简介:QigongisapartoftraditionalChinesemedicine.Accordingtotheantiquetreaties,thefoundationsoftraditionalChinesemedicinearebasedinmaintainingtheharmonybetweenQi(energy),Jing(essence)andShen(spirit).Alterationsinthisharmonycandevelopanddeterminetheappearanceofdisease.TherapeuticeffectsofQigongarehelpfulinthepreventionandtreatmentofseveraldiseases.It'smainroleinrestoringbodyfunctionsisduetothecommunicationbetweeninternalorgans,tissuesandcells.ThemaingoalofthisworkistoshowtheefficacyofQigonginthetreatmentofadermatologicaldiseasecharacterizedbytheappearanceofcircularorovalpatchesofmissinghair,knownasalopeciauniversalis.Forwesternmedicinetheexactcauseofthisillnessisnottotallyrevealed,however,it'sattributedtopsycological,geneticsandmetabolicalterations.FromthetraditionalChinesemedicineperspective,hairalterationsareframedintheareaofthewaterenergy,representedbythekidneyorgan.TheresultsofQigongtreatmentsuggestedthatthecranialhairfollicleshadbeenactivatedsincethefirsttreatment.Astreatmentprogressed,thecranialhairfolliclescontinuedtogrow,what'smore,thebrightnessandpigmentationofthehairalsoincreased.Therefore,intheclinicalconditionsevaluated,Qigongcouldbeaneffectivealternativetreatmentinconsiderationofthevisibleevidenceaboutrapidandlonglastingresults.Besides,wedidnotobserveanysideeffectsofQigonginthiscase.
简介:TheconditionofourEarthischanging,anditischangingduetohumandominance.Werealisedthatourinfluenceonbiotaisoverwhelming,buildinguptoamassextinction,thesixthinthehistoryoflifeonEarth.Thelaterthisrealisationisturnedintoactiontodecreaseourfatalinfluence,theworsearethechancesofthesurvivalofthehumanrace.Howcanwefail?Oneplausiblescenarioisthatthiscanhappenviathelossofecologicalservices
简介:Inthearticle,theauthorreportsonacasestudyofchronicpainproblemscausedbyherownfootdeformity.TheauthorbeganusingTaiji,ChenstyleChanSiGong(ReelingSilk),andZhanZhuang(standingmeditation)torelievechronicpainsince1986.AftermorethantwoyearsofQigongtraining,thestructureoftheauthor'sfootchangedfromthepreviousdeformitytonormalfootshape.Thesechangesenabledtheauthortowalknormallyandtobefreefrompersistentchronicpain.ThearticlediscussedthemethodsofusingQicurrentsandotherissuesthatneedtobepaidattentiontowhenpracticingTaichi,suchashowtoadjustone'smentalfocusandmaintainastateofrelaxationto"mindful".Taichiinvolvesanumberofinternal"micro-adjusting"abouthowthesetechniquesrelaxandstrengthenmusclestoreducechronicpain.ThereportanddiscussiononthetreatmentprincipleofQigongcanprovidenewstrategiesforthetreatmentofchronicpain.
简介:Asystematicphylogeneticfootprintingapproachwasperformedtoidentifycon-servedtranscriptionfactorbindingsites(TFBSs)inmammalianpromoterregionsusinghuman,mouseandratsequencealignments.Wefoundthatthescoredis-tributionsofmostbindingsitemodelsdidnotfollowtheGaussiandistributionrequiredbymanystatisticalmethods.Therefore,weperformedanempiricaltesttoestablishtheoptimalthresholdforeachmodel.WegaugedourcomputationalpredictionsbycomparingwithpreviouslyknownTFBSsinthePCK1genepro-moterofthecytosolicisoformofphosphoenolpyruvatecarboxykinase,andachievedasensitivityof75%andaspecificityofapproximately32%.Almostallknownsitesoverlappedwithpredictedsites,andseveralnewputativeTFBSswerealsoidentified.WevalidatedapredictedSP1bindingsiteinthecontrolofPCK1tran-scriptionusinggelshiftandreporterassays.Finally,weappliedourcomputationalapproachtothepredictionofputativeTFBSswithinthepromoterregionsofallavailableRefSeqgenes.OurfullsetofTFBSpredictionsisfreelyavailableathttp://bfgl.anri.barc.usda.gov/tfbsConsSites.