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The migration of acupuncture through the Imperium Hispanicum
Published in Vivienne Lo, Michael Stanley-Baker, Dolly Yang, Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine, 2022
Furthermore, the general hot/cold duality of the adopted Mayan humoral concept can be perceived as similar to the concepts of hot/cold; yin/yang and myriad other dynamic binaries in Chinese medical systems. For example, in Chinese medical theory if there is a deficiency of yin, yang predominates and deficient heat ensues. The same is true of lack of cold resulting from yang deficiency. As death follows from the separation of hot and cold in Mayan medicine, so too is it a consequence of the separation of Yin and Yang (Orellana 1987: 29; Ni 1995). Despite the healthier and stronger nature of masculine attributes in Mayan medicine, according to Adams and Hawkins, one elderly male Mayan informant identified: ‘If there was no cold we would die’ (Adams and Hawkins 2007: 77). Similarly, Tonalli, or life force in Mayan medicine, appears to resemble the Chinese concept of life force or qi; as both can result in illness or death if deficient or absent from the body (Orellana 1987: 29; Ni 1995).
Low Back Pain
Published in Benjamin Apichai, Chinese Medicine for Lower Body Pain, 2021
The pain is aggravated by fatigue and alleviated by bed rest and pressure. Yang deficiency: Cold hands, feet, lower abdomen, and lower back accompanied by lassitude. Tongue is pale. Pulse is deep and thin.Yin deficiency: Five-center heat, dry mouth, insomnia, forgetfulness, and tinnitus. Tongue is red. Pulse is wiry, thin, and deep.
Conclusion
Published in Marta E. Hanson, Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine, 2012
The author, Han Li, marshaled the conventional tools of recent clinical studies – a summary of the patient pool, an example of the patient intake form, and tabulations of the percentage distributions of morbidity among patients – but then he tabulated these figures according to the four seasons and the constitutions of classical Chinese medicine, illustrating the persistence of these older taxonomies. Furthermore, he contrasted the constitutional types of Lingnan patients with results from a comparable study of patients in northwest China (Yan'an in Shaanxi province). Whereas Lingnan patients had dominantly phlegmatic and damp-type illnesses, their Yan'an counterparts suffered from yang deficiency disorders. In contrast to yin deficiency, yang deficiency is primarily a class of illness characterized by the lack of heat. Patients feel chilled, have no energy, and are easily fatigued. They experience problems with digestion, often suffering from diarrhea. In contrast to the reddened tongue that indicates a yin deficiency disorder, the patient with yang deficiency has a pale and nearly white tongue. This contrast between the yin deficiency of Lingnan patients and the yang deficiency of Yan'an patients illustrates the persistence of classical concepts of climates and constitutions in the modern world. More importantly, it represents a novel re-imagining of the Cold-Dry Northwest and Hot-Damp Southeast to make Lingnan, finally, part of China proper.
Testosterone and aging male, a perspective from a developing country
Published in The Aging Male, 2023
Bac Nguyen Hoai, Long Hoang, Thang Nguyen Cao, Quan Pham Minh, Emmanuele A. Jannini
In addition, among Asian countries, it is a belief that TD is a sign of the inevitable natural aging process. As a matter of fact, low testosterone is only considered to associate with sexual dysfunction and decreased fertility in elderly men. Furthermore, the influence of traditional Chinese medicine which characterizes the symptoms of late-onset hypogonadism as “kidney yang deficiency” also led to the assumption that testosterone deficiency is a result of impaired renal function [201]. Meanwhile, there have been numerous traditional medicine and supplements such as Eurycoma longifolia, ginseng, horny goat weed, and oyster extracts…, which are advertised to nourish the “kidney” and strengthen “yang” essence with fewer adverse effects than Western medicine [202,203]. The convenience of the aforementioned products, which are available in every pharmacy, results in fewer men seeking medical care at a hospital to avoid embarrassing visits and the potential side effect of modern medicine [204].
Efficacy of Yougui pill combined with Buzhong Yiqi decoction in alleviating the sexual dysfunction in female rats through modulation of the gut microbiota
Published in Pharmaceutical Biology, 2022
Yangyun Wang, Chaoliang Shi, Wandong Yu, Wei Jiao, Guowei Shi
Among these, Yougui pill has been widely used to recuperate kidney-yang deficiency syndrome clinically for 400 years in China (Chen et al. 2019). Buzhong Yiqi decoction has the effects of raising Yang, removing blood stasis and strengthening the spleen and stomach (Lu et al. 2021). Taken together, Yougui pill combined with Buzhong Yiqi decoction (YPBYD), which consists of 17 traditional Chinese medical herbs, is effective in relieving sexual dysfunction in clinical practice (Liu et al. 2015; Wang 2015). Moreover, our previous study revealed the molecular mechanism of YPBYD in the treatment of sexual dysfunction from the perspective of network pharmacology (Wang et al. 2019). Research has indicated that the microbiota has many important functions, which can affect human development, physiology and emotion. The microbiota also communicates with the central nervous system, affecting brain function and behaviour (Mayer et al. 2015). Based on the relationship between microbiota and human diseases, Tirandaz et al. (2018) suggested that microbiota manipulation might be a potential treatment for sexual dysfunction via improving sexual behaviour. However, the direct evidence that YPBYD regulates the intestinal microbiota to improve the symptoms of sexual dysfunction is limited.
Chemical composition and pharmacological mechanism of shenfu decoction in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)
Published in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2020
Xiaoling Li, Haowen Lin, Qu Wang, Liao Cui, Hui Luo, Lianxiang Luo
Information can be obtained by querying the relevant information of ‘Ginseng’and ‘Prepared Common Monkshood Daughter Root’ in the drug standard database (https://www.drugfuture.com/standard/index.html). Ginseng, sweet and bitter in nature, belongs to mild temperature, and affects the spleen, lung, heart and kidney meridians. It functions to produce vital energy, strengthen and remove the pulse, nourish the spleen and lungs, promot the growth of body fluid and nourishing blood, and calm the nerves to benefit the mind. It is used for the deficiency of the body, weakness of the limbs, deficiency of the spleen, deficiency of the lungs, asthma and cough, injury of the body and thirst, internal heat and thirst, deficiency of the Qi and blood, the deficiency of the body and the body for a long time, the palpitation and insomnia, the impotence and the cold of the palace. Prepared Common Monkshood Daughter Root is pungent, sweet and poisonous and can take effect in the heart, kidney and spleen. It has the effect of returning Yang and rescuing adversity, tonifying fire and helping Yang, dispersing cold and relieving pain. It is used for dead Yang collapse, limb cold pulse micro, heart yang deficiency, chest arthralgia and heartache, deficiency cold diarrhea, abdominal cold pain, kidney yang deficiency failure, Yang therapy and palace cold, Yin cold edema, Yang deficiency external sensation, cold and wet arthralgia.