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The Effects of Natural Chinese Medicine Aconite Root, Dried Ginger Rhizome, and Coptis on Rectal and Skin Temperatures at Acupuncture Points

The 4 properties of Chinese materia medica refer to cold, hot, warm, and cool. In the present study, the effects of the Coptis, the prepared aconite root, and dried ginger rhizome were compared with regard to the rectal and skin temperature changes of the related body surface acupuncture points (Daz...

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Autores principales: Yang, Jia-Min, Li, Gang, Wang, Min, Jin, Yi-Xi, Zheng, Feng-Jie, Sun, Yan, Gao, Yu-Shan, Zhang, Shu-Jing, Kang, Peng-Fei, Chen, Lin, Wu, Meng-Yao, Xu, Sheng-Yong, Li, Yu-Hang
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Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5702397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29259648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7250340
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author Yang, Jia-Min
Li, Gang
Wang, Min
Jin, Yi-Xi
Zheng, Feng-Jie
Sun, Yan
Gao, Yu-Shan
Zhang, Shu-Jing
Kang, Peng-Fei
Chen, Lin
Wu, Meng-Yao
Xu, Sheng-Yong
Li, Yu-Hang
author_facet Yang, Jia-Min
Li, Gang
Wang, Min
Jin, Yi-Xi
Zheng, Feng-Jie
Sun, Yan
Gao, Yu-Shan
Zhang, Shu-Jing
Kang, Peng-Fei
Chen, Lin
Wu, Meng-Yao
Xu, Sheng-Yong
Li, Yu-Hang
author_sort Yang, Jia-Min
collection PubMed
description The 4 properties of Chinese materia medica refer to cold, hot, warm, and cool. In the present study, the effects of the Coptis, the prepared aconite root, and dried ginger rhizome were compared with regard to the rectal and skin temperature changes of the related body surface acupuncture points (Dazhui, Zhiyang, Mingmen, Zhongwan, and Shenque). The investigation aimed to explore the thermal sensitive points, which can reflect the cold and hot properties of the Chinese herbs. This study showed that the prepared aconite root and dried ginger rhizome exhibited a warming effect on the body temperature, whereas the warming sensitive points were Zhongwan, Shenque, Dazhui, and Zhiyang. Coptis exhibited both a warming and a cooling effect on the body temperature, and the cooling sensitive point was Dazhui. The concomitant effect of these three Chinese herbs on the regulation of the body temperature was reflected by Dazhui. However, there are still some limitations and one-sidedness. For instance, the cold and hot property of some herbs cannot be fully reflected through relevant acupoints on the conception and governor vessels. More detecting sites such as ears and internal organs will be selected for further exploration of Chinese herbs' cold and hot property.
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spelling pubmed-57023972017-12-19 The Effects of Natural Chinese Medicine Aconite Root, Dried Ginger Rhizome, and Coptis on Rectal and Skin Temperatures at Acupuncture Points Yang, Jia-Min Li, Gang Wang, Min Jin, Yi-Xi Zheng, Feng-Jie Sun, Yan Gao, Yu-Shan Zhang, Shu-Jing Kang, Peng-Fei Chen, Lin Wu, Meng-Yao Xu, Sheng-Yong Li, Yu-Hang Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article The 4 properties of Chinese materia medica refer to cold, hot, warm, and cool. In the present study, the effects of the Coptis, the prepared aconite root, and dried ginger rhizome were compared with regard to the rectal and skin temperature changes of the related body surface acupuncture points (Dazhui, Zhiyang, Mingmen, Zhongwan, and Shenque). The investigation aimed to explore the thermal sensitive points, which can reflect the cold and hot properties of the Chinese herbs. This study showed that the prepared aconite root and dried ginger rhizome exhibited a warming effect on the body temperature, whereas the warming sensitive points were Zhongwan, Shenque, Dazhui, and Zhiyang. Coptis exhibited both a warming and a cooling effect on the body temperature, and the cooling sensitive point was Dazhui. The concomitant effect of these three Chinese herbs on the regulation of the body temperature was reflected by Dazhui. However, there are still some limitations and one-sidedness. For instance, the cold and hot property of some herbs cannot be fully reflected through relevant acupoints on the conception and governor vessels. More detecting sites such as ears and internal organs will be selected for further exploration of Chinese herbs' cold and hot property. Hindawi 2017 2017-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5702397/ /pubmed/29259648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7250340 Text en Copyright © 2017 Jia-Min Yang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Yang, Jia-Min
Li, Gang
Wang, Min
Jin, Yi-Xi
Zheng, Feng-Jie
Sun, Yan
Gao, Yu-Shan
Zhang, Shu-Jing
Kang, Peng-Fei
Chen, Lin
Wu, Meng-Yao
Xu, Sheng-Yong
Li, Yu-Hang
The Effects of Natural Chinese Medicine Aconite Root, Dried Ginger Rhizome, and Coptis on Rectal and Skin Temperatures at Acupuncture Points
title The Effects of Natural Chinese Medicine Aconite Root, Dried Ginger Rhizome, and Coptis on Rectal and Skin Temperatures at Acupuncture Points
title_full The Effects of Natural Chinese Medicine Aconite Root, Dried Ginger Rhizome, and Coptis on Rectal and Skin Temperatures at Acupuncture Points
title_fullStr The Effects of Natural Chinese Medicine Aconite Root, Dried Ginger Rhizome, and Coptis on Rectal and Skin Temperatures at Acupuncture Points
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Natural Chinese Medicine Aconite Root, Dried Ginger Rhizome, and Coptis on Rectal and Skin Temperatures at Acupuncture Points
title_short The Effects of Natural Chinese Medicine Aconite Root, Dried Ginger Rhizome, and Coptis on Rectal and Skin Temperatures at Acupuncture Points
title_sort effects of natural chinese medicine aconite root, dried ginger rhizome, and coptis on rectal and skin temperatures at acupuncture points
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5702397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29259648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7250340
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