The di-zhen (DZ) is an ancient type of acupuncture needle with a history dating back more than 2000 years. Unlike modern acupuncture needles, the DZ is not inserted subcutaneously, and is safely and commonly used at t...The di-zhen (DZ) is an ancient type of acupuncture needle with a history dating back more than 2000 years. Unlike modern acupuncture needles, the DZ is not inserted subcutaneously, and is safely and commonly used at the bedside. The mechanisms underlying its effects are not known. In this study, we measured sublingual and cutaneous body temperature, pulse rate, oxygen pressure (PO2), oxygen saturation (sO2) and carbon dioxide pressure (PCO2) before and after DZ application in 25 healthy male volunteers. Serum levels of catecholamines (adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine) and white blood cells (WBCs;ratio and number) were traced for one week. Soon after DZ application, pulse rate, body temperature, PO2 and sO2 all decreased. The serum levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline increased, indicating sympathetic dominance, and the number of granulocytes was elevated. One week after DZ application, the number of lymphocyte increased. We therefore suggest that DZ affects body temperature, pulse rate, catecholamine secretion and immune function by inducing transient sympathetic dominance via actions on the autonomic nervous system. These effects are similar to the effects observed with modern needles, which are inserted subcutaneously. Therefore, we consider DZ treatment to be advantageous and safe in modern clinical practice, especially in post-surgical and terminal care, as it avoids the issues with infection and tissue damage sometimes seen with modern acupuncture needles.展开更多
The importance of sleep has been described in proverbs such as “the early bird catches the worm”. However, there are few scientific reports on the effects of early rising. Therefore, early risers (Group E) and late ...The importance of sleep has been described in proverbs such as “the early bird catches the worm”. However, there are few scientific reports on the effects of early rising. Therefore, early risers (Group E) and late risers (Group L) were compared and the number and ratio of leukocytes, body temperature, glucose and its associated hormones were studied. Furthermore, each group was divided into two groups by the duration of sleep and the following four groups were compared: early risers with short sleep (Group E-S);early risers with long sleep (Group E-L);late risers with short sleep (Group L-S);and late risers with long sleep (Group L-L). Then, compared with Group L, Group E showed lower numbers and ratio of granulocytes and a higher ratio of lymphocytes showing parasympathetic nerve dominance. Group E showed higher levels of glucose and its related hormones than Group L, indicating sympathetic nerve dominance. Compared with Groups E-S and L-S, Groups E-L and L-L showed lower glucose and cortisol levels, respectively. These results indicated that early rising might affect leukocyte subsets, and adequate duration of sleep could decrease levels of glucose via modification of the autonomic nervous system.展开更多
The di-zhen (DZ) is an ancient type of acupuncture needle with a history dating back to more than 2000 years. Unlike modern acupuncture needles, the DZ is not inserted subcutaneously and is considered to be safe for c...The di-zhen (DZ) is an ancient type of acupuncture needle with a history dating back to more than 2000 years. Unlike modern acupuncture needles, the DZ is not inserted subcutaneously and is considered to be safe for common use, even at the bedside of terminally ill patients. In this case study, DZ application was selected and applied 14 times on a 92-year-old patient who had suffered severe oliguria along with administration of diuretics. Urine volume increased 12 out of 14 times following DZ treatment;however, the other two times it was ineffective. To investigate the reason and the differences in effective/ineffective DZ application, two internal conditions (effective vs ineffective) were compared by analyzing daily nursing reports (vital signs such as blood pressure, urine volume and body temperature) and weekly clinical data (including renal, liver and immune function, urea nitrogen, creatinine, ALT, AST, the ratio and number of leukocytes, erythrocytes). DZ application increased urine volume via a transient modification of the autonomic nervous system when internal homeostasis was maintained. Aging populations, who often have several diseases and medications, are rapidly increasing in developed countries. Therefore, the study and application of DZ may contribute to a reduction in medical costs, which have been rapidly and heavily expanding recently.展开更多
Background: The organs in the body function in coherent organ networks. These organ networks are commonly known as physiological systems. Blood Glucose, Blood Pressure and pH exhibit the characteristics of neurally re...Background: The organs in the body function in coherent organ networks. These organ networks are commonly known as physiological systems. Blood Glucose, Blood Pressure and pH exhibit the characteristics of neurally regulated Physiological Systems. Any medical condition, such as diabetes, has origins which are due to systemic dysfunction. This influences the genetic expression of proteins and the rate at which such expressed proteins subsequently react. Increased levels of acidity influence the levels of available minerals, protein conformation, and hence the rate at which expressed proteins such as insulin and leptin react or function. This is particularly significant in diabetes etiology where a deficiency of insulin and insulin-“resistance” are significant features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Proteins such as Insulin absorb and emit light. Moreover, the spectrum and intensity of the bioluminescence emitted from glycated proteins (which are more significantly bioluminescent) influence colour perception. Accordingly, changes to the diabetic’s colour perception can be used as the basis of a cognitive screening technique which is able to quantify the influence of genotype and phenotype. This may have significant advantages over current biomarker techniques which are not able to satisfactorily determine the earliest onset of?diabetes or distinguish between the symptomatic and presymptomatic onset of diabetes. Such methodology, based upon the properties of proteins, i.e. effectively, the rate at which proteins are expressed and the rate at which such expressed proteins subsequently react, allows the clinician to quantify genotype and phenotype and may contribute to a greater understanding of the processes responsible for what are commonly known as type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The aim of this article is to highlight the limitations of the current techniques used to diagnose diabetes and to highlight, at least from the theoretical perspective, the significance of the autonomic nervous system and physiological systems;in particular, how changes to colour perception are related to the function and/or stability of the autonomic nervous system;and how such phenomena can be used diagnostically. This article discusses this method—a mathematical model of the autonomic nervous system and physiological systems—which has been incorporated into the prototype technology Virtual Scanning;and in conclusion, illustrates how Diabetes appears to be a problem of acidity and consequently of mineral deficiency. It outlines how genotype and phenotype are both significant factors in the regulation of Blood Glucose, i.e. type 1 diabetes is predominantly genetic and is associated with hypoglycaemia whilst type 2 diabetes is due to environmental or phenotypic cause and is associated with hyperglycaemia. Both can occur simultaneously and hence explain why someone with type 2 diabetes may be prescribed insulin, i.e. in order to quantify the extent of a pathology such as diabetes mellitus and/or any other common pathology, it appears necessary to quantify the influence of genotype (genetic capacity) and phenotype (physiological demand). Accordingly the categorisation of diabetes as type 1 and type 2 may be misleading.展开更多
<strong>Purpose:</strong> Traditional medicines have unique breathing methods and they are widely believed that they are good for health promotion and good for relax. However, there is little evidence. The...<strong>Purpose:</strong> Traditional medicines have unique breathing methods and they are widely believed that they are good for health promotion and good for relax. However, there is little evidence. The purpose of this study is to discuss if such specific breathings could effectively reduce stress and be able to help to reach a relaxed state in the body as well as in the mind. To objectively understand the state of stress/relax, we assessed the condition of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) as well as heart rate (HR) and body temperature (BT), which instantly reflect ANS. <strong>Methods: </strong>Fourteen healthy male volunteers participated in this study and we investigated four kinds of breathing with them: Natural breathing (Control), Abdominal Pressure breathing (Pressure), Abdominal breathing (Abdominal) and Reverse Abdominal breathing (Reverse).<strong> Results:</strong> Only Control group showed increase of HF/decrease of HR, showing increase parasympathetic nervous system, which indicates the condition of relax. On the hand, all experimental groups of unique breathings showed increase of sympathetic nervous system, meaning stress. <strong>Discussion:</strong> Our hypothesis was that traditional breathing methods would decrease stress, however, our results were the total opposite to it. This reason might be found: 1) our subjects might be too young and naive, 2) they did not have enough training or experience, and 3) enough and appropriate duration of breathings was needed. Therefore, we consider that appropriate program and enough training time to use to specific breathing are needed to obtain the effects of traditional breathing.展开更多
为评价有氧、无氧耐力训练对自主神经功能的影响,提供健全、合理体育锻炼方案的理论依据,我们将41名健康男性青年,随机分为有氧耐力组和无氧耐力组,进行连续8周训练。分别于训练前、训练4周末、训练8周末进行5 m in短程心率变异性(HRV)...为评价有氧、无氧耐力训练对自主神经功能的影响,提供健全、合理体育锻炼方案的理论依据,我们将41名健康男性青年,随机分为有氧耐力组和无氧耐力组,进行连续8周训练。分别于训练前、训练4周末、训练8周末进行5 m in短程心率变异性(HRV)频域、时域法分析。结果显示,与训练前比较,有氧耐力组迷走神经活动增强(HF、HFnu、RM SSD、PNN 50,P值均<0.05),交感神经活动呈减弱趋势(LFnu),自主神经平衡表现为趋向迷走神经占优势(LF/HF),HRV增大;无氧耐力组自主神经调节功能相对较稳定。本研究表明,有氧、无氧耐力训练对自主神经调节能力的影响取决于训练的负荷强度,与有氧训练相似,严格控制的适当强度的无氧耐力训练也可能有利于增强人体对环境的适应能力。展开更多
近似数量系统(Approximate Number System,ANS)指个体在不需要依赖于计算和数量符号的情况下,对一组数量进行近似表征的系统。通过总结近十年来研究者们在ANS的遗传和神经基础、干预训练等方面取得的新进展,指出未来应综合运用各种认知...近似数量系统(Approximate Number System,ANS)指个体在不需要依赖于计算和数量符号的情况下,对一组数量进行近似表征的系统。通过总结近十年来研究者们在ANS的遗传和神经基础、干预训练等方面取得的新进展,指出未来应综合运用各种认知神经科学研究手段立足于ANS的基因和脑生理基础研究,进一步揭示ANS的本质和内在发生发展机制,并将有关研究发现运用到教育教学中,对数学困难儿童进行干预,以提高其数学能力和适应社会的能力。展开更多
文摘The di-zhen (DZ) is an ancient type of acupuncture needle with a history dating back more than 2000 years. Unlike modern acupuncture needles, the DZ is not inserted subcutaneously, and is safely and commonly used at the bedside. The mechanisms underlying its effects are not known. In this study, we measured sublingual and cutaneous body temperature, pulse rate, oxygen pressure (PO2), oxygen saturation (sO2) and carbon dioxide pressure (PCO2) before and after DZ application in 25 healthy male volunteers. Serum levels of catecholamines (adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine) and white blood cells (WBCs;ratio and number) were traced for one week. Soon after DZ application, pulse rate, body temperature, PO2 and sO2 all decreased. The serum levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline increased, indicating sympathetic dominance, and the number of granulocytes was elevated. One week after DZ application, the number of lymphocyte increased. We therefore suggest that DZ affects body temperature, pulse rate, catecholamine secretion and immune function by inducing transient sympathetic dominance via actions on the autonomic nervous system. These effects are similar to the effects observed with modern needles, which are inserted subcutaneously. Therefore, we consider DZ treatment to be advantageous and safe in modern clinical practice, especially in post-surgical and terminal care, as it avoids the issues with infection and tissue damage sometimes seen with modern acupuncture needles.
文摘The importance of sleep has been described in proverbs such as “the early bird catches the worm”. However, there are few scientific reports on the effects of early rising. Therefore, early risers (Group E) and late risers (Group L) were compared and the number and ratio of leukocytes, body temperature, glucose and its associated hormones were studied. Furthermore, each group was divided into two groups by the duration of sleep and the following four groups were compared: early risers with short sleep (Group E-S);early risers with long sleep (Group E-L);late risers with short sleep (Group L-S);and late risers with long sleep (Group L-L). Then, compared with Group L, Group E showed lower numbers and ratio of granulocytes and a higher ratio of lymphocytes showing parasympathetic nerve dominance. Group E showed higher levels of glucose and its related hormones than Group L, indicating sympathetic nerve dominance. Compared with Groups E-S and L-S, Groups E-L and L-L showed lower glucose and cortisol levels, respectively. These results indicated that early rising might affect leukocyte subsets, and adequate duration of sleep could decrease levels of glucose via modification of the autonomic nervous system.
文摘The di-zhen (DZ) is an ancient type of acupuncture needle with a history dating back to more than 2000 years. Unlike modern acupuncture needles, the DZ is not inserted subcutaneously and is considered to be safe for common use, even at the bedside of terminally ill patients. In this case study, DZ application was selected and applied 14 times on a 92-year-old patient who had suffered severe oliguria along with administration of diuretics. Urine volume increased 12 out of 14 times following DZ treatment;however, the other two times it was ineffective. To investigate the reason and the differences in effective/ineffective DZ application, two internal conditions (effective vs ineffective) were compared by analyzing daily nursing reports (vital signs such as blood pressure, urine volume and body temperature) and weekly clinical data (including renal, liver and immune function, urea nitrogen, creatinine, ALT, AST, the ratio and number of leukocytes, erythrocytes). DZ application increased urine volume via a transient modification of the autonomic nervous system when internal homeostasis was maintained. Aging populations, who often have several diseases and medications, are rapidly increasing in developed countries. Therefore, the study and application of DZ may contribute to a reduction in medical costs, which have been rapidly and heavily expanding recently.
文摘Background: The organs in the body function in coherent organ networks. These organ networks are commonly known as physiological systems. Blood Glucose, Blood Pressure and pH exhibit the characteristics of neurally regulated Physiological Systems. Any medical condition, such as diabetes, has origins which are due to systemic dysfunction. This influences the genetic expression of proteins and the rate at which such expressed proteins subsequently react. Increased levels of acidity influence the levels of available minerals, protein conformation, and hence the rate at which expressed proteins such as insulin and leptin react or function. This is particularly significant in diabetes etiology where a deficiency of insulin and insulin-“resistance” are significant features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Proteins such as Insulin absorb and emit light. Moreover, the spectrum and intensity of the bioluminescence emitted from glycated proteins (which are more significantly bioluminescent) influence colour perception. Accordingly, changes to the diabetic’s colour perception can be used as the basis of a cognitive screening technique which is able to quantify the influence of genotype and phenotype. This may have significant advantages over current biomarker techniques which are not able to satisfactorily determine the earliest onset of?diabetes or distinguish between the symptomatic and presymptomatic onset of diabetes. Such methodology, based upon the properties of proteins, i.e. effectively, the rate at which proteins are expressed and the rate at which such expressed proteins subsequently react, allows the clinician to quantify genotype and phenotype and may contribute to a greater understanding of the processes responsible for what are commonly known as type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The aim of this article is to highlight the limitations of the current techniques used to diagnose diabetes and to highlight, at least from the theoretical perspective, the significance of the autonomic nervous system and physiological systems;in particular, how changes to colour perception are related to the function and/or stability of the autonomic nervous system;and how such phenomena can be used diagnostically. This article discusses this method—a mathematical model of the autonomic nervous system and physiological systems—which has been incorporated into the prototype technology Virtual Scanning;and in conclusion, illustrates how Diabetes appears to be a problem of acidity and consequently of mineral deficiency. It outlines how genotype and phenotype are both significant factors in the regulation of Blood Glucose, i.e. type 1 diabetes is predominantly genetic and is associated with hypoglycaemia whilst type 2 diabetes is due to environmental or phenotypic cause and is associated with hyperglycaemia. Both can occur simultaneously and hence explain why someone with type 2 diabetes may be prescribed insulin, i.e. in order to quantify the extent of a pathology such as diabetes mellitus and/or any other common pathology, it appears necessary to quantify the influence of genotype (genetic capacity) and phenotype (physiological demand). Accordingly the categorisation of diabetes as type 1 and type 2 may be misleading.
文摘<strong>Purpose:</strong> Traditional medicines have unique breathing methods and they are widely believed that they are good for health promotion and good for relax. However, there is little evidence. The purpose of this study is to discuss if such specific breathings could effectively reduce stress and be able to help to reach a relaxed state in the body as well as in the mind. To objectively understand the state of stress/relax, we assessed the condition of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) as well as heart rate (HR) and body temperature (BT), which instantly reflect ANS. <strong>Methods: </strong>Fourteen healthy male volunteers participated in this study and we investigated four kinds of breathing with them: Natural breathing (Control), Abdominal Pressure breathing (Pressure), Abdominal breathing (Abdominal) and Reverse Abdominal breathing (Reverse).<strong> Results:</strong> Only Control group showed increase of HF/decrease of HR, showing increase parasympathetic nervous system, which indicates the condition of relax. On the hand, all experimental groups of unique breathings showed increase of sympathetic nervous system, meaning stress. <strong>Discussion:</strong> Our hypothesis was that traditional breathing methods would decrease stress, however, our results were the total opposite to it. This reason might be found: 1) our subjects might be too young and naive, 2) they did not have enough training or experience, and 3) enough and appropriate duration of breathings was needed. Therefore, we consider that appropriate program and enough training time to use to specific breathing are needed to obtain the effects of traditional breathing.
文摘为评价有氧、无氧耐力训练对自主神经功能的影响,提供健全、合理体育锻炼方案的理论依据,我们将41名健康男性青年,随机分为有氧耐力组和无氧耐力组,进行连续8周训练。分别于训练前、训练4周末、训练8周末进行5 m in短程心率变异性(HRV)频域、时域法分析。结果显示,与训练前比较,有氧耐力组迷走神经活动增强(HF、HFnu、RM SSD、PNN 50,P值均<0.05),交感神经活动呈减弱趋势(LFnu),自主神经平衡表现为趋向迷走神经占优势(LF/HF),HRV增大;无氧耐力组自主神经调节功能相对较稳定。本研究表明,有氧、无氧耐力训练对自主神经调节能力的影响取决于训练的负荷强度,与有氧训练相似,严格控制的适当强度的无氧耐力训练也可能有利于增强人体对环境的适应能力。
文摘近似数量系统(Approximate Number System,ANS)指个体在不需要依赖于计算和数量符号的情况下,对一组数量进行近似表征的系统。通过总结近十年来研究者们在ANS的遗传和神经基础、干预训练等方面取得的新进展,指出未来应综合运用各种认知神经科学研究手段立足于ANS的基因和脑生理基础研究,进一步揭示ANS的本质和内在发生发展机制,并将有关研究发现运用到教育教学中,对数学困难儿童进行干预,以提高其数学能力和适应社会的能力。
