Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common and severe complication among patients with diabetes. There are hundreds of natural products derived from herbs that have been identified and proven to be effective for glucose-lo...Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common and severe complication among patients with diabetes. There are hundreds of natural products derived from herbs that have been identified and proven to be effective for glucose-lowering and wound-healing effects, such as flavones. In this case study, we reported that a 76-year-old male patient with severe traumatic DFU was cured after drinking yellow tea (dehydrogenated Camellia sinensis) as a postprandial auxiliary treatment for six months. Previously, the patient was required to be hospitalized, but the wound deteriorated after five months. The patient drank yellow tea at approximately 12:30 pm (the active time of heart meridian) after lunch every day. Five grams of yellow tea were boiled in one liter of water and covered above 70°C for approximately 30 minutes. He experienced profuse sweating on his back after drinking yellow tea, with no other adverse effects. His lifestyle and healthcare remained constant except for replacing green tea with yellow tea. After six months, the ulcer had completely healed, and after one year of follow-up, no new abnormalities or side effects were found. This self-controlled case study indicates that flavone-enriched yellow tea or other herbs may be an auxiliary therapy for diabetes and its complications.展开更多
Human meridian(Jingluo)system was hypothesized by traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)for thousands of years,suggest-ing 12 normal meridian channels going through respective organs,carrying fluid and energy,and laying th...Human meridian(Jingluo)system was hypothesized by traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)for thousands of years,suggest-ing 12 normal meridian channels going through respective organs,carrying fluid and energy,and laying thermal effects.Some treatments based on meridians have been proved effective.However,existence of meridians has never been confirmed,let alone the lack of measurement for meridian phenotypes.Thermal effect is one of the major phenotypes of meridian metabo-lism.Infrared photograph was employed to display the picture of meridians since 1970.Unfortunately,no satisfactory results have been obtained.It is possible that only when a certain meridian is activated will there be thermal effect for successful infrared photograph.In this study,13 types of tea were selected out of the herbs to activate the hypothesized 12 meridians for imagery taking.Forty-two volunteers took part in the experiment lasted for 13 days.Different tea was tested in different day.Infrared imageries of the human bodies were taken immediately after each tea was drunk.The highest temperatures of the fingers,palms,and above the organs were derived from the imageries and analyzed.The temperatures of the organs and fingers possibly connected by 12 hypothesized meridians rose together significantly following the meridian hypothesis.Infrared imageries showed quite clear shapes of the organs activated by different kinds of tea,e.g.,heart and kidneys by yel-low tea,etc.Some high temperature lines also matched the hypothetic meridians.Our work displayed the probable imageries of all the 12 hypothetic meridians for the first time,and proved with data that different foods may activate different organs following the meridian hypothesis,shedding light on a possible new method of targeted drug designs.Measurements of meridian phenotypes can be developed based on this method of activation.展开更多
文摘Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a common and severe complication among patients with diabetes. There are hundreds of natural products derived from herbs that have been identified and proven to be effective for glucose-lowering and wound-healing effects, such as flavones. In this case study, we reported that a 76-year-old male patient with severe traumatic DFU was cured after drinking yellow tea (dehydrogenated Camellia sinensis) as a postprandial auxiliary treatment for six months. Previously, the patient was required to be hospitalized, but the wound deteriorated after five months. The patient drank yellow tea at approximately 12:30 pm (the active time of heart meridian) after lunch every day. Five grams of yellow tea were boiled in one liter of water and covered above 70°C for approximately 30 minutes. He experienced profuse sweating on his back after drinking yellow tea, with no other adverse effects. His lifestyle and healthcare remained constant except for replacing green tea with yellow tea. After six months, the ulcer had completely healed, and after one year of follow-up, no new abnormalities or side effects were found. This self-controlled case study indicates that flavone-enriched yellow tea or other herbs may be an auxiliary therapy for diabetes and its complications.
基金supported by National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFE0201600)B&R Joint Laboratory of Eurasian Anthropology(18490750300)+1 种基金Shanghai Ziranerran Chinese Medicine Development Foundation(201501)Natural Science Foundation of China(31671297,91731303).
文摘Human meridian(Jingluo)system was hypothesized by traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)for thousands of years,suggest-ing 12 normal meridian channels going through respective organs,carrying fluid and energy,and laying thermal effects.Some treatments based on meridians have been proved effective.However,existence of meridians has never been confirmed,let alone the lack of measurement for meridian phenotypes.Thermal effect is one of the major phenotypes of meridian metabo-lism.Infrared photograph was employed to display the picture of meridians since 1970.Unfortunately,no satisfactory results have been obtained.It is possible that only when a certain meridian is activated will there be thermal effect for successful infrared photograph.In this study,13 types of tea were selected out of the herbs to activate the hypothesized 12 meridians for imagery taking.Forty-two volunteers took part in the experiment lasted for 13 days.Different tea was tested in different day.Infrared imageries of the human bodies were taken immediately after each tea was drunk.The highest temperatures of the fingers,palms,and above the organs were derived from the imageries and analyzed.The temperatures of the organs and fingers possibly connected by 12 hypothesized meridians rose together significantly following the meridian hypothesis.Infrared imageries showed quite clear shapes of the organs activated by different kinds of tea,e.g.,heart and kidneys by yel-low tea,etc.Some high temperature lines also matched the hypothetic meridians.Our work displayed the probable imageries of all the 12 hypothetic meridians for the first time,and proved with data that different foods may activate different organs following the meridian hypothesis,shedding light on a possible new method of targeted drug designs.Measurements of meridian phenotypes can be developed based on this method of activation.
