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To the Heart of the Matter
6. Assessing the Conceptual Commonality of the Biomedical and Western Herbal Medicine
~ a discussion .............................................................................................................................45
6.1. Defining the basis of the discussion...................................................................................45
6.2. Aspects of conceptual commonality...................................................................................46
6.3. Aspects of conceptual commonality ~ a Commentary .......................................................49
7. Conclusion................................................................................................................................51
Appendicies
Appendix I: Extrinsic Autonomic Control Pathways of the Cardiovascular System. Table 1....53
Appendix II: Extrinsic CV Regulatory Pathways the Autonomic Nervous System. Fig. 1...........54
Appendix III: Cardiovascular Control Mechanisms Mediated by Autonomic Activity. Table 2...55
Appendix IV: Cardiovascular Control Mechanisms Mediated by Autonomic Activity. Fig. 2. ....56
Appendix V : Cardiovascular Activity of the Glucocorticoids. Table 3. & Fig. 3........................57
Appendix VI: Corticotropin Releasing Factor Interactions. Fig 4. ..............................................58
Appendix VII: Glucocorticoid Activity upon the Cardiovascular System. Fig. 5...........................59
Appendix VIII: Neuroendocrine Influences upon the Cardiovascular System. Fig. 6.....................60
Appendix IX: Heart Rate Variability & Blood Pressure Variability. Table 4...............................61
Appendix X: The Coronary Arteries and Atherosclerosis. Fig. 7................................................61
Appendix XI: Attributes and Correspondences of the Four Temperaments. Table 5. ..................63
Appendix XII: Physiomedicalist Circulatory System Balance. Fig. 8. ...........................................64
Appendix XIII: Traditional and Empirical Therapeutic Commentaries on
Selected Cardiovascular Remedies. Tables: 6a, 6b & 6c........................................65
Appendix XIV: Relationships within the Physiomedicalist Concepts of
Contraction/Relaxation and Nervous System Equilibrium. Fig. 9...........................68
References ....................................................................................................................................69
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