Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 I do not understand why in this section you have to report Scientist's reports, Is that spam message to Chinese medicine doctor or in this area? Dispite of your mention scientifical evidence, two thousands years ago, Chinese medicine has already told us that the time of sleep is according to season and individual people. For example, during the winter, we need to take more time to sleep rather than summer. For winter, we do not recommond people to exercis outside of door. Do you want to know where the above teaching is from? I tell you next time if you ask. Thanks John Wu MD PhD MSc DCEH MGCTCM Dr&HERBS Ltd, UK www.drandherbs.com 0044 77 135 060 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Another article, which I think, relates to the Shen. Sleep may help the Shen restore itself. It may only occur in those with an abundant amount of Heart Blood, as the Shen will have plenty to be correctly settled. Any comments? Taken from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3418017.stm Scientists say that they have shown how the brain can crack complex mental puzzles while its owner is sleeping. Research at Luebeck university, in Germany, says tests on 106 volunteers back up anecdotal evidence that a good night's sleep can help solve problems. The volunteers were shown a number puzzle in which was embedded a " hidden code " revealing the answer, the journal Nature reports. Those kept awake overnight reportedly had far less chance of solving it. The scientists believe that because the brain appears to restructure information from the previous day during sleep hours, a period of sleep may produce insight into problems such as these. 'Restructuring' Other experts say it is the first hard evidence that creativity and problem-solving may be assisted by the activity of the brain [shen] during sleep. Dr Jan Born, who led the study, said: " This restructuring might be occurring in such a way that the problem is easier to solve. " He highlighted a period of sleep called slow-wave sleep - a deep sleep not thought to be punctuated by dreams. Even small reductions in this sleep phase have been linked by other studies to a decrease in memory function, and in decreasing ability to recognise " hidden structures " . Their 106 volunteers were all given a quick look at a test that involved sorting numbers based on a couple of set rules. However, underlying these rules was a third, " hidden " rule which, when spotted, dramatically simplified the completion of the puzzle. Some of the volunteers then got a full eight hours' sleep, while others had various degrees of sleep deprivation. The scientists then sat back to see which volunteers had a flash of inspiration and spotted the third rule and how quickly they managed it. Twice as many of the rested participants caught on to the rule than volunteers from the sleepless group. Dr Carl Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health in the US, said that the study was important. 'Warning' He said: " A single study never settles an issue once and for all, but I would say this study does advance the field significantly. " It's going to have potentially important results for children for school performance and for adults for work performance. " It is estimated that many millions of Britons could be described as sleep deprived, and the average length of the nightly sleep has declined in recent decades. Doctors Pierre Maquet and Perrine Ruby from the University of Liege wrote in an accompanying article that the results were a " warning " . " They give us good reason to fully respect our periods of sleep - especially given the current trend to recklessly curtail them. " Attilio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Attilo wrote: >Another article, which I think, relates to the Shen. Sleep may help >the Shen restore itself. It may only occur in those with an abundant >amount of Heart Blood, as the Shen will have plenty to be correctly >settled. Any comments? ------- Hi Attilo, Shame this scientists are not in touch with the concept of the GB and LIV been more active between 11 pm and 3 am. i wonder what the result would have been with 2 test groups one allowed to sleep between 11-3 am and another from 3 - 7am. I would have been curios to find validation that the resolution to solutions whilst we sleep happen in the LIV time. Salvador _______________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 There is a saying that I have verified many times in my life that when it comes to sleep an hour before midnight is worth 2 after midnight. The only rational I canmake for this must be to do with the GB time. I have heard of Buddist monks who may only sleep 4 hours and get up at 3 am to meditate. Salvador _______________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 No its not spam John, its just a keen interest in what's going in the world of healthcare. We should watch what's around us, learn from it and take it on board rather than just burry our heads solely in TCM. Attilio S888888888@a... wrote: > I do not understand why in this section you have to report Scientist's > reports. > > Dispite of your mention scientifical evidence, two thousands years ago, > Chinese medicine has already told us that the time of sleep is according to season > and individual people. For example, during the winter, we need to take more > time to sleep rather than summer. For winter, we do not recommond people to > exercis outside of door. > > Do you want to know where the above teaching is from? I tell you next time > if you ask. > > Thanks > > John Wu MD PhD MSc DCEH MGCTCM > Director > Dr & HERBS Ltd, UK > www.drandherbs.com > 0044 77 135 060 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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