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Feasibility of assessing health state by detecting redox state of human body based on Chinese medicine constitution

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This article discussed the feasibility of assessing health state by detecting redox state of human body. Firstly, the balance of redox state is the basis of homeostasis, and the balance ability of redox can reflflect health state of human body. Secondly, the redox state of human body is a sensitive index of multiple risk factors of health such as age, external environment and psychological factors. It participates in the occurrence and development of multiple diseases involving metabolic diseases and nervous system diseases, and can serve as a cut-in point for treatment of these diseases. Detecting the redox state of high risk people is signifificantly important for early detection and treatment of disease. The blood plasma and urine could be selected to detect, which is convenient. It is pointed that the indexes not only involve oxidation product and antioxidant enzyme but also redox couple. Chinese medicine constitution reflflects the state of body itself and the ability of adapting to external environment, which is consistent with the connotation of health. It is found that there are nine basic types of constitution in Chinese population, which provides a theoretical basis of health preservation, preventive treatment of disease and personalized treatment. With the combination of redox state detection and the Chinese medicine constitution theory, the heath state can be systemically assessed by conducting large-scale epidemiological survey with classifified detection on redox state of human body.

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  1. Center for Studies in Constitution and Reproductive Sciences of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China

    Ling-ru Li  (李玲孺), Qi Wang  (王 琦), Ji Wang  (王 济), Lu-yu Zheng  (郑璐玉) & Yan Zhang  (张 妍)

  2. Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Qian-fei Wang  (王前飞)

  3. Preventive Treatment of Disease Department, Zhengzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, 450007, China

    Ling-ling Yang  (杨玲玲)

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Supported by Major Project of Chinese National Programs for Fundamental Research and Development (973 Program, No. 2011CB505405), Young Scientist Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81102526); Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81030064)

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Li, Lr., Wang, Q., Wang, J. et al. Feasibility of assessing health state by detecting redox state of human body based on Chinese medicine constitution. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 22, 635–640 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2327-7

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