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A study on the Theory of 'Ja-Yeol(刺熱)' in 32nd Chapter of 'So Moon(素問) Yellow Emperior's Nei-Ching(黃帝內經)' (황제내경(黃帝內經) 소문(素問) 자열론(刺熱論)에 대한 연구(硏究))

  • Kwon, Kun-Hyuck;Hong, Won-Sik
    • Journal of Korean Medical classics
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    • v.3
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    • pp.151-217
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    • 1989
  • In this thesis, I intend to study the translational and clinical interpretation through the theory of Ja-Yeol, and reached the following conclusions. 1. Liver-Heat-Disease due to absess of the function of expelling and lifting off, that Liver-Yang cannot lift up to upper-warmer, and stagnate liver. I think the symptoms of yellowish urine, abdominal pain, somnolence, fever belong to the syndrome of 'Gi-Bun(氣分)', and the symptoms of ravings with surprising, distending pain of hypochondrium, restless involuntary movement of the limbs, unable to lie flat belong to the syndrome of 'Hyeol-Bun(血分)'. 2. Heart-Heat-Disease due that 'Eum-Gi(陰氣)' in heart cannot lay down and reach to stagnate at heart, inner part. I think the symptoms of unjoy, acute cardiac pain, fidgetiness, well-nausea, headeche, reddish face, anhidrosis, etc. reveal with Heart-Heat-Disease. 3. Spleen-Beat-Disease due that 'Eum-Gi' in spleen cannot lay down and Yin of spleen changs heat. I think the symptoms of heaviness of head, cheek pain, fidgetiness, cyanosis, well-nausea, fever, not to let flex and reflex with back pain, diarrhea with abdominal pain, left and right cheek pain reveal with Spleen-Heat-Disease. I think symptoms of fever, diarrhea with abdominal pain belong to the syndrome of Yin-exhausion. 4. Lung-Heat-Disease due to that 'Eum-Gi' in lung cannot lay down. When 'Wi-Gi(衛氣)' stagnates at external part, I think, the symptoms of intolerance to wind and cold, yellowish fur, fever reveal. When Wi-Gi stagnates at lung, inner part, I think, the symptoms of dispnea with cough, pain on chest and back, unable to breath deeply, hydrosis and chilling reveal. 5. Kidney-Heat-Disease, in that the symptoms of back pain, leg aching, extreme thirst and frequently drink, fever, pain and stiffness of nape, cooling and aching leg, heat on plantar pedis, not trying to speak reveal is regarded external heat disease of 'Tai-Yang-Gyeong's(太陽經)' disease that asthenic fever open 'Tai-Yang-Gyeong' and lift by not enough of 'Yang-Gi(陽氣)' lifeing up from Kidney space, the water space of five elements.

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A Study on the Method of Health Promotion in Korean Medicine: Correlation between Night-shift Work and Yin-deficiency (건강증진을 위한 한의학적 방법론 연구 -야간근로와 음허증의 상관관계를 중심으로-)

  • Lee Sang Jae;Park Jong Bae;Lee Sun Dong;Kim Kwang Ho
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.344-348
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    • 2004
  • This study regarded irregular life styles such as nigh-shifts as contrary to the norm advised in the rules of Yang-saeng to analyze the problems brought about in relation to the concept of 'Yin-deficiency syndrome'. Yin-deficiency survey was given to sales workers on a big shopping mall in Seoul to compare the measurements of daytime workers to those of nigh-shift workers. The measurement of complaining symptoms related to Yin-deficiency of daytime workers and night-shift workers were compared, In comparison of the daytime workers and the night-shift workers, night-shift workers showed higher measurements than the daytime workers in the item of irritable fever on the five Hearts, flushing of the zygomatic region in the afternoon, tidal fever, dizziness, insomnia, yellow and scanty urination, and constipation. Especially tidal fever, insomnia, and constipation showed statistically significant difference. The total of ten items consisting of Yin-deficiency-related symptoms showed statistically significant high score in night-shift workers than the daytime workers. 'Factors for deficiency-type Heat' consisting of irritable fever on the five Hearts, flushing of the zygomatic region in the afternoon, tidal fever, and dried mouth and throat showed statistically significant high score in night-shift workers than the daytime workers. 'Accompanying factors' consisting of night sweats, emaciation, dizziness, insomnia, yellowish and scanty urination, and constipation also showed statistically and significantly high score in night-shift workers than the daytime workers. From the above results that night-shift workers show high degree of Yin-deficiency than daytime workers, and those overworking irregularly also show high degree of Yin-deficiency than those who work for adequate amount of time regularly implies that sitting up at night for work and sleeping at daytime, excessive work, and irregular life styles all function as high-risk factor for Yin-deficiency.

Insect GPCRs and TRP Channels: Putative Targets for Insect Repellents

  • Kim, Sang Hoon
    • Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.6.1-6.7
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    • 2013
  • Many insects such as mosquitoes cause life-threatening diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and West Nile virus. Malaria alone infects 500 million people annually and causes 1-3 million death per year. Volatile insect repellents, which are detected through the sense of smell, have long been used to protect humans against insect pests. Antifeed-ants are non-volatile aversive compounds that are detected through the sense of taste and prevent insects from feeding on plants. The molecular targets and signaling path-ways required for sensing insect repellents and antifeedants are poorly understood. Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Ca2+-permeable cation channels exist in organisms ranging from C. elegans to D. melanogaster and Homo sapiens. Drosophila has 13 family members, which mainly function in sensory physiology such as vision, thermotaxis and chemotaxis. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) initiate olfactory signaling cascades in mammals and in nematodes C.elegans. However, the mechanisms of G protein signaling cascades in insect chemosensation are controversial. In this review, I will discuss the putative roles of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels as targets for insect repellents.

Mediastinal Leiomyoma -Report of a case- (종격동 평활근종의 1례)

  • 홍기우;김세화;이홍균
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.117-122
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    • 1974
  • The benign tumor of smooth muscle, the leiomyoma, may arise anywhere in the body, in such tissues as the muscularis of the gut and the media of blood vessels, although by far its most common location is the uterus. Indeed, the mediastinal leiomyomas are extremely rare, especially when one excludes those arising in the esophagus. No dogmatic statements can be made with regard to age, sex distribution, symptoms, or clinical course because of the extreme paucity of cases available for evaluation. Although the majority of the reported cases are in the posterior mediastinum, thus suggesting esophageal origin. We have experienced a right inferior mediastinal leiomyoma in 36 years old housewife. She complained hemoptysis and right lower chest pain associated with intermittent low-graded fever and chillness. Routine X-ray film revealed a large irregular cystic mass density in the right lower thoracic cavity. On exploratory thoracotomy, a huge round yellow-gray colored solid mass, measured about 2.5kg in weight, was located in the right inferior mediastinum just above right hemidiaphragm, medially. The tumor mass was removed, being proved to be leiomyoma on histopathologic examination. Her postoperative course was uneventful and discharged without complication.

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Mosquito Control Using Entomopathogenic Fungi (곤충병원성 곰팡이를 이용한 모기 방제)

  • Choi, Kwang Shik;Jung, Hee-Young
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 2015
  • Insects are commonly infected by fungal diseases and are mostly susceptible to them. Increasing levels of insecticide resistance has recently become an issue for control programs; thus, research has focused on mosquito control using entomopathogenic fungi, including fungal pathogens such as Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and Lagenidium giganteum. Review discusses entomopathogenic fungi related to control programs for mosquito transmitted vector-borne diseases such as dengue, filariasis, malaria, and yellow fever, and how to use entomopathogenic fungi for mosquito control.

Studies on Flavonoid Glycoside of the leaves of Viola diamantica (금강제비꽃 잎의 Flavonoid 배당체(II))

  • Yook, Chang-Soo;Lee, Woo-Tchul;Moon, Chang-Kiu
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.124-128
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    • 1989
  • The drug consists of the dried entire plant of Viola diamantica (family Violaceae). It is used for the treatment of acute pyogenic diseases such as boil and carbuncles; also as tumor, high fever, tuberculosis and astringent hemostatic. Two flavonol glycosides have been isolated from the aerial parts of Viola diamantica and could be identifed as kaempferol 7-rhamnoside and kaempferol 3,7-dirhamnoside (bright yellow needle crystal, mp $225^{\circ}$, $C_{27}\;H_{30}\;O_4\;4H_2O$). Kaempferol 7-rhamnoside and kaempferol 3,7-dirhamnoside were first isolated from Viola diamantica.

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Development and Validation Study of Biological Agent Detection Kit (생물학작용제 검출 키트 개발 및 성능시험 연구)

  • Joe, Hae Eun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.575-580
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    • 2019
  • In biological warfare, it is important to identify biological agents for proper treatment. We focused on developing a real-time RT-PCR kit that can detect multiple species of biological agents. AccuPower(R) Biothreat Real-Time RT-PCR Kit(v3.0) could detect Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, Vibrio cholerae, Francisella tularensis, Salmonella typhi, Rickettsia prowazekii, Variola virus, Hantaan virus, Yellow fever virus, Brucella spp., Shigella dysenteriae in a single reaction. The results showed that the kit was verified to be able to detect at least 0.005 ng of nucleotide and 10,000 CFU/ml of bacteria. Therefore, the kit is expected to be used as a rapid and sensitive detection kit for 11 species of biological agents within 2 hours.

The literatual study on the therapy for clearing away heat with apoplexy therapy (중풍(中風)의 치료(治療)에 있어 청열법(淸熱法)에 대(對)한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察))

  • Kang, Hwa-Jeong;Moon, Byung-Soon
    • Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.26-39
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    • 1996
  • The literatual study on the therapy for clearing away heat with apoplexy therapy, the result were obstained as follows. 1. In apoplexy therapy, therapy for clearing away heat is used excessive heart - fire by overacting of the five emotions, liver fire, deficiency of kidney - fluid, wind - heat. 2. The fire of aetiology of apoplexy is used therapy for clearing away eat, in aspect of viscera and bowels, divied into heart - fire, liver - fire, deficiency fie of kidney yin, wetness - phlegm of spleen heat. The treatment is clear away heart - fire, clear away liver - fire, clear away spleen - heat and sthenic water. 3. Symptom of excessiveness symptom - complex is used therapy for clearing away heat that are fever, flushed face, halitosis, heart burn, easy anger, apoplestic stroke, unconsciouness, trismus, paralysis, constipation, red tongue with yellow coat, taut - smooth pulse or full - rapid pulse and symptom of insufficiency symptom - complex that are dizziness, tinitus, blurring of vision, deficiency sleeping, dreaminess, lassitude of the loins and legs, hemiplegia, red tongue with white coat or thin - yellow coat taut - thready - rapid pulse. 4. Therapy for norish vital essence - clearing away heat is availed in excessive fire caused by deficiency of yin of the liver and kidney, therapy for break through phlegm - clearing away heat in stagnant heat therapy for waking up a patient from unconsciousness - clearing away heat in yang type sthenia - syndrom of coma of apoplexy involving viscera and bowels. 5. Commonly used recipes of therapy for clearing away heat are Yang gyolksan(凉膈散), Bang pongtongseongsan(防風通聖散), Sotongseongsan(小通聖散), Jibodan(至寶丹), Supungsungisan(搜風順氣散), Woowhangchengshimwhan(牛黃淸心丸), Chengungsekgong(川芎石膏湯), Samwhatang(三化湯) etc in excessiveness symptom- complex, and are Yukmijiwhangweon(六味地黃元), Jiwhangtang(地黃湯), Palmiji whangtang(八味地黃湯), Samultanggagam(四物湯加減) etc in insufficiency symptom - complex.

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Prediction of Common Peptide Vaccine forHuman Infective Major Flavivirus by Using Bioinformatics (생물정보학을 이용한 인체 감염주요 플라비바이러스 공통백신 후보군 도출)

  • Kim, Min Jung;Jo, Byung-Gwan;Heo, Jae-Rin;Choi, Jae-Won;Kim, Hak Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.297-298
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    • 2017
  • 플라비바이러스(Flavivirus)는 모기와 같은 곤충을 매개로 하여 인체에 감염된다고 잘 알려져 있다. 그 대표적인 예로 지카 바이러스(Zika virus), 뎅기 바이러스(Dengue virus), 황열 바이러스(Yellow fever virus), 일본 뇌염 바이러스(Japanese encephalitis virus) 등을 들 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 생물정보학을 기반으로 인체 감염 주요 플라비바이러스인 지카 바이러스, 뎅기 바이러스. 황열 바이러스, 일본 뇌염 바이러스의 총 4종류 플라비바이러스에 공통적으로 적용 가능한 펩타이드 백신 후보를 제시하고자 한다. 먼저 UniProt (The Universal Protein Resource)의 유전자 서열정보를 이용하여 4종류의 바이러스가 가진 단백질 중 백신으로써 적합한 단백질을 선정하였다. 선정된 단백질의 아미노산 서열정보를 바탕으로 IEDB (Immune Epitope Database And Analysis Resource)를 활용한 에피토프(epitope) 분석을 통해 에피토프로 작용하는 4 종류 바이러스의 공통적인 서열을 도출하였다.

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CLIMEX-based Analysis of Potential Geographical Distribution of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti in South Korea

  • Jung, Jae-Min;Lee, Ji-Won;Kim, Chang-ju;Jung, Sunghoon;Lee, Wang-Hee
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.217-226
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are notorious disease vectors that spread various viruses including dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika. Recent Zika virus outbreaks were carried by Ae. aegypti, raising awareness about the perils of its global distribution. Because Ae. albopictus is spread throughout South Korea and can carry the same viruses as Ae. aegypti, monitoring potential distributions of Ae. albopictus and Ae. aegypti is necessary. Methods: In this study, the potential distributions of Ae. albopictus and Ae. aegypti in South Korea were modeled using CLIMEX software, and changes in response to climate change were predicted. Results: The results indicated that the climatic suitability for Ae. albopictus was consistently high, while occurrence of Ae. aegypti was only predicted for Jeju Island in 2080. Conclusions: The results provide basic information for preventing the invasion of Ae. aegypti, and consequent interactions between Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus, which may cause severe outbreaks of dangerous diseases.