Author: Li W//Xing Z//Pi D//Li X
Affiliation: Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Changsha
Conference/Journal: Hunan I Ko Ta Hsueh Hsueh Pao
Date published: 1997
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Volume ID: 22 , Issue ID: 6 , Pages: 497-9 , Special Notes: In Chinese , Word Count: 125
Forty-five patients of essential hypertension differentiated into two TCM types, i.e. Gan Yang Shang Kang Zheng (GYSK) and Yin Xu Yang Kang Zheng (YXYK) were randomly selected. Among them, the 31 patients received qi-gong therapy including 12 GYSK cases (group b) and 19 YXYK cases (group c) and 14 patients (group d) received nifedipine therapy. It was found that the plasma 6-K-PGF1 alpha was increased and TXB2 as well as TXB2/6-K-PGF1 alpha ratio were decreased after the therapy (P<0.05) in group b, c and d. No statistical significant difference was found between group b and group c (P > 0.05). The results suggest that qi-gong is regulatory on TXB2 and 6-K-PGF1 alpha in patients with essential hypertension and is identical in the two different TCM Zheng types.