Yi Gan San, was: Spleen Yang Xu, Wei Qi Xu and dementia

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see here:

http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/3/4/441

 

and well, this one:

Yi Gan San Restores Behavioral Alterations and Brain Glutathione in

Poor Little Schizoid Mousies:

http://www.la-press.com/yi-gan-san-restores-behavioral-alterations-and-a-decreas\

e-of-brain-glu-a1318

 

ann

 

 

On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:10 PM, wrote:

 

> A friend from Japan shared some research that is being done on Yi

> gan san

> for Alzheimer's dz and dementia. Most of it is in Japanese, but

> there are a

> couple articles in English.

> Might be worth looking into on pubmed.

>

> K

>

> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:38 AM, yehuda frischman

> < wrote:

>

> > Dear Joy,

> >

> > Actually, I think that that is one of the points that the author is

> > making, that the gut thinks and acts independent of the brain--

> often with

> > rather unpleasant consequences.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Joy Keller <JKellerLAc<JKellerLAc

> %40gmail.com>>

> > wrote:

> >

> > Joy Keller <JKellerLAc <JKellerLAc%40gmail.com>>

> > Re: Spleen Yang Xu, Wei Qi Xu and dementia

> > <

> %40>

> > Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 3:33 PM

> >

> > The serotonin made in the GI tract does not cross the blood-brain-

> barrier

> > and has no effect on serotonin levels in the brain...same is true

> with

> > other

> > neurotransmitters made/found in the peripheral nervous system.

> >

> > J

> >

> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:51 AM,

> >wrote:

> >

> > > Dear colleagues,

> > >

> > > I am reminded of Gershon's " The Second Brain " where he presents

> the

> > > astonding fact that 95%of the body's serotonin is made in the

> bowel.

> > >

> > > Comments?

> > >

> > >

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> > Board Certified in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine

> > Ramona Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine Clinic

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> >

> >