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33. A Systematic Review on Sasang Constitutional Type-Associated Susceptibility to Disorders in Korea.

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Lee, Hyun-Yong, Lee, Woo-Jin, Kim, Hae-Won, Jang, Eun-Su, Ahn, Yo-Chan, Ku, Bon-Cho, Kang, Weechang, Lee, Si-Woo, and Son, Chang-Gue

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ABDOMINAL adipose tissue, PROFESSIONAL practice, RESEARCH funding, IRRITABLE colon, STATISTICAL significance, PREHYPERTENSION, PROBABILITY theory, CHI-squared test, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, HUMAN constitution, SYSTEMATIC reviews, MEDLINE, ASIAN medicine, PERSONALITY, ALTERNATIVE medicine, METABOLIC syndrome, DISEASE susceptibility, EVIDENCE-based medicine, ONLINE information services, DATA analysis software, OBESITY, DIABETES
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Background/Objective: Sasang constitutional medicine is a component of traditional Korean medicine that classifies individuals into four Sasang constitutional types (SCTs) by their physical and psychological traits. Each SCT is known to show different susceptibilities to disorders. This systematic review investigated the effect of SCT as a risk factor for various disorders. Methods: A systematic literature survey was conducted by searching seven databases for all articles on the prevalence rates of disorders according to SCT and sex. Results: From 14,272 relevant articles, 15 studies (13 disorders) were ultimately identified to verify different prevalence rates by SCT. Of the 13 disorders, 6 (prehypertension, general obesity, abdominal obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, and irritable bowel syndrome [IBS]) had a significantly different prevalence by SCT. Metabolic syndrome and its associated disorders showed the highest prevalence in Taeumin-type individuals, whereas IBS was most prevalent in Soeumin-type individuals. In general, these findings were consistent with the results obtained in an analysis of male and female participants. Conclusions: This study revealed that susceptibility to disorders was affected by SCT to some extent. Further studies are needed to determine the concrete features of SCT-related susceptibility, which may be helpful in preventive medicine with Sasang constitutional practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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38. Antifatigue Effects of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

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Kim, Hyeong-Geug, Cho, Jung-Hyo, Yoo, Sa-Ra, Lee, Jin-Seok, Han, Jong-Min, Lee, Nam-Hun, Ahn, Yo-Chan, and Son, Chang-Gue

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CHRONIC fatigue syndrome, GINSENG, BLIND experiment, PLACEBOS, REACTIVE oxygen species, GLUTATHIONE reductase, DRUG administration, MALONDIALDEHYDE
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: The present study investigated the antifatigue effects of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer in 90 subjects (21 men and 69 women) with idiopathic chronic fatigue (ICF) in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled and parallel designed trial. A bespoke 20% ethanol extract of P. ginseng (1 g or 2 g day–1) or a placebo was administered to each group for 4 weeks, and then fatigue severity was monitored using a self-rating numeric scale (NRS) and a visual analogue scale (VAS) as a primary endpoint. Serum levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), total glutathione (GSH) contents and glutathione reductase (GSH-Rd) activity were determined. After 4-week, P. ginseng administration decreased the total NRS score, but they were not statistically significant compared with placebo (P>0.05). Mental NRS score was significantly improved by P. ginseng administrations as 20.4±5.0 to 15.1±6.5 [95% CI 2.3∼8.2] for 1 g and 20.7±6.3 to 13.8±6.2 [95% CI −0.1∼4.2] for 2 g compared with placebo 20.9±4.5 to 18.8±2.9 [95% CI 4.1∼9.9, P<0.01]. Only 2 g P. ginseng significantly reduced the VAS score from 7.3±1.3 to 4.4±1.8 [95% CI 0.7∼1.8] compared with the placebo 7.1±1.0 to 5.8±1.3 [95% CI 2.2 ∼3.7, P<0.01]. ROS and MDA levels were lowered by P. ginseng compared to placebo. P. ginseng 1 g increased GSH concentration and GSH-Rd activity. Our results provide the first evidence of the antifatigue effects of P. ginseng in patients with ICF, and we submit that these changes in antioxidant properties contribute in part to its mechanism. Trial Registration: Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS) KCT0000048 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2013
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