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Hideyuki KOKUGO, Junko TANIGUCHI, Masahiko HIRASAWA, Mikio YAMAMOTO
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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Our experiences in temperature measurements on the hand surface during relaxation have shown that some persons have high temperatures in the center of their palm and others have high temperatures at their thenar eminence and hypothenar eminence. This paper reports on a relationship between hand temperatures and patterns of 2-dimensional thermal distribution on the hand surface of 81 ordinary persons during relaxation. Differences in patterns of 2-dimensional distribution show all data can be classified into four groups : 1) high temperature in the middle of the palm ; 2) high temperature at both eminences ; 3) intermediate type ; 4) combination type. Hand temperatures differ for the types, but not for sex and age.
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Takayuki MIYAMOTO, Akiyoshi OSIMA
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To quantitatively evaluate the effects of pleasant stimulus from rivers on people's minds, we conducted AMI measurements and STAI (anxiety level) questionnaire surveys of 29 people in May 1998. The measurements were carried out before and after a one-hour boat ride on the lower reaches of the Agano River in Niigata. The results were as follows.
The average AP value measured by AMI before the ride was 21.9μA and declined to 18.1 μA after it, which means that the subjects' parasympathetic nerves were functioning more. It is significantly different. In particular the average AP value for those in good physical condition was down by 6.3μA, from 22.7μA to 16.4μA.
The average score of the STAI questionnaire surveys before the ride was 42.7, which also fell to 38.6 after the ride. This indicated that people became relaxed after the ride. The average score for those in good physical condition declined from 39.3 to 32.6, demonstrating remarkable healing effects. These results are significantly different.
Some doctors and counselors who pay attention to healing effects of rivers are positively incorporating such favorable effects of rivers into rehabilitation. Our present good results should be seen in this light.
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Yukiko MINEGISHI, Tsuyoshi WATANABE, Sachio YAMAGUCHI, Yuzo HIGUCHI
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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This study was designed to evaluate the influence on autonomic nervous activity caused by "wujijinggong" training which is one kind of health-qigong.. he subjects practiced qigong and R-R interval variability was evaluated by power spectral analysis. In the tow test groups, trained and untrained subjects, the power spectra in high frequency band (HF)during qigong decreased significantly, and the ratio of low frequency band to high frequency band(LF/HF)during qigong did not increase. These results suggested neither parasympathetic nor sympathetic nervous systems were activated during qigong.
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Kimiko KAWANO, Mikio YAMAMOTO, Hideyuki KOKUBO, Masahiko HIRAYAMA, Hid ...
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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EEG changes were experimentally studied on qigong trainees for two years. The subjects were one Chinese female (training length was 3 years at the first test)and three Chinese males(do. 2 years, and 18 and, 17 months). The qigong method was an internal quiet qigong, named Zhen-qi-yun-xing-fa. The occipital α wave, as an indicator of relaxation, became large during qigong in the first year, though, the increasing rate was smaller in the second year. The ratio of the α amplitude on the frontal region to the occipital region, which is usually large for qigong masters, especially during qigong, did not show any apparent difference between values while resting and during qigong in the first year, although there was some difference with the length of their training period. In the next year, however, the ratio tended to become large during qigong. The α frequency became slower in the deep meditation-like state, especially in the second year. The subjects who had very slow α waves sometimes showed θ waves around Fz.
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Yosihoro UEDA, Hitosi KSSHIBA, Masaaki ISHII, Yutaka HORI
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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When EEg waves (the former)in adults are measured with the eyes closed and while physically relaxed, the α-wave (the rhythm at 8-13Hz)is derived from the posterior regions of the head. the α rhythm (the latter)over large areas of the head is also obtained under acupuncture anesthesia. Both wave modulations which are treated as the same α rhythm, but they differ from each other. When chaos analysis is applied to both waves, both have fractal structure and periodicity, but the attractor of the latter is more stable than that of the former. When the EEG rhythm obtained from each electrode is compared, based on the same time axis, the former data partially show the characteristic pattern and the latter data have overall synchronization. These results show that the sensory system response decreases due to the acupuncture anesthesia.
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Mikio YAMAMOTO, Tomoko KOKADO, Masahiko HIRASAWA, Kimiko KAWANO, Hidey ...
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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THE analysis results of electroencephalograms(EEGs)on the anomalous perception related to somatic sensation between a qigong master (qi sender)and an ordinary person (qi receiver)in a sensory-shielded state were reported in this journal (Vol.15, No.1, pp88-96). These EEGs and those of another receiver were divided into two groups, i.e.the receivers perceive the sent qi or they do not. The differences of α wave mean amplitudes were statistically tested as to two types, whether the qi was actually sent or not. Statistically significant differences are found at vision areas and somatic sensation areas related to the receivers'hands which were used when the receivers perceived sent qi or not, respectively.
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Takehiko FUJINO, Koichiro TSUTSUIi, Shozo KANAYA, Yoshikazu KAJI, Toru ...
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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Applying "brain fatigue, "a new hypothesis for the onset of the disease and "Brain Oriented Oneself Care System (BOOCS)", a hypothesis for treatment, the effect in terms of weight reduction for 26 obese subjects was investigated. In addition, by making the initial 3 days of treatment a starvation period, the extent to which "brain fatigue, "was alleviated by BOOCS, was enhanced. After one month of treatment body weight, body mass index (BMI)and percentage of fat fell significantly (p<0.01)with mean reductions of 3.6kg, 1.3 and 2.2% respectively. In addition triglyceride fell by 28.9mg/dl (p<0.05). No significant changes in other indexes were observed, and none of the indexes showed a negative change. Most subjects reported a sense of reduced fatigue, and a sense that once again they had a healthy appetite. These results indicate that by incorporating short-term starvation procedure into BOOCS, "Brain Fatigue"is easily relieved.
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Yoshio MACHI, Chao LIU, Hideaki SAKAIDA, Jian Huahg
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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Respirastion is quite important in qigong, especially in the case of NEI YANG GONG, which is a type of medical qigong. In this paper, physiological changes in NEI YANG GONG are described in relation to respiration, using different patterns such as inhalation→exhalation→stop respiration cycle and inhalation→stop respiration→exhalation cycle.
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Gen MATSUMOTO
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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The brain works as a system which is capable not only of acquiring algorithms for information processing automatically, but also of selecting information it is to process. To elucidate the algorithms structurally as to how they are acquired leads to an understanding of how the brain grows by itself. This also means identifying what factors are essential for our mental growth, and therefore, at least partly, to answer to the question "What is human being?". Further, it may enable development of a novel information processing system as in an engineering realization of a Brainway computer, i.e., a computer with an operatin principle which is the same as the brain's. The Brainway computer can select information to process by itself, and to also acquire algorithms for the processing of the selected information by itself. Realization of the Brainway computer would confirm the brain operationprinciple as well. The Brainway computer may be considered ultimately as supplementary to exiting computer that work by following programs. In this paper, we introduce some brain sciense which places its standpoint on an approach so-called"Creating the Brain", and we present some research and development on the Brainway computer as an engineering counterpart of the brain.
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Yoshinori ADACHI, Takasi AOKI, Yasuo YOSHIHUKU, Katsushi YOSHIDA, Shoj ...
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Half-widths(Hw)of <17>O-NMR spectra have been obtained for many mineral waters, and are found to be different each other. Furthermore, pH values have been found to control Hw. In this paper, the Hws are analyzed by the multiple regression analysis to investigate which element is controlled mostly in the dissolved minerals and pH. Na and pH are found as the above result. Hw changes by EQR irradiation are also investigated and Ca is found as the controlling mineral.
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Takasi AOKI
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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In 1959, Aharanov and Bohm theoreti cally derived that a vector potential field has a significant physical meaning. In fact, it was later experimentally proven that this field can change the phase of electron waves. The author expected that the field would also have biomedical influences on human bodies. The author made an experiment apparatus which producesa vector potential field or a vector potential field superimposed by a weak magnetic field by using coils. It was found that both of these fields change the electroconductivity of skin meridians related to autonomous nervous excitement levels.
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Masahiro KURITA
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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In a series of previous studies, we have established a method to quantitatively analyze intellectual resonance based on a concrete message. This method allows us to analyze how and to what extent intellectual resonance occurs in a group through the use of digital information such as numbers and characters. In this method, participants take their seats and fill out special cards according to game instructions. The degree of coincidence among neighboring participants is then examined and scores are assigned to the results. The scores are evaluated by mathematical tools within a framework of probability theory. In this study, we analyzed the data of 37 trials conductsd by 38 participants instructed to carry out three different types of trials in sequence under the two types of game rules, i.e."ordinary game "and "8-kanji game"rules over the course of ten weeks. The three types of trials were as follows:one with an aim for resonance ("positive trial"), one with an aim for no resonance ("negative trial"), and one with no aim ("neutral trial"). In both ordinary games and 8-kanji games, mean scores of trials decreased according to the order of the positive trials, the neutral trials, and the negative trials. The differences of scores among trials were statistically significant. Accumulated scores for 10 weeks showed large differences among individuals. After defining the high scorer's group, the intermediate scorer's group, and the low scorer's group according to the values of their accumulated scores, we found consistent differences in scores for each week among three groups. The accumulated scores had a siginificant positive correlation with age. These results suggested the following: 1)the bdegree of resonance of a group can be controlled;2)the degree of resonance decreased according to the repetition of trials under the condition of this study;3)There was a subgroup whose members exerted an ability of high resonance;and 4)scores obtained in this study do not depend only on the stochastic process, but also on a specific ability of individuals.
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Akira FUKUOKA
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1998 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages
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Everybody gets nervous or feels uneasy toward the dental treatment, and it is the problem for most of the dentists how to relax the patients, however, if you approach them from the side of the oriental medicine which is based on the "Qi", you will find that this is the most effective method. As you may know , there are a variety of methods or different kinds in the Chinese"Qi-Gong"therapy. When you give the therapy, there are two ways:One is the therapy that you try to put your mind or "Qi"into the patient wishing to cure him, and the other is the one that you automatically give without any mind or "Qi". I'd like to compare these two ways how they effect to the patients according to the clinical, physiological and objective observations. Also, I'd like to mention about the "Qi"in the field of dental clinic and its practice how we actually practice at our clinic with showing some examples of the "Bi-Digital O-Ring Test "originated by Dr.Yoshiaki Omura in U.S.from the view point that the "Qi"be considered in the electromagnetic field.
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Shunkichi ENDO, Akemi TANAKA, Takeo FUJIKI, Mahito KIMURA
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Hong HE
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Parapsychological research (somatic science)in China has undergone a dramatic development for the past two decades, but psi still remains controversial among scientists. The criticism has been intensified ever since 1995 to the point that all research is accused of being "pseudo science". But some serious scientists are pointing out the only way to cease the debate is to go through well controlled, formal, authentic, scientific experimentation. They appeal for coordinated proof from verification tests. Points to be tested must include exceptional human functions and qigong "waiqi"(external or emitted qi). These tests are now ready to be run.
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