A CASE OF AORTO PULMONARY WINDOW - DIAGNOSED ONLY AFTER HAVING STROKE
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Aorto-pulmonary(AP) window is a rare cardiac anomaly with male predominance and an incidence of only 0.1% of all congenital cardiac defects. 24yr old male patient who was totally asymptomatic until he had stroke and was later diagnosed with AP window. Ap window is a very rare case. This was case was diagnosed on routine work up only because he has an episode of cerebrovascular accident.
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INFLUENCE OF STRONG BLACK TEA AND COFFEE ON CORTISOL AND ERGOGENS IN THE BLOOD OF YOUNG MEN
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Tea has anecdotally been associated with stress relief, but this has seldom been tested scientifically. To investigate the effects of 6 weeks of black tea consumption, compared with matched placebo, on subjective, cardiovascular, cortisol and platelet responses to acute stress, in a parallel group double-blind randomised design. Seventy-five healthy nonsmoking men were withdrawn from tea, coffee and caffeinated beverages for a 4-week wash-out phase during which they drank four cups per day of
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The relationship between early Dao Yin, Qi and meridian theory
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
This paper introduced and summarized the ways and skills of promoting the circulation of air in the human body (Dao Yin Xing Qi) in Dao Yin Tu and Yin Shu and compared them with the way of breathing in Qu Gu Shi Qi. It was found that early Dao Yin drew on breathing thinking (Qi theory) and was meaningful for human health and helpful in examining how Qi theory was shaped and developed. It was also found that Dao Yin treated diseases based on meridian theories because Dao Yin for disease treatm
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The versions of Shiguzhai Hui Ju Jian Bian Dan Fang by Wu Mianxue
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Shiguzhai Hui Ju Jian Bian Dan Fang, was the only medical book for prescription and formula collected and compiled by Wu Mianxue in the period of the Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620). It had seven volumes in total with six of them popular at that time. The volumes contained 1,460 folk formula and clinical prescriptions which were divided into 111 categories based on their corresponding symptoms of diseases. The set was issued in the beginning of the 17th century, with only three subsets
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Dodd D. The Hamilton Birth Control Clinic of the 1830s [J] .Ontario Hist, 1983, 75 (1): 71
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
This open-label study evaluated the effects on body fat of the use of a low-dose oral contraceptive (gestodene75/EE20) in a group of 61 women (OC-U group) as compared to a nonuser group (OC-N group) of 51 women who did not receive an oral contraceptive. Weight, body mass index (BMI), waist-over-hip ratio and body composition data, obtained by bioelectrical impedance [percentages of body fat (%FAT), water (%TBW) and lean mass (%FFM)], were assessed before and after six treatment cycles. Baseli
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The meaning and indication of "Rou Ji"
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
"Rou Ji", as a name of disease syndrome, played an important role with its relevant theories and clinical experiences in historical recordings. However, it was treasured neither in modern archives nor by clinical physicians. The concept of "Rou Ji" started in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (770 B.C. - 221 B.C.), and its name was first found in Shan Fan Fang in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589). The symptoms of this disease mainly sug
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Chinese traditional five-tone music therapy
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
The ideology of Chinese traditional five-tone music therapy started in the five-tone music practice for witch medicine (Wu Yi) or Shaman medicine (Sa Man Yi Xue) treatment in the primitive period. It came from the five-element thinking, ie , wood, fire, earth, metal and water which matches each inner organ in the human body to diagnose the lesion of the five main organs in traditional Chinese medicine. The five-tone system diagnoses the lesion of the five inner organs based on the changes of
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Cheng Lin and his life
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Cheng Lin, a famous doctor in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, had a great reputation with his medical achievements. According to the prefaces and postscripts in a variety of books and local records, he was born earlier than 1616 and died later than 1700 in Huaitang in She Xian. He learned medicine from his uncle Cheng Jingtong when he was young. After that, he learned from the famous doctor Yu Chang. He visited Kaifeng, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Yangzhou, and made friends with many then ce
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The two research dimensions of acupuncture and meteria medica: Ma Shi and Wu Kun
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
The relationship between acupuncture and meteria medica is an important issue for acupuncture and materia medica. In the past few centuries discusstion of the relationship has mainly focused on combining acupuncture and materia medica, and has therefore been less centred on a sufficient understanding of the genernal rationale of acupuncture and materia medica. Ma Shi and Wu Kun, two clinical physicians in the Ming Dynasty, systematically described the relationship between acupuncture and mete
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The understanding of epidemic diseases in the Qin and Han Dynasties
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
In the Qin and Han Dynasties, three views were argued as the main causes of epidemic diseases, the observation of climate, the interaction between nature and humans and 'witchcraft'. Specifically it was thought that abnormal climate, personnel and government decree, and 'gods' and 'ghosts' were responsible for epidemics. This perception led to corresponding countermeasures to deal with epidemic diseases. The abnormal climate in nature was believed to result in the occu
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