To Live, Play, and Die in Tianjin: Football as Biopolitical Assemblage in Contemporary China

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Joshua I. Newman ◽  
Grace Yan ◽  
Hanhan Xue ◽  
Nicholas M. Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Young Girl ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
State Medicine ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Medicine Company ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Media ◽  
Political Economic

In this article, the authors provide a Deleuzoguattarian tracing of a specific set of relationships between traditional Chinese medicine, life, death, and football (soccer). More specifically, the authors examine political, economic, and cultural associations formed in and around the Quanjian Group, a major traditional Chinese medicine company once located in the burgeoning industrial hub of Tianjin. The authors follow Aihwa Ong in abductively examining (de)territorializations of life, sport, and death; examining how the media publics’ (in China and beyond) awareness of the death of a young girl in 2015 destabilized a network of capital, state, medicine, and sport and in the process revealed how the vitality of major professional sport in China is situated within, and contingent upon, a vast array of material and nonmaterial (bio)political formations.

scholarly journals Application of Genetic Algorithm for Discovery of Core Effective Formulae in TCM Clinical Data

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Yang ◽  
Josiah Poon ◽  
Shaomo Wang ◽  
Lijing Jiao ◽  
Simon Poon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
Cancer Dataset ◽  
Synergy Index ◽  
Average Confidence ◽  
Group A ◽  
Tcm Theory

Research on core and effective formulae (CEF) does not only summarize traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment experience, it also helps to reveal the underlying knowledge in the formulation of a TCM prescription. In this paper, CEF discovery from tumor clinical data is discussed. The concepts of confidence, support, and effectiveness of the CEF are defined. Genetic algorithm (GA) is applied to find the CEF from a lung cancer dataset with 595 records from 161 patients. The results had 9 CEF with positive fitness values with 15 distinct herbs. The CEF have all had relative high average confidence and support. A herb-herb network was constructed and it shows that all the herbs in CEF are core herbs. The dataset was divided into CEF group and non-CEF group. The effective proportions of former group are significantly greater than those of latter group. A Synergy index (SI) was defined to evaluate the interaction between two herbs. There were 4 pairs of herbs with high SI values to indicate the synergy between the herbs. All the results agreed with the TCM theory, which demonstrates the feasibility of our approach.

scholarly journals Treatment of knee osteoarthritis with traditional Chinese medicine sloughingClinical efficacy study

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Wen
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Clinical Effect ◽  
Effective Rate ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Observation Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B

Objective: To explore the clinical effect of the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with traditional Chinese medicine.Methods: 152 patients with knee osteoarthritis who were treated in our hospital from July 2018 to April 2020 were divided into two groups. Group A (control group) was treated with conventional western medicine, i.e. celecoxib 200 mg capsule +Glucosamine hydrochloride capsule 0.75g, group B (observation group): the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine sloughing using our experience formula, and further comparative evaluation of the treatment effect of the two groups. Results: the effective rate was 75% in the control group and 92% in the observation group. Conclusion: in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, traditional Chinese medicine is more effective than western medicine.

scholarly journals Validation of a Novel Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnostic Model Using an Artificial Neural Network

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anson Chui Yan Tang ◽  
Joanne Wai Yee Chung ◽  
Thomas Kwok Shing Wong
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Diagnostic Model ◽  
Criterion Validation ◽  
Specificity And Sensitivity ◽  
Group A ◽  
Artificial Neural

In view of lacking a quantifiable traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pulse diagnostic model, a novel TCM pulse diagnostic model was introduced to quantify the pulse diagnosis. Content validation was performed with a panel of TCM doctors. Criterion validation was tested with essential hypertension. The gold standard was brachial blood pressure measured by a sphygmomanometer. Two hundred and sixty subjects were recruited (139 in the normotensive group and 121 in the hypertensive group). A TCM doctor palpated pulses at left and right cun, guan, and chi points, and quantified pulse qualities according to eight elements (depth, rate, regularity, width, length, smoothness, stiffness, and strength) on a visual analog scale. An artificial neural network was used to develop a pulse diagnostic model differentiating essential hypertension from normotension. Accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity were compared among various diagnostic models. About 80% accuracy was attained among all models. Their specificity and sensitivity varied, ranging from 70% to nearly 90%. It suggested that the novel TCM pulse diagnostic model was valid in terms of its content and diagnostic ability.

scholarly journals Patterns of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in Thermal Laser Acupuncture Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizhen Wang ◽  
Fan Wu ◽  
Ling Zhao ◽  
Haimeng Zhang ◽  
Xueyong Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Blood Stasis ◽  
Joint Stiffness ◽  
Laser Acupuncture ◽  
Knee Oa ◽  
Group A ◽  
Cold Coagulation

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) manifests with pain, joint stiffness, and limited function. In traditional Chinese medicine, knee OA is differentiated into three patterns:yangdeficiency and cold coagulation, kidney deficiency, and blood stasis. The objective of this study was to determine whetheryangdeficiency cold coagulation patients respond better to thermal laser acupuncture treatment than do non-yangdeficient patients. Fifty-two patients with OA were allocated to group A (yangdeficient,n=26) or B (non-yangdeficient,n=26). All patients received a 20-min thermal laser acupuncture treatment at acupoint Dubi (ST 35) three times a week for two weeks and twice a week for another four weeks. Outcome assessments were performed immediately after the first treatment, and at weeks 2, 6, and 10. Group A function scores were significantly better than those of Group B at weeks 2 (P=0.049), 6 (P=0.046), and 10 (P=0.042), but no significant differences were found between the two groups in pain and stiffness scores at any time point. No significant adverse effect was observed. The combined 10.6 μm–650 nm laser treatment might be most beneficial toyangdeficiency cold coagulation knee OA patients, particularly in improving function.

Chinese children’s explanations for illness

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 516-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqi Zhu ◽  
Guangyi Liu ◽  
Twila Tardif
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Chinese Traditional Medicine ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Causal Explanations ◽  
Group A

The study explored how Chinese children spontaneously explained the causes of illness. Two groups of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children from different socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds were recruited, with 30 children in each age group. A group of 30 college students were also recruited and their responses compared to those produced by the children. Participants’ responses were coded as belonging to one of five mutually exclusive categories: psychogenic, biological, behavioral, symptomatic, or other. Results indicated that children’s causal explanations were mostly behavioral and symptomatic, with more biological explanations for older children than for younger. In contrast, adults’ explanations were mostly biological and psychogenic. Although adults were influenced by concepts in Chinese traditional medicine that tie negative emotions to illness, Chinese children did not mention emotional causes for illness. Nonetheless, Chinese children also offered some explanations based on concepts of “wind” and “cold,” which may be a result of cultural experience with some aspects of traditional Chinese medicine.

scholarly journals Effect of Perineum Block Anesthesia Combined with Unprotected Perineal Delivery on the Perineal Integrity Rate and Maternal-Infant Outcomes in Primiparas Taking Health Products Containing Traditional Chinese Medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Xu Liu ◽  
Jianyun Ge ◽  
Jiejie Zhang ◽  
Boxiang Du
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Infant Outcomes ◽  
Labor Duration ◽  
Health Products ◽  
Group A ◽  
General Data ◽  
Group B

Objective. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of perineum block anaesthesia combined with unprotected perineal delivery on the perineal integrity rate and maternal-infant outcomes in primiparas taking health products containing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Methods. A total of 120 puerperae admitted to our hospital from July 2019 to July 2020 were selected as study subjects and divided into group A (n = 60) and group B (n = 60), according to the number table method. Both groups took health products containing TCM, and the puerperae in group A received perineum block anaesthesia combined with unprotected perineal delivery, while those in group B were treated with routine delivery combined with routine protected perineal delivery. After that, the effect of different delivery modes on the perineal integrity rate and maternal-infant outcomes in puerperae was analyzed by the comparison of delivery condition, perineal condition, and postpartum quality of life between the two groups. Results. There were no significant differences in average age and other general data between the two groups ( P > 0.05 ); the duration in first, second, and third stages of labor in group A was significantly lower than that in group B ( P < 0.001 ); the Apgar score in group A was significantly higher than that in group B ( P < 0.001 ); the number of puerperae with integrated perineum in group A was significantly higher than that in group B ( P < 0.05 ), while the number of puerperae receiving episiotomy in group A was significantly lower than that in group B ( P < 0.05 ); the quality of life score in group A was significantly higher than that in group B ( P < 0.001 ); the incidence of maternal postpartum complications in group A was significantly lower than that in group B ( P < 0.05 ). Conclusion. Perineum block anaesthesia combined with unprotected perineal delivery can effectively shorten maternal labor duration, improve perineal integrity rate, and reduce laceration of perineum, with a significant therapeutic effect, which is worthy of application and promotion.

scholarly journals Yin-Cold or Yang-Heat Syndrome Type of Traditional Chinese Medicine Was Associated with the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene Status in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Confirmation of a TCM Concept

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-juan Zhu ◽  
Hai-bo Zhang ◽  
Li-rong Liu ◽  
Yi-hong Liu ◽  
Fu-li Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Syndrome Type ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Group A ◽  
Gene Status ◽  
Group B ◽  
Nsclc Patients

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies should be tailored according to the different syndrome types. In order to identify the relationship between the TCM Yin-cold (YC) or Yang-heat (YH) syndrome types and the EGFR gene status, we prospectively studied 310 NSCLC patients. TCM YH or YC was diagnosed by three TCM experts. TCM symptoms and signs were entered into a binary cluster analysis. The relationships between the EGFR gene status, YH or YC syndrome types, and classification by cluster analysis were analyzed using the chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression. In the 299 patients who had their EGFR gene tested, 45.24% YC (76/168) and 25.95% YH (34/131) patients had EGFR mutations (p=0.001). Among the 292 patients entered into the cluster analysis, 132 were classified into group A, with signs and symptoms similar to YC, whereas 160 group B patients were similar to YH. In the 281 patients with EGFR tested, 45.67% group A (58/127) and 28.57% group B patients (44/154) had EGFR mutations (p=0.003). The EGFR status was independently correlated with TCM syndrome type and classification by cluster analysis on multivariate logistic regression. NSCLC patients with YC were more likely to have EGFR gene mutations.

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