Study of Relaxation by Traditional Medicinal Methods on Biological Indexes of the Elderly(Abstract)

作     者：Le Thi Hien Hoang Bao Chau Nguyen Van Tuong 

作者机构：Vietnam National Institute of Traditional MedicineVietnam National Institute of Traditional MedicineDepartment of Physiology Hanoi University of Medicine 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (中国结合医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2001年第7卷第2期

页      面：111-111页

学科分类：1006[医学-中西医结合] 1005[医学-中医学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Abstract Study of Relaxation by Traditional Medicinal Methods on Biological Indexes of the Elderly 

摘      要：The objective of the study was to prove the relaxation effect of traditional medicine by objective biological indexes by modern scientific methods. Fifty healthy elderly people, aged from 60 to 75, were selected to have traditional medicinal relaxing practice, that is, to relax their body in 3 directions: two sides, in front and backward, and breath naturally, 30 minutes a day, 8 weeks as a cycle. (1) The changes of electroencephalogram (EEG), rheoencephalogram (REG) were measured before and after the treatment cycle. Breath frequency and SaO2 contents were measured before and after the treatment cycle by Pulse oxymeter. (2) As for the circulatory system, pulse frequency, blood pressure, blood influx of limbs were measured before and after the treatment cycle. (3) Biochemical indexes (including index of cholesterol, triglyceride, blood sugar, cortisone, catecholamine) were measured before and after the treatment cycle.