Alteration of pulse in human subjects by three Chinese herbs.
Human subjects were fed with extract of three Chinese herbs, Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolium roots and Ganoderma lucidum. Pulse of the radial artery was examined. Our results indicate that each herb has a specific effect on the Fourier components of the pulse, and is in agreement with traditional Chinese medical descriptions.
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Biophysics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Hsu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000378:metabolism; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005894:Panax / Q000378:metabolism; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011674:Pulse / Q000187:drug effects*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal