Issues on Weight Reducing

Losing weight has become fashionable,especially with young girls who want to emulate the models that adorn the many women'magazines.The international fashion industry exemplife the obsession with losing weight by insisiting their models be slim and elegant to the point of completly losing their figue.


Being overweight can affect a person's health and it makes sense to try and lose excess weight.This can be achieved in practical ways by eating the right food and getting excercise on a regular basis.There are many books available on how to lose weight ande many specialized companies have been established to help people get into shape through excercise and dieting.

Losing weight can be taken to the extrem and result in life threatening conditions such as anorexia and bulimia.Many examples have been publicized as a warning to people who become obsessed with the need to lose weight.

Should Euthanasia Be Legalized

Some people are stong advocate of euthanasia because they believe it should be everyone 'right to end their life.When pain and suffering becomes too great people lose all faith in living and want to be put out of their misery.
The pros and cons are vigorously argued by those in favour of euthanasia and those groups who strongly oppose the idea.The opposition to euthanasia says that nobody has the right to take a life ,even if it is their own.They maitain there is always hope as long as there is life.People in favour of ehthanasia claim the quality of life needs to be considered especially,when life is only maitained by artificial means.
The problem with legalizing euthanasia concerns the matter of consent.The law needs to know that a person is of sound mind if they are to agree to terminate their life.When people are sick or frail,or on life support ,they can hardly be said to be of sound mind.

CONNECTION BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGIC FACTORS AND CURING DISEASE

The traditional Chinese medicine consider the seven motions(happiness,anger，riment,thoughtfulnes，sadness，horrorand fright)as external expression of human psychomotilit yinnormal situation However。if psychological stimulation is too strong or lasts too long，leading the emotion over excited odepressed，it may cause maladj ustment of yirryang，disharmony of qi and blood，isfunction of zang-fu，finallv diseases happen．The traditional Chinese medicine always attach importance to the combination of psvchotherapeutic technique and acupuncture therapy，also to eliminate negative psychologic factors before and during the cure．There is a sentence in Huangdi Neijing(《黄帝内经》)which means that active psychology is favourable to recovery，contrarily，negative psychology goes against recovery．Therefore，only whendoctors cure people’s psychological problems and cure diseases with acupuncture at the same time can curative effect be satisfactory，leading to harmony of five zangand relative equilibriumof yirvyang.
There are many theories about howpsychologic factors affect disease processes in modern medicine．The one which has been accepted by most people is the stress theory，advanced by Canadian physiologist Selye．He points out that strong psychologic stimulation such as depression，tension，horror and anger，etc．may cause a series of neuroendocrine reaction in human body，mostly excite the sympathetic nerve，release catecholamine，increase secretion of cortin and anterior pituitary hormone，decrease secretion of insulin．The reaction mentioned above would cause all kinds of malfunction and decompensation．For examples，the excitement of sympathetic nerve may accelerate heartbeat，constrict capillary vessel，boost blood pressure；over constriction of capillary vessel may lead to mierocirculation ischemia；blood insufficiency to important viscera may cause incompetence and injury of tissue；over secretion of cortin may stimulate the secretion of stomach acid，cause gastric and duodenal ulcer．On the contrary，euphoric and balanced psychology harmonizes activities of organs and systems in human body．For example，secretion of cortinis sufficient；the whole endocrine systemis in a steady balanced state；the competence of immune systemand metabolism are strengthened．Consequently，human body would be capable to resist pathogenic microorganisms’aggression and rehabilitate injury of tissue，which is good for curing diseases．

ACUPUNCTURE COMBINED WITH LANGUAGE TRANING FOR TREATMENT OF MOTOR APHASIA CAUSED BY ISCHEMIC APPLEXY

With aging of people in the society and the tendency of the onset of erebrovascular disease(CVD)becoming earlier in age，the incidence of CVDis increasing year after year．In addition to sensory and motor dysfunction of extremities，speech disorder is one of the complications of CVDfrequently encountered．Domestic evidence has shown that 25 of the patients suffering fromCVDare complicated with speech disorder，including aphasia，dysarthria，apraxia of speech，among which motor aphasia is mostly encounteredone．Since it directly affects their communication with other people，which brings severe suffering and influences their life quality，it is of great significance to treataphasia withefficiency．The authors have treated motor aphasia induced by cerebral infarction by using acupuncture combined with language training and achieved good therapeutic effects．The seq ue1ae of apoplexy，suchasdrooping ofthe angle of the mouth，numbness andstiffnessof the tongue body，and ambiguous speaking are mostly related to the Heart，Liver，Spleenand Kidney Meridians．The heart stores mind，and it is in charge of blood and vessels，and it has its specific body openmg in the tongue．I．arge llaterals of the Heart Meridian ascend and connect with the tongue body'tor which the tongue is the key positi0n where circulation of qi and blood is regulated．The liver stores blood，and It is in charge of dominating tendons．Along the posterior part of the throat，the Liver Meridian converges with the Governor Meridian in the ertex．Insufficient storage of blood in the Liver will result In improper nourishment of tendons，leading to malfunction of the tongue．The spleen has its specific body openmg in the m0uth，and the Spleen Meridian connocts with the root of the tongue，and it is distributed sublingual 1v．As the external appearance of the spleen，the tongue body is closely related to transporting and trans-forming function of the spleen．The kidney stores essence and is in charge of water metabolism．Along thethroat，the Kidney Meridian reaches the root of the tongue．Insufficient kidney-yin will result in rigidity of the tongue and difficulty in its stretching out due to insufficient nourishment of the tongue root．Acupuncture at the tongue body not only can stimulate the meridians connecting with the tongue to dredge meridians，regulate qi and blood，and induce resuscitation，but also is beneficial to nourish the tongue body to strengthen functional activities of the tongue．The tongue body is innervated by nerve endings of the hypoglossal nerve，and stimulating peripheral nerves can also boost up the excitability of the central nervous systemand promote nervous reflex to make equilibrium(balance)between the specific conduction system and nonspecific conduction systemby way of regulating the circuit of cerebralcortex-thalamus ‘cerebral cortex．so as to reestablish the nervous circular loop for speech activities and accelerate functional rehabilitation．Clinical investigation has shown that stimulating the tongue body can remarkably increase blood perfusion in the brain tissue in the affected focus，minify the size of affected area，activate functional activities of neurons to improve linguistic function．Studies have shown that acupuncture directly applied at the tongue body can improve the inhibitory state of speech function of the cerebral cortex to link up circuits and reestablish conditioned reflex，adj ust degenerative cells in the linguistic center and promote functional making up and compensation in the unaffected areas，so as to improve speechfunction to obtain the effect on numbness and rigidity of the tongue and speech disorder．Alarge number of clinical observations have shown that language rehabilitation training is obviously effecrive on motor aphasia caused by cerebral infarction，and the earlier the treatment is given，the better the efficacy will be．Recent studies have emonstrated that the feature and type of sensory stimulation are related to growth of neurons and their functional development．Therefore，following stabilization of pathogenic tuation，early hearing and speaking training can accelerate compensative function to facilitate restoration of inj ured higher central functions due to brain lesion．At the same time，movement training of the muscles responsible to pronunciation can prevent muscular atrophy of the tongue，throat and laryngeal，and it is also beneficial to speaking rehabilitation in the patients with some muscular atrophy．Because oflack of normal dynamic muscular feedback monitoring in patients with motor aphasia，causing failure of voluntary dominating movement of the lips and tongue to make a sound，visual and hearing feedback produced by watching mouthshape and listening to fl sound can be compensative for re—learning control of muscular movement for making correct sound．In a word，language rehabilitation training can obviously promote restoration of speech function in patients with motor aphasia due to cerebral infarction．Event related potentials(ERPs)is an electrical physiological index for obj eetively reflecting high—grade mental activities，and its components，such as N2 and P3，are closely related to recognition and processing of certain stimulation message in the brain．As an important index for assisted diagnosis and for evaluating therapeutic effects and prognosis of functional recognition lesions in mental and neuropathic diseases，Pso0 has provided an obj ective，non—invasive，quantitative and valuable electrophysiological measure，which has become a reliable supplement to the past behavioral indices mostly depending on described phenomena ．In the present study，P300 was detected before and after treatment，and the results showed that,the lateneies of N2 and P3 waves in P300 were significantly shortened and the amplitude of P3 was significantly elevated in the treatment group

The Influences of The Art of War On Modern Society

This work, now over 2,000 years old, has been translated into more than 32 languages and studied by politicians, economists, businessmen. Because the wisdom of this book is a profound human knowledge. It does not belong to any group, Chinese or Western.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, The Art of War grew in popularity and saw practical use in Western society. It likely influenced Napoleon, and General Douglas MacArthur has claimed to have drawn inspiration from the work.
The book of Sun Zi have been widely known in the United States since the mid-1970s. Diplomat Henry Kissinger has made reference to Sun Zi and the principles of warfare has been the subject of serious study in U.S. military circles for many years. The Art of War was applied to business, sports, diplomacy and personal lives in American . Sun Zi may be the most frequently talked Chinese personality in the world.
Today, Sun Zi's appeal has extended beyond the military realm into the world of business. Because Sun Zi's principles are ideally suited to competitive business situations. Business, like warfare, is based on both morale and machines, and deals with the effective and efficient use of scarce resources, so many business people across the globe have found value in Sun Zi's teachings. Many Japanese companies make the book required reading for their leaders. The book is also popular among Western business management, who have turned to it for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive business situations.
Unfortunately, for the people who would like to gain insight into Sun Zi's strategic philosophy, there is no recourse but to read The Art of War .That is not a simple task. Therefore, to offer a more straightforward bridge between today's world and Sun Zi's ancient wisdom, some western ahthors have written some books to annotate The Art of War.For example,Mark McNeilly has written two books. Sun Zi and the Art of Business is written for businessmen while Sun Zi and the Art of Modern Warfare was created for those who have an interest in how Sun Zi's ideas have been applied in military history and current warfare.