The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine

Chinese medicine for mental disorder and its applications in psychosomatic diseases.

With the development of modern medicine, an increasing awareness has developed regarding the limitations of a specialized and compartmentalized approach to clinical practice that largely ignores the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit. Although contemporary medicine now accepts this interconnectedness, practitioners tend to think that the emotions play a secondary or excitatory rol...

Characteristics of Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion

1. Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Definition When talking about Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion, several perspectives have to be taken into consideration. For example, the most easily understood aspect would be a classification based on differences in therapy. Also, classifications based on differences in theory, misperceptions or conceptual differences are also conceivable classific...

THE EMPEROR's CLOTHES

Extraction and evaluation of gelatin from yellow fin tuna (Thunnus albacares) skin and prospect as an alternative to mammalian gelatin

One of the mainly popular consumed colloid protein materials in pharmaceutics, medical, food and military industries is Gelatin. Especially from warm-water fish gelatin report poss similar characteristics to mammalian’s gelatin .Yellow fin tuna (Thunnus albacares) gelatin skin, lots of waste in form of skin and bones of the fish are produced every day. Analysis factors were extracted alkaline g...

Testing the effects of Jesuit's bark in the Chinese Emperor's court.