Shaanxi Province is known as "the land of Qin has no idle herbs", and Shangluo Salvia miltiorrhiza one the "ten medicines Qin". miltiorrhiza, its taste bitter, slightly cold sex. Returning to heart, liver meridian, activating blood regulating clearing heart removing trouble, cooling eliminating carbuncle, nourishing calming god. contains many kinds chemical constituents, pharmacological action ...

To evaluate nasotemporal overlap at the retinal vertical midline, we asked a callosotomy patient to compare the orientation of square wave gratings that were presented in his opposing visual fields. The gratings were horizontally or vertically oriented and had spatial frequencies ranging from 1 to 8 cycles per degree (cpd). Retinal stabilization ensured the gratings remained properly lateralize...

PURPOSE To evaluate agreement in measurements of astigmatic axis power and location between keratometry and computer assisted videokeratography (corneal topography) on normal corneas with less than 1.50 D of idiopathic astigmatism. METHODS Keratometric readings with the 10 SL/O Zeiss ophthalmometer and corneal topographic maps with the TMS-1 were obtained by two independent examiners on 32 no...

The PREMIER Cryptococcal Antigen Enzyme Immunoassay (Meridian Diagnostics) did not give discrepant results with rheumatoid factor, syneresis fluid, or serum macroglobulins from systemic lupus erythematosis patients. The Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System (Meridian Diagnostics) did cross-react with syneresis fluid but not with the other serum factors tested.

This article hypothesizes that the Chinese medicine meridian system is a special channel network comprising of skin with abundant nerves and nociceptive receptors of various types, and deeper connective tissues inside the body with the flowing interstitial fluid system. These meridian channels provide efficient migratory tracks mainly due to durotaxis (also including chemotaxis) for mast cells,...

The Meridian ImmunoCard (IC), GenBio ImmunoWELL-IgM, and Remel EIA commercial antibody tests are qualitative enzyme immunoassays that detect antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in serum. These tests were compared to an M. pneumoniae complement fixation (CF) assay, which uses a commercially available antigen component. The Meridian IC and the ImmunoWELL-IgM detect immunoglobulin M (IgM) only; th...

Propagated sensation along the meridian can occur when acupoints are stimulated by acupuncture or electrical impulses. In this study, participants with notable propagated sensation along the dian were given electro-acupuncture at the Jianyu (LI15) acupoint of the large intestine meridian. When participants stated that the sensation reached the back of their hand, regular nervous system action d...

§1. The part of the meridian which extends from Perpignan to Formentera is sup[581] ported on a base measured near Perpignan. Its length is around 466 km, and its last extremity is joined to the base of Perpignan by a chain of twenty-six triangles. We are able to fear that so great a length, which has not been verified at all by the measure of a second base toward its other extremity, is suscep...