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Correlation between the different therapeutic properties of Chinese medicinal herbs and delayed luminescence
Author(s) -
Pang Jingxiang,
Fu Jialei,
Yang Meina,
Zhao Xiaolei,
Wijk Eduard,
Wang Mei,
Fan Hua,
Han Jinxiang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
luminescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1522-7243
pISSN - 1522-7235
DOI - 10.1002/bio.2961
Subject(s) - chinese herbs , medicinal herbs , correlation , traditional medicine , luminescence , medicine , materials science , mathematics , traditional chinese medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , optoelectronics , geometry
In the practice and principle of Chinese medicine, herbal materials are classified according to their therapeutic properties. ‘Cold’ and ‘heat’ are the most important classes of Chinese medicinal herbs according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In this work, delayed luminescence (DL) was measured for different samples of Chinese medicinal herbs using a sensitive photon multiplier detection system. A comparison of DL parameters, including mean intensity and statistic entropy, was undertaken to discriminate between the ‘cold’ and ‘heat’ properties of Chinese medicinal herbs. The results suggest that there are significant differences in mean intensity and statistic entropy and using this method combined with statistical analysis may provide novel parameters for the characterization of Chinese medicinal herbs in relation to their energetic properties. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.