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The way of thinking of Chinese medicine

 What is a diagnostic system for prescribing Chinese herbs?  The question for doctors who are about to start Kampo treatment is what kind of clues should be used to prescribe Kampo preparations to actual patients.    The author believes that there are approximately nine areas of clues for prescribing Chinese herbs. The important thing is that it contains almost all the elements needed for the clinical practice of traditional medicine.    The decision to apply or not to a patient can be made by one of the following nine clues, or by making a combined judgment. The author named these systems "Chinese diagnostic system". "Kanpo Diagnostic System" consists of the following 9 items. 1) Source text = symptom group 2) Abdominal examination findings 3) Qi, blood, water 4) Six illnesses 5) Pulse diagnosis, tongue diagnosis 6) Rule of thumb = Gugyeol 7) Western medical disease name 8) Pharmacology of traditional herbal medicine (Honzogaku) 9) Yin-Yang Five Elements Theory  Ac

About telomeres

 Keda (Note 4). Another problem with the in vitro cellular senescence model with an emphasis on dividing cells is that the life of an individual is not supported solely by dividing cells. As mentioned above, an adult individual is made up of dividing cells and non-dividing cells. It goes without saying that non-dividing nerve cells, skeletal muscle / myocardial cells, and liver and kidney cells that hardly divide are essential for life support. The number of non-dividing cells is overwhelmingly large. Therefore, an aging model that focuses only on dividing cells should be said to be one-sided when considering individual aging. In this respect as well, telomeres cannot be regarded as coupon tickets for individual lifespan. As will be described later, telomeres are also shortened by oxidative stress, which may affect gene expression and reduce cell function. Therefore, it cannot be denied that telomeres of non-dividing cells are involved in individual aging.

Medical theory

 Inflow. As a result, it promotes the release of acetylcholine and causes muscle contraction. It causes muscle soreness and reversal of temperature sensation. In Japan, there are no deaths, but it is said that it takes several months to recover from the symptoms. Return to table of contents c. Saxitoxin Saxitoxin may be found in the midgut gland of bivalves (mussels, oysters, scallops, etc.). In 1987, 187 people ate shellfish in Guatemala, causing food poisoning and killing 26 people. Recently, poisoning of shellfish has been frequently reported in Asia as well. The producer of saxitoxin is the dinophyceae plankton (Alexandrium species) that form red tide, and the plankton is taken in and the shellfish is poisoned. Eating the shellfish leads to paralytic shellfish poisoning. The pharmacological action of saxitoxin is almost the same as that of tetrodotoxin, which paralyzes the sensation of the mouth and limbs and causes death from respiratory muscle paralysis. There is no effective cur

About influenza

  I received an e-mail from a patient saying, "Does the new influenza vaccine fit this winter? How do you make it?" I will tell you the basics of how to make a vaccine. A vaccine is a virus. Viruses can only grow in living cells, so to make a vaccine, you need a lot of cells that can grow the virus that will be the vaccine. It has long been known that influenza seems to be a viral illness. This is because it was possible to develop a cold by collecting the runny nose of a patient with a cold, putting it through a filter that does not allow bacteria to pass through, and dropping the runny nose from which the bacteria have been removed into the human nose. However, it was difficult to find a way to propagate the causative virus in animals other than humans. The first animal to be found to propagate the human influenza virus was the Mustelidae ferret. However, since ferrets are carnivorous animals and have an odor peculiar to Mustelidae, they have the drawback of being difficult