• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.109-120
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• 1990

In order to investigate the therapeutic effects on blood pressure and hyper cholesteremia, aqueous extract of Chin Gan Sik Pung Tang were studied. The result of the total cholesterol contents in serum and blood pressure of each group were as follows, 1. The aqueous extract of Chin Gan Sik Pung Tang inhibited increased Total cholesterol in serum of rabbits administrated with cholesterol rich diet. 2. Blood pressure manifested gradual response by the fall of 4, 3, 9.2, 19.9 percent in proportion to the administration of 10, 30, 100 mg/kg of Chin Gan Sik pung Tang, respectively 3. Administration of Chin Gan Sik Pung Tang to the rabbit pretreated with Vagotomy, Atropine and Regitine did not show any significant difference in the blood pressure, compare with that of the control group. 4. Administration of Chin Gan Sik Pung Tang to the rabbit pretreated with propranolol show significant difference in the blood pressure, compare with that of the control group. From the above results, it is suggested that Chin Gam Sik Pung Tang has the action on adrenergic ${\beta}-receptor$ and can he used therapeutic effect on the hypertension, and inhibit the increase of Total Cholesterol contents in serum.

• The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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• v.9
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• pp.127-138
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• 2000

The methods of checking the exuberance of yang (潛陽法) are a kind of medical treatments which cure various symtoms caused by hyperactivity of liver-yang, at the same time used for treating apoplexy. Thus, I investigated the application of checking the exuberance of yang to treat stroke. The conclusions are as follows. We can find application of checking the exuberance of yang to apoplexy on Synopsis of the Gold Chamber. After Ye Gui who persisted the theory of endogenous wind, many physicians applied the method of checking the exuberance of yang and this method has usually applied with nourishing yin. The methods of checking the exuberance of yang are concretely applied as follows. 1) a portion of apoplexy involving the channels and collaterals, which is caused by deficiency of yin and wind-fire pathogen. 2) excessive-syndrome of coma accompanied by heat syndrome. 3) epilepsy caused old apoplexy. The majority of shells for example abalone shell, hawksbill shell, oyster shell, tortoise-shell etc. are the most frequent use of herbal drug which check the exuberance of yang. The precriptions of checking the exuberance of yang are Ho-jam-hwan(虎潛丸), Ko-bon-dan(固本丹), Cheon-ma-gu-deung-eum(天麻鉤藤飮), Chin-gan-sik-pung-tang(鎭肝熄風湯) etc.