The Effect of Fasting on the Pulse Spectrum

Su, Yi; Huang, Ke; Yu, Chih Teng; Li, Tsai‐Chung; Huang, Wei; Lin, Jaung Geng

doi:10.1142/s0192415x00000489

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“…Human and animal trials are being conducted to support this hypothesis (Young et al, 1989a;Young et al, 1989b;Young et al, 1992;Yu et al, 1994). Several scholars have applied this theory to investigate TCM physiology (Su et al, 2000;Wang et al, 1996b), Chinese herbs Wang et al, 2000;, formulae (Wang et al, 1998;Wang et al, 1995b;Wang et al, 1997), acupuncture (Wang et al, 1995a;Wang et al, 1996a), and clinical observation (Chen et al, 1993;Lu et al, 1999;Lu et al, 1996;Wang et al, 1996c). According to the previous studies, all evidence indicates that C0 is related to the heart, the 1st harmonic is related to the liver (and the liver meridian), the 2nd harmonic is related to the kidney (and the kidney meridian), the 3rd is related to the spleen, the 4th is related to the lung, and so on (Jan et al, 2003;Wang et al, 2003).…”

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“…The theory provides the foundations for ACUTE HEMORRHAGE EFFECT ON PULSE SPECTRUM interpreting TCM by modern medical engineering. In 2001, Su et al (2000) conducted an experiment to explore what influence fasting could have on the human body in a physiological aspect. Through the use of pulse spectrum analysis, they found that the change of bio-energy against fasting always followed a certain pattern.…”

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The Study of Dynamic Response to Acute Hemorrhage by Pulse Spectrum Analysis

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Lin

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Am. J. Chin. Med.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) holds that blood and qi are fundamental substances in the human body for sustaining normal vital activity. The theory of qi, blood and zang-fu contribute the most important theoretical basis of human physiology in TCM. An animal model using conscious rats was employed in this study to further comprehend how organisms survive during acute hemorrhage by maintaining the functionalities of qi and blood through dynamically regulating visceral physiological conditions. Pulse waves of arterial blood pressure before and after the hemorrhage were taken in parallel to pulse spectrum analysis. Percentage differences of mean arterial blood pressure and harmonics were recorded in subsequent 5-minute intervals following the hemorrhage. Data were analyzed using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Duncan's test for pairwise comparisons. Results showed that, within 30 minutes following the onset of acute hemorrhage,the reduction of mean arterial blood pressure was improved from 62% to 20%. Throughout the process, changes to the pulse spectrum appeared to result in a new balance over time. The percentage differences of the second and third harmonics, which were related to kidney and spleen, both increased significantly than baseline and towards another steady state. Apart from the steady state resulting from the previous stage, the percentage difference of the 4th harmonic decreased significantly to another steady state. The observed change could be attributed to the induction of functional qi, and is a result of qi-blood balancing activity that organisms hold to survive against acute bleeding.

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The Study of Dynamic Response to Acute Hemorrhage by Pulse Spectrum Analysis

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Am. J. Chin. Med.

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“…The time domain is widely used in cardiovascular research [22] and is also popularly used in the quantification of pulse condition [23]. Time domain analysis looks at the arterial pressure waveform with respect to time, and a time domain graph shows how the arterial pressure waveform changes over time.…”

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“…The majority of the studies that use the frequency domain to analyze the arterial pulse have focused on differentiating diseases [35][36][37], examining the power spectrum in relation to the meridians [38,39], and investigating the relationship among disease, syndrome, and channels [23,[40][41][42][43]45]. Only a few studies have explored the characteristics of the power spectrum for different pulse conditions [46,47].…”

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Review of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnosis Quantification

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2012

Complementary Therapies for the Contemporary Healthcare

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“…"Resonance of organs with the heart" provided a positive connection. Experiments (Wang et al, 1997;Young et al, 1989; and clinical studies (Chen et al, 1993;Su et al, 2000;Wan et al, 2000) have shown that the change in arterial pulse spectrum has a specific pattern, which enables clinicians to use such a spectrum as a quantitative probe. Thus, specific patterns of alteration in individual harmonic components can serve as physiological or pathological indicators under specific experimental/clinical conditions.…”

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Different Patterns of Pulse Spectrum Between Survivors and Non-survivors During Progressive Hemorrhage in Rats

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Previous work from our laboratory has demonstrated that the percentage differences of 2nd (C2) and 3rd (C3) pulse harmonics related to Kidney and Spleen were both increased toward another steady state in rats after acute hemorrhage. Therefore, it is suggested that changes in pulse spectra might represent the ability of animals to survive a model of progressive hemorrhage. In this study, the difference of the pulse spectra patterns between survivors and non-survivors after progressive hemorrhage (by loss of 5%, 10% or 20% of the estimated blood volume) in anesthetized rats is determined. Seven rats, dead within 2 hours after a loss of 20% of the estimated blood volume hemorrhage, were defined as 'non-survivors'. The other eleven rats, more than 2 hours after hemorrhage, were defined as 'survivors'. Pulse waves of arterial blood pressure before and after the hemorrhage were measured in parallel to the pulse spectrum analysis. Data among different phases were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Duncan's test for pairwise comparisons. Differences between survivor and non-survivor groups at each phase were analyzed using Student's t-test. A mixed-effects linear regression model was applied to evaluate the relationship in harmonics, which significantly differed between the two groups. The study results showed that in rats, during progressive hemorrhage, the percentage differences of 2nd harmonic proportion increased significantly; however, the result failed to show any significant difference between survivors and non-survivors. After the third blood withdrawal process, the percentage differences of 3rd harmonic proportion increased more significantly in the survivors. In addition, the percentage differences of 1st harmonic proportion related to the Liver for the survivor group was significantly lower than that of the non-survivors. After analysis with the mixed linear regression model, C3 and C1 demonstrated a linear regression relationship, and there existed significant differences between survivors and non-survivors. These results suggest that C3 might play an important role in physiology regarding surviving capability after progressive hemorrhage.

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The Effect of Fasting on the Pulse Spectrum

Cited by 13 publications

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The Study of Dynamic Response to Acute Hemorrhage by Pulse Spectrum Analysis

The Study of Dynamic Response to Acute Hemorrhage by Pulse Spectrum Analysis

Review of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnosis Quantification

Different Patterns of Pulse Spectrum Between Survivors and Non-survivors During Progressive Hemorrhage in Rats

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