course of Chinese traditional medicine as an example, this paper discusses the construction and implementation effect of online teaching mode from the following four aspects: online teaching curriculum design, teaching implementation, teaching effect evaluation, and teaching reflection, with a view to providing beneficial reference for the follow-up hybrid teaching and promoting the construction of hybrid first-class courses by summarizing the experience of online teaching.
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BACKGROUND: Lycium barbarum (also called wolfberry), a famous Chinese traditional medicine and food ingredient, is well recognized for its significant role in preventing obesity; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying its preventive effects on fat accumulation are not well understood yet. The aim of this study was to determine the effects and mechanism of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP) on the proliferation and differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. MTT was used to detect the proliferation of 3T3-Ll preadipocytes. Oil red O staining and colorimetric analysis were used to detect cytosolic lipid accumulation during 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation. Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (qPCR) technology was used to detect peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor c (PPARc), CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein a (C/EBPa), adipocyte fatty-acid-binding protein (aP2), fatty acid synthase (FAS), and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) expression. RESULTS: The concentration of LBP from 25 to 200 lg/mL showed a tendency to inhibit the growth of preadipocytes at 24 h, and it inhibited the differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes in a dose-dependent manner. In the preadipocytes treated with 200 lg/mL LBP, there were reduced lipid droplets in the cytoplasm, and its effect was opposite to that of rosiglitazone (ROS), which significantly reduced the PPARc, C/EBPa, aP2, FAS, and LPL mRNA expression of adipocytes. CONCLUSIONS: LBP exerts inhibitive effects on the proliferation and differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and decreases the cytoplasm accumulation of lipid droplets during induced differentiation of preadipocytes toward mature cells. Above phenomenon might link to lowered expression of PPARc, C/EBPa, aP2, FAS, and LPL after LBP treatment. Thus, LBP could serve as a potential plant extract to treat human obesity or improve farm animal carcass quality via adjusting lipid metabolism.
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Polysaccharides , Plant Extracts , Adipocytes , Lycium/chemistry , Cell Differentiation , 3T3-L1 Cells , Cell Proliferation , Adipogenesis , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/methodsABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Our previous studies have found that Bushen Tiaogan prescription can significantly reduce pain and improve the clinical symptoms of traditional Chinese medicine in elderly patients with osteoporosis. The clinical effect is positive, but there is no relevant experimental evidence. OBJECTIVE: To explore the safety of Bushen Tiaogan prescription and its therapeutic effect on prednisolone-induced osteoporosis. METHODS: The zebrafish juveniles 5 hours after fertilization were evenly distributed into 24-well plates at a density of 20 per well. Different concentrations of Bushen Tiaogan prescription (crude drug concentrations 10, 50, 100, 250, 500 mg/L) were added to the corresponding wells. The development of the embryos was observed at 24, 48, 72, 96 hours after fertilization, and the cumulative survival rate and hatching rate were used to evaluate the safety of Bushen Tiaogan prescription. The zebrafish juveniles 3 days after fertilization were randomly divided into blank control group (0.5% dimethyl sulfoxide), 25 µmol/L prednisolone model group, alendronate sodium positive drug group and Bushen Tiaogan prescription (10, 50, 100, 250, 500 mg/L) groups, with 40 in each group. The culture fluid was changed every day and executed at the 8th day. Zebrafish juveniles were dyed using alizarin red for microscopic detection and digital imaging and the bone staining area was quantitatively analyzed by image software to evaluate the anti-osteoporosis activity of Bushen Tiaogan prescription. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The low-concentration Bushen Tiaogan prescription had no effect on embryo survival rate and hatching rate, while the high-concentration Bushen Tiaogan prescription could reduce embryo survival rate and hatching rate. Prednisolone, 25 µmol/L, was able to successfully induce significant loss of bone mass in zebrafish. Compared with the model group, 50, 100 and 250 mg/L Bushen Tiaogan prescription could resist prednisolone-induced zebrafish osteoporosis in a concentration-dependent manner. At low concentrations, there was no significant anti-osteoporosis effect, and at high concentrations, anti-osteoporosis effect showed a downward trend. These findings indicate that 25 µmol/L prednisolone successfully induces the establishment of zebrafish osteoporosis model, and successfully evaluates the initial safety of Bushen Tiaogan prescription. Bushen Tiaogan prescription begins to show an anti-osteoporosis effect at 50 mg/L, and has the most significant anti-osteoporosis effect at 250 mg/L.
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The novel coronavirus pneumonia was first discovered in December 2019. By February 21, 2020, the virus had spread to 27 countries, and the total number of patients were nearly 80 thousands. In order to effectively prevent and control the epidemic, countries around the world are organizing scientific research, especially in screening of therapeutic drugs, researching and developing of vaccine, which is the key point and difficulty of epidemic control. On the basis of a large number of relevantly collected information about drugs and biological products in the academia and the press of various countries, this paper focus on the research status and development of antiviral chemical drugs, Chinese traditional medicines and biological products, aiming to provide reference for relevant departments, units and scientists.
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Gua-sha is a Traditional Chinese Medicine technique, which consists of scraping the skin with a smooth and rounded edges object until the appearance of petechiae. Used domestically in Asia, it is described as capable of promoting the improvement of several conditions (e. g. respiratory, digestive, fever, and insomnia), such as painful conditions. However, there is a shortage of systematic reviews in this respect in Western literature, so this study aimed to analyze the common use of Gua-sha and the methodological quality of the studies. CONTENTS: The PEDro, Pubmed, Scielo and LILACS Databases were consulted, searching for clinical trials with the following keywords and Boolean index: Gua-sha AND pain; Scraping therapy AND pain (English, Portuguese and Spanish). Thirty-two articles were pre-selected, but only six met the inclusion criteria (clinical trial, pain as one of the evaluation criteria, musculoskeletal pain). The disorders reported were related to the spine, with a mostly superior response or similar to the control group, being investigated in the short term (7-21 days). The studies methodological quality were considered moderate according to the PEDro scale. CONCLUSION: Gua-sha is a simple, inexpensive alternative with short-term effects for the treatment of conditions involving the spine and surrounding areas, such as a single intervention or in combination. Its practice is already well referenced but requires studies of high methodological quality and analysis of its effects also in the appendicular skeleton.
RESUMO JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Gua-sha é uma técnica da Medicina Tradicional Chinesa, que consiste em raspar a pele com objeto de bordas lisas e arredondadas até o surgimento de petéquias. De uso doméstico na Ásia, é descrita como capaz de promover a melhora de uma série de afecções (ex. respiratórias, digestivas, febre e insônia), como a de quadros dolorosos. Contudo, há escassez de revisões sistemáticas a esse respeito na literatura ocidental, assim o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a aplicação usual de Gua-sha e a qualidade metodológica dos estudos. CONTEÚDO: Foram consultadas as bases de dados PEDro, Pubmed, Scielo e LILACS, buscando por ensaios clínicos com as seguintes palavras chaves e índice booleano: Gua-sha AND pain; Scraping therapy AND pain (inglês, português e espanhol). Foram pré-selecionados 32 artigos, mas apenas 6 atenderam os critérios de inclusão (ensaio clínico, dor como um dos critérios de avaliação, quadros álgicos musculoesqueléticos). Os distúrbios registrados foram relacionados à coluna vertebral, com resposta superior em sua maioria ou semelhante ao grupo controle, sendo investigados em curto prazo (7-21 dias). A qualidade metodológica aponta para estudos moderados de acordo com a escala PEDro. CONCLUSÃO: Gua-sha é uma alternativa simples, de baixo custo, com efeitos estudados em curto prazo para tratamento de afecções envolvendo a coluna vertebral e áreas próximas, como intervenção única ou em associação. Sua prática já se encontra bem retratada, porém necessitando de estudos de alta qualidade metodológica e análise de seus efeitos também no esqueleto apendicular.
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most common bacteria in nosocomial infections, and the second pathogen in bloodstream infections and urinary tract infections.In recent years, the emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumonia has become the focus in the field of anti-infection.At present, the treatment of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumonia is mainly combined drug use, but which exists possible drawbacks including many side effects, higher cost, and more serious drug resistance and so on.With the increasing attention of the therapeutic effect, Chinese traditional medicine begins to come into researchers′sight as an alternative therapy or combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.Therefore, animal models used to evaluate the efficacy of drugs have been attracted wide attention.This article reviews animal models of Klebsiella Pneumonia infection and their applications in anti-infection of Chinese traditional medicine.
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@#Overview of the status application of traditional Chinese medicine monomers in ocular neovascular diseases. Through retrieving related domestic and overseas research state for more than ten years, summarizing, analyzing and summarizing, overviewing the research progress of traditional Chinese medicine monomer in inhibiting intraocular neovascularization, and expounding the potential advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the field of intraocular angiogenesis research, providing information for treating and researching of neovascular diseases.
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RESUMEN Introducción: La cefalea es uno de los trastornos más comunes del sistema nervioso en todo el mundo, frecuentemente es signo de otras enfermedades. Mientras la medicina occidental trata los síntomas con medicamentos, los médicos alternativos tratan la causa con acupuntura para proporcionar alivio duradero. Objetivo: Evaluar la efectividad de la acupuntura con microsistema de cara como tratamiento de pacientes con cefalea migrañosa. Métodos: Estudio cuasiexperimental de tipo casos-controles con 100 pacientes que asistieron a la Clínica del Dolor del Hospital "Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo", en Santiago de Cuba, con diagnóstico de cefalea migrañosa, desde enero de 2014 a noviembre de 2015. Al grupo estudio se aplicó acupuntura con microsistema de cara; al grupo control, medicamentos. La información se obtuvo de las historias clínicas, el dolor se valoró con la escala analógica visual del dolor. Se aplicó Ji cuadrado de homogeneidad para la identificar diferencias significativas entre las proporciones de efectividad de uno y otro tratamiento, con un nivel de significación (α;= 0,05). Resultados: Predominó el sexo femenino (70,00 por ciento), el grupo etareo 18-39 años, de ellos 40 en el grupo estudio (80,00 por ciento), 43 en el control (86,00 por ciento). En el grupo estudio el 82,00 por ciento de los pacientes quedó sin dolor desde la primera sesión del tratamiento, el 18,00 por ciento con dolor disminuido. Al final del tratamiento el 98,00 por ciento del grupo estudio quedó sin dolor contra el 96,00 por ciento del grupo control. Conclusión: La acupuntura con microsistema de cara es un método alternativo efectivo en el tratamiento de la cefalea migrañosa(AU)
ABSTRACT Introduction: Headache is one of the most common nervous system disorders worldwide. It is frequently a sign of other diseases. While Western medicine treats symptoms with medications, alternative practitioners treat the cause with acupuncture to provide long-lasting relief. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture with a facial microsystem as a treatment for patients with migraine headache. Methods: Quasiexperimental case-control study with 100 patients who attended the Pain Clinic at Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, with a diagnosis of migraine headache, from January 2014 to November 2015. The study group was applied acupuncture with a facial microsystem. The control group was treated with medicines. The information was obtained from the medical records. The pain was assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale. Chi-square test of homogeneity was applied in order to identify significant differences between the proportions of effectiveness of one treatment and another, with a level of significance α =0.05. Results: There was predominance of the female sex (70.00 percent), age group 18-39 years, among them 40 in the study group (80.00 percent) and 43 in the control group (86.00 percent). In the study group, 82.00 percent of patients remained without pain from the first session of treatment and 18.00 percent with pain decreased. At the end of the treatment, 98.00 percent of the study group remained without pain in opposition to 96.00 percent of the control group. Conclusion: Acupuncture with a facial microsystem is an effective alternative method in the treatment of migraine headache(AU)
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Humans , Female , Adult , Acupuncture Therapy/methods , Pain Clinics , Evaluation of the Efficacy-Effectiveness of Interventions , Migraine Disorders/diagnosis , Acupuncture Analgesia/adverse effects , Treatment Outcome , Medicine, Chinese Traditional/methodsABSTRACT
Analisou-se a conjuntura da produção científica, os avanços e os desafios para a implementação das Práticas Integrativas e Complementares (PIC) no Brasil. O estudo se deu por meio de Revisão Integrativa dos artigos indexados nas bases de dados bibliográficas da Rede Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS), selecionando-se 68 artigos. Notou-se que a região Sudeste permanece como polo científico e a maior parte dos estudos não possui nível de evidência significativo. No decorrer dos anos, houve pequeno aumento no número de estudos e maior comprovação da eficácia e eficiência das PIC em diversas áreas, porém entraves relacionados a pouca formação profissional, má gestão do Sistema e concepções enraizadas na medicina alopática permanecem e dificultam a ampliação das PIC no país.
We analyzed the scientific production, the advances, and the challenges for the implementation of Integrative and Complementary Practices (ICP) in Brazil. The study was done through an integrative review in the Virtual Health Library, selecting 68 articles. It was noted that the Southeast region continues as a scientific hub, and that most of the studies do not have a significant level of evidence. Over the years, there has been a small increase in the number of studies and greater evidence of the effectiveness and efficiency of ICP in several areas. However, problems related to poor professional training, bad management of the system, and concepts rooted in allopathic medicine remain, and hinder the expansion of ICP in Brazil.
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Complementary Therapies , Anthroposophy , Comprehensive Health Care , Professional Training , Homeopathy , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , PhytotherapyABSTRACT
Insulin autoimmune syndrome ( IAS) is a rare type of hypoglycemia. Chinese herbal extract may induce IAS, which seems to be associated with some Chinese herb medicine ingredients of paste which contains sulfhydryl group. In order to attract the attention of the clinicians, we should raise awareness of the disease, and avoid unnecessary operation or serious adverse consequences. This paper reviewed domestic reports in lately 30 years of diagnosis and treatment of IAS, evaluated traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine compound preparations which contain sulfhydlyl group.
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Objective To establish a UPLC-MS/MS method for determination of 10 anti-rheumatic constituents illegally added in Chinese traditional medicine and health products preparation.Methods The column was ACQUITY UPLC BEHC18 (50 mm× 2.1 mm,1.7 μm),The mobile phase was acetonitrile-Ammonium acetate solution (containing 0.1％ Acetic acid) with gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min.The ion source was electrospray ionization (ESI),Multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM) was performed to identify and quantify 10 anti-rheumatic constituents.Results 10 linear calibration curves were obtained with r ≥ 0.996 1.The recoveries were determinated at three concentration and ranged from 92.5％ to 101.8％.The precision of the method was shown by RSD (n =5) ranged from 0.9％ to 3.1％.The ranges of limit of detection were from 0.001 5 to 0.018 μg,and quantitation were from 0.004 5 to 0.55 μg.The illegally added chemicals were detected with 10 batches of 27 batches of samples.Conclusion The method were simple,sensitivity,accurate,and can be used to detect Anti-rheumatic constituents illegally added in Chinese traditional medicine and health products.
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Aim To explore the concentration range of organic solvent which can both effectively increase solubility of the difficult soluble medicine monomer, and have low toxicity to cells, and to clarify the influence of different concentration of ethanol on curcumol efficacy.Methods Different DMSO and ethanol concentrations were diluted in culture medium and incubated with cells A549, NCI-H460, NCI-H1299, NCI-1650, LTEP-a2 and SPC-A1 for 12 h, 24 h, or 48 h, cell viability was tested by a colorimetric assay with 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide(MTT), and different concentrations of ethanol with/without different concentrations of curcumol were also prepared with culture medium, then incubate with A549 and NCI-H460 cells for 24 h, and cell viability was tested by MTT as well.Results Within 48 h the solution with 0.008(V/V) DMSO or less had no significant effect on the cell A549 compared with control group, for NCI-H1650 the concentration was 0.004(V/V) or less, for NCI-H460 the result turned to be 0.002(V/V) or less, and the solution with DMSO below 0.001(V/V) had significant effect on the three other cells, NCI-H1299, LTEP-a2 and SPC-A1.While within 48 h, the liquor with 0.004(V/V) ethanol or less did not exhibit significant cytotoxic effect on the cell A549, for NCI-H460 and NCI-H1650 the result of ethanol concentration became 0.002(V/V) or less, for NCI-H1299 the data was 0.001(V/V) or less, and the liquor with ethanol below 0.001(V/V) showed significant cytotoxic effect on LTEP-a2and SPC-A1.When the proportion of ethanol in solution was below 0.01, it has no cytotoxic on cell A549 and NCI-H460, and the curcumol solution prepared with this kind of ethanol solution only represented the efficacy of curcumol on the cells.Since the solution with 0.01(V/V) ethanol dissolved the curcumol better, the cell viability changed from about 100% to about 35%.Conclusions Different organic solvent expressed different toxicity to the same cell, and the sensitivity of different cells to one organic solvent is dissimilar.and DMSO could be the optimum solvent for A549 and NCI-H1650, while the optimum solvent of NCI-H1299 is ethanol, for NCI-H460 it could be both and DMSO and ethanol, and DMSO and ethanol is not suitable for LETP-a2, SPC-A1 to be solvent.
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La enfermedad fibroquística constituye la afección más frecuente de la mama durante la etapa de la madurez sexual. Más del 30 % de las mujeres en Cuba la padece. En la Medicina Tradicional China esta se corresponde mayoritariamente con la categoría Ru-Pi. Con el objetivo de identificar las características de esta afección desde la perspectiva de la Medicina Tradicional China, se desarrolló una búsqueda a través de la Biblioteca Virtual de la Salud de Infomed, en varias bases de datos internacionales, y en la Biblioteca del Servicio de Referencia Provincial de Medicina Natural y Tradicional de Matanzas. Fueron revisados 32 artículos y 17 libros sin limitación de año y país, seleccionándose 27 de ellos con calidad, los que se ajustaban a los objetivos de la investigación. Ru-Pi se define ampliamente como un nódulo (o nódulos) de apariencia duradera en las mamas, los que no son supurativos. Se diferencian según el diagnóstico sindrómico tradicional en estancamiento de Qi de hígado, estancamiento de Qi de hígado transformado en fuego, estancamiento de Qi de hígado que concomita con Xu (deficiencia) de Yin y estancamiento de Qi que concomita con desarmonía de los canales Chong y Ren, fundamentalmente. Se expusieron los principios de tratamiento de esta enfermedad y los esquemas terapéuticos definidos según el modelo de la Medicina Tradicional China.
The fibrocystic disease is the most frequent mamma disorder during the stage of sexual maturity. More than 30 % of the women in Cuba suffer from that disease. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it corresponds mainly with Ru-Pi category. With the aim of identifying the characteristics of this disease from the perspective of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, a search was carried out in the Health Virtual Library Infomed, in several international databases and in the Library of the Provincial Reference Service of Traditional and Natural Medicine of Matanzas. 32 articles and 17 books were reviewed without limitation of edition year and country, choosing 27 of them qualitatively adjusted to the research aims. Ru-Pi is widely defined as a long-lasting appearance nodule (or nodules) in the mamma; these nodules are not suppurative. They are differenced according to the traditional syndrome diagnosis mainly as liver Qi stagnation, liver Qi stagnation transformed in fire, liver Qi stagnation concomitant with Xu (deficiency) of Yin, and Qi stagnation concomitant with Chon and Ren canals disharmony. There it were exposed the treatment principles of this disease and the therapeutic schemes defined according to the models of the Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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Los orígenes de la medicina tradicional china en Cuba datan de la época colonial, cuyas técnicasfueronintroducidas a través de los inmigrantes chinos. Es muy frecuentelautilización, tanto en el argot popular como médico,delrefrán: "A ese no lo cura ni el médico chino".El origen de esta frase es real, y proviene del poco conocido JuanCham-Bom-Bian. La mayor parte de su estancia en Cuba ocurrió entre la sciudades de La Habana y Cárdenas; enesta última ocurrió su misteriosa muerte. El objetivo de esta investigación histórica es realizar una breve reseña de la vida y obra del enigmático Juan Cham-Bom-Bian: "e lmédico chino" de Cuba. La búsqueda y recopilación de información se realizó a partir de diversas fuentes en artículos de revistas y libros de historia de los siglos XIX yXX, disponibles en el archivo histórico municipal de Cárdenas. La existencia de este singular personaje continúa siendo una incógnita para los historiadores de nuestro tiempo. JuanCham-Bom-Bian constituye uno de los primeros precursores de la medicina tradicional china enCuba.
The origins of the Chinese traditional medicine in Cuba date from the colonial time whose techniques were introduced throughtheChinese immigrants. It is very frequent the use so much in the popular jargonas doctor of the proverb: "to that it doesn't save him neither the Chinese doctor". The origin of this sentence is real, and Cham-Bom-Biáncomes from the not very well-known Juan. Most of their stayin Cuba happened between the cities of Havana and Cárdenas; in Cardenas City happened their mysterious death. The objective of the present historica larticle is tocarry out a brief review of the life and work of the enigmatic JuanCham-Bom-Bián: "the Chinese doctor" of Cuba. The search and summary of information was carried out starting from diverse sourcesof information: articles of magazines and books of history of the available XIX and XX centuries in municipal historical file of Cárdenas City. Their existence continues being a secret for the historians of our time. JuanCham-Bom-Bián was one of the first precursors of the Chinese traditional medicine in Cuba.
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O desequilíbrio propiciado pelo stress desencadeia uma série de prejuízos aos diversos setores da vida dos indivíduos. A presença de stress pode desencadear o desenvolvimento de inúmeras doenças e propiciar um prejuízo para a qualidade de vida e produtividade do ser humano. A Medicina Tradicional Chinesa pode ser instrumento eficaz de avaliação e tratamento da presença do stress por visar à reorganização homeostática do organismo. Baseando-se na manutenção da qualidade de vida do ser humano, o presente estudo objetivou realizar uma revisão bibliográfica da sintomatologia do stress sob a ótica da Medicina Tradicional Chinesa. As relações encontradas entre a sintomatologia do stress e a Medicina Tradicional Chinesa foram: Vazio de Qi/Yang do Coração (Cansaço e Desgaste Físico), Estagnação do Qi do Fígado (Tensão Muscular), Fogo Fleuma do Coração, Estagnação do Qi do Coração e Fígado e Deficiência de Qi, Yin ou Sangue do Coração (Ansiedade/Angustia diária), Mucosidade-Fogo no Estômago e Coração (Pensamentos constantes em um só assunto), o Fogo no Coração que consome o Yin e Vazio de Sangue do Coração (Insônia). Estas inter-relações entre a Medicina Ocidental e a Medicina Tradicional Chinesa poderão ser importantes no direcionamento efetivo do tratamento da sintomatologia do stress.
The imbalance brought by stress triggers a series of burdens in various sectors of an individual?s life. The presence of stress can trigger the development of numerous diseases and cause a detriment to the quality of life and productivity of human beings. Traditional Chinese Medicine can be an effective tool to evaluate and treat stress symptoms, as it aims at the homeostatic reorganization of the body. This study aimed to conduct a literature review of stress symptoms from the perspective of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, based in maintenance of quality of life. The observed relations between stress symptoms and Traditional Chinese Medicine wereHeart Qi/Yang Deficiency (Physical Fatigue and Wear), Liver Qi Stagnation (Muscle Tension), Heart Phlegm Fire, Heart and Liver Qi Stagnation and Heart Qi/Yin/Blood Deficiency (Daily Anxiety/Anguish), Mucus-Fire in Stomach and Heart (Repetitive thoughts), Heart Fire that consumes the Yin and Heart Blood Emptiness (Insomnia). Such interrelationships between western medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine can be important in treatment of the symptoms of stress.
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Humans , Stress, Physiological , Stress, Mechanical , Stress, Psychological , Medicine, Chinese TraditionalABSTRACT
Introducción: Muchas personas, como parte del tratamiento de su diabetes mellitus, prefieren hacer ejercicios alternativos, incluyendo actividades mente-cuerpo empleados en la Medicina Tradicional China.Objetivo: describir algunas formas alternativas de ejercicios utilizados por la Medicina Tradicional China como una opción a considerar en el tratamiento de personas con diabetes mellitus.Desarrollo: se encontraron efectos similares a los reportados con el uso de la actividad física convencional en personas con diabetes mellitus, que al parecer pueden ser obtenidos con los ejercicios utilizados en la Medicina Tradicional China, como es el caso de la práctica del Tai chi chuan, Qigong y Wai tan kung. Ellos constituyen programas de ejercicios útiles, bien estructurados y con miles de años de práctica cotidiana, que, unidos al tratamiento convencional de la diabetes mellitus, pueden facilitar una buena evolución y una mayor calidad de vida de estas personas, pues aportan efectos positivos sobre el control metabólico, la densidad ósea, la función física general y cardiopulmonar en particular, y sobre el estado psicológico y la función inmune del paciente.Conclusiones: los efectos favorables obtenidos durante la realización de formas alternativas de ejercicio físico utilizados por la Medicina Tradicional China en personas con diabetes mellitus, hacen de su práctica una opción a considerar para el tratamiento de esta importante entidad nosológica(AU)
Introduction: As part of the treatment of diabetes mellitus, many people choose to do alternative exercises including mind-body activities used in the Chinese traditional medicine.Objective: to describe some alternative forms of exercising used by Chinese traditional medicine as a choice to be considered in the treatment of diabetes mellitus people.Development: similar effects to those reported with the use of conventional physical activity in diabetic persons were found; it seems that they may be reached with the Chinese traditional medicine exercising as is the case of practicing Tai chi chuan, Qigong and Wai tan kung. These are well-structured programs of useful exercises that have been practiced during thousand of years and that, together with the conventional therapy for diabetes mellitus, could facilitate good progress and higher quality of life in this people. They provide positive effects in terms of metabolic control, bone density, general physical function and particularly, cardiopulmonary function, psychological status and immunological condition of the patient.Conclusions: the favorable impact from the practice of alternative forms of physical exercises in Chinese traditional medicine by diabetes mellitus patients makes practice a choice to be considered in treating this important entity(AU)
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Humans , Diabetes Mellitus/therapy , Medicine, Chinese Traditional/methods , Exercise Movement Techniques/methods , Motor Activity/physiologyABSTRACT
Objective Study on efficacy of epileptic patients on treatment with modified Chaihu Guizhi De -coction(Chinese traditional medicine compounds )combined with anti-epilepsy drug.Methods 90 case of epileptic patients were randomly assigned to study group or control group ,45 case for each .The control group was treated only with anti-epilepsy drug , and the study group was treated with modified Chaihu Guizhi Decoction and anti -epilepsy drug.Observed and compared the treatment effect as well as the monthly average of seizure frequency of the epilepsy after treatment.Results The study group effective rate was 82.22%,which significant higher than the control group (64.44%).The study group's monthly average of seizure frequency was lower than the control group , the clinical effect between the control group and the study group were differences significantly (p<0.05).Conclusion Modified Chaihu Guizhi Decoction combined with anti -epilepsy drug can significantly reduce the seizure frequency of the epi-leptic patients in the treatment of epilepsy .It's worthy to be widely applied in clinical .
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Objective To confirm subject headings which are prepared to be added, deleted and modified in the class of traditional Chinese medicine and related disciplines (TG class) for the new edition of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Subject Headings (CTMMeSH). Methods Compiling principle, word frequency statistics and database retrieval results were considered. Other references, such as MeSH, were also used to help choose subject headings of TG class. Results In TG class, 35 subject headings were planned to be added, such as “medicine, traditional Korean”and“TCM constitution”;35 subject headings were planned to be deleted, such as“medicine, eastern tradition”and“meridians”;19 subject headings were planned to be modified, such as “four-constitution medicine” and “Minority Medicine”. The subject headings of “Minority Medicine”were unified to harmonize the problems of“TCM pharmacy”with other classes of subject terms. Conclusion Subject headings of TG class are chosen based on word frequency statistics. The word form are unified refer to regulation, teaching materials and documents, and should coordinate with subject headings of other classes.
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According to the relevant literature, combined with the clinical experience of Professor Lianfang, the rule of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of abnormal follicular development was studied. The etiology and pathogenesis, syndrome differentiation and treatment, special formula, the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and other therapy for abnormal follicular development were sorted and summarized.