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- Title
EFFECT OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE ON THE ENERGY METABOLISM OF ATHLETES AFTER RUNNING.
- Authors
Lei Zhao; Wenjing Chen
- Abstract
Over a long history, some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has evolved into health food for humans. Dating back to the Tang Dynasty, in his medical book Dietetic Materia Medica, Meng Xian introduced a lot of TCM diet therapies which were effective in tonifying qi and yin, nourishing spleen and stomach, reinforcing the kidney and lung. Moreover, TCM diet therapies can enhance the capability of athletes. In this study, we observed the effects of TCM intervention on the body function level and recovery ability of exercise rats. We prepared two kinds of TCM decoction (A and B). The experimental rats were divided into quiet group A (QA), movement group A (MA), quiet group B (QB), movement group B (MB), quiet control group (QC) and movement control group (MC). The rats in groups MA and QA took TCM decoction A; the rats in groups MB and QB took TCM decoction B; the rats in groups MC and QC took the same amount of clean water. By observing the influence of TCM intervention on the energy metabolism of the exercise rats, we deduced the action mechanism of TCM intervention in improving the exercise capacity of rats.
- Subjects
CHINESE medicine; ENERGY metabolism; PHYSIOLOGICAL aspects of running; CONTROL groups; ATHLETES
- Publication
Carpathian Journal of Food Science & Technology, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 3, p104
- ISSN
2066-6845
- Publication type
Article