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Kyung Hee Oriental Medicine Research Center (경희대학교 융합한의과학연구소)
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Qi-therapy, chaotic characteristics of peripheral blood pressure and biochemical variables

  • Lee, Myeong-Soo (Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine,Center for Integrative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Rim, Young-Hoon (School of Liberal Arts, Semyung University)
  • Published : 2004.09.30
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Abstract

We investigated the effect of Qi therapy (QT) on peripheral blood pressure (PBP), glucose, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and cortisol concentrations. Fourteen college students participated in receiving QT and placebo treatment. There were significant differences in embedding dimension of PBP. Plasma cortisol concentrations during QT were significantly lower than during control sessions (P

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