The traditional formula of Danchai was provided by associate professor Dan Chen of Tianjin Medical University,which consisted of Chaihu(Radix Bupleuri)9 g,Baishao(Radix Paeoniae Alba)9 g,Yujin(Radix Curcumae)30 g,Muda...The traditional formula of Danchai was provided by associate professor Dan Chen of Tianjin Medical University,which consisted of Chaihu(Radix Bupleuri)9 g,Baishao(Radix Paeoniae Alba)9 g,Yujin(Radix Curcumae)30 g,Mudanpi(Cortex moutan Radicis)9 g,and Gancao(Radix glycyrrhizae)6 g.After soaking in water for 20 min,the herbs were decocted with medium heat to boiling and for 15 min with low heat.The liquid was poured out and decocted again by adding water.The decoction is mixed and consumed orally 30 min after meals,twice per day.Danchai formula can be used to treat excessive immune response-related diseases,including immune rejection after organ transplantation,autoimmune diseases,and hypersensitivity.展开更多
The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging across the world.Everyday thousands of infected people lost their lives.What is worse,there is no specific medicine and we do not know when the end of the pandemic will come.The n...The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging across the world.Everyday thousands of infected people lost their lives.What is worse,there is no specific medicine and we do not know when the end of the pandemic will come.The nearest global pandemic is the 1918 influenza,which caused about 50 million deaths and partly terminate the World War I.We believe that no matter the virus H1N1 for the 1918 influenza or 2019-nCoV for COVID-19,they are essentially the same and the final cause of death is sepsis.The definition and diagnostic/management criteria of sepsis have been modified several times but the mortality rate has not been improved until date.Over decades,researchers focus either on the immunosuppression or on the excessive inflammatory response following trauma or body exposure to harmful stimuli.But the immune response is very complex with various regulating factors involved in,such as neurotransmitter,endocrine hormone,etc.Sepsis is not a kind of disease,instead a misbalance of the body following infection,trauma or other harmful stimulation.Therefore we should re-think sepsis comprehensively with the concept of systemic biology,i.e.inflammationomics.展开更多
文摘The traditional formula of Danchai was provided by associate professor Dan Chen of Tianjin Medical University,which consisted of Chaihu(Radix Bupleuri)9 g,Baishao(Radix Paeoniae Alba)9 g,Yujin(Radix Curcumae)30 g,Mudanpi(Cortex moutan Radicis)9 g,and Gancao(Radix glycyrrhizae)6 g.After soaking in water for 20 min,the herbs were decocted with medium heat to boiling and for 15 min with low heat.The liquid was poured out and decocted again by adding water.The decoction is mixed and consumed orally 30 min after meals,twice per day.Danchai formula can be used to treat excessive immune response-related diseases,including immune rejection after organ transplantation,autoimmune diseases,and hypersensitivity.
文摘The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging across the world.Everyday thousands of infected people lost their lives.What is worse,there is no specific medicine and we do not know when the end of the pandemic will come.The nearest global pandemic is the 1918 influenza,which caused about 50 million deaths and partly terminate the World War I.We believe that no matter the virus H1N1 for the 1918 influenza or 2019-nCoV for COVID-19,they are essentially the same and the final cause of death is sepsis.The definition and diagnostic/management criteria of sepsis have been modified several times but the mortality rate has not been improved until date.Over decades,researchers focus either on the immunosuppression or on the excessive inflammatory response following trauma or body exposure to harmful stimuli.But the immune response is very complex with various regulating factors involved in,such as neurotransmitter,endocrine hormone,etc.Sepsis is not a kind of disease,instead a misbalance of the body following infection,trauma or other harmful stimulation.Therefore we should re-think sepsis comprehensively with the concept of systemic biology,i.e.inflammationomics.
