Japanese native

These graceful plants carry prolific stems of dainty, heart-shaped flowers. Common bleeding heart Dicentra spectabilis) is a Japanese native with dangling, pink and white blooms in late spring to early summer native fringed... 

In this period, the empirical healing of certain diseases by foods was estabUshed. Examples (3) were the treatment of night blindness (vitamin A deficiency) with hver ia many cultures over centuries, of beriberi (vitamin deficiency) by use of unpoHshed rice by the Japanese navy, of scurvy (vitamin C deficiency) by citms fmits ia the British navy or piae needle extracts by North American natives, and pellagra (niacia deficiency) by a dietary shift away from corn-based foods ia many countries. Other, nondietary empirical treatments iavolved, eg, exposure of children ia northern latitudes to sunlight to cute tickets (vitamin D deficiency) (4). 

Period White Hawaiians Native Japanese Japanese in Hawaii ... 

P. thunbergii (Sieb. Zucc.) Kosterm. (Machilus thunbergii Sieb. Zucc.), or common machilus, tabunoki (Japanese), is a tree native to Korea and Japan and is also found in Taiwan. The bark is smooth, fawn, and lenticelled. The leaves are spiral, simple, exstipulate-elliptic, glossy, and somewhat fleshy. In Japan and Korea, the plant affords a remedy for eczema, diseases of the spleen and stomach, and asthma. 

A native of Portland, Christina is a former world-class athlete and former massage therapist with a B.A. in Russian and Japanese languages, now working toward a doctorate in naturopathic medicine. Hoping to eventually receive grants to pay for her education, she currently pays for classes with a part of her monthly disability income of several hundred dollars. 

Fish and seafood are generally responsible for infections caused by C. botulinum type E (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998). Many verified cases of botulism type E have been reported in Japan (166 cases and 58 deaths between 1951 and 1960). In 2003, C. botulinum type E was involved in the outbreak in western Alaska linked to consumption of a beached whale (Anonymous, 2003). Many outbreaks were also associated with a Japanese izuschi dish containing fermented raw fish, vegetables, and cooked and malted rice (okji). In Canada, Alaska, or Scandinavia, botulism is caused by consumption of fish and fermented meat dishes, very often prepared as traditional native dishes (Kotev et ah, 1987 Knubley et ah, 1995). 

Reversal of the racial hierarchies of late imperialism, which had Europeans (or Japanese in Korea and Taiwan) at the top, outsider Asians (Chinese, Indians and Japanese in Southeast Asia) in the middle and natives at the bottom. 

Chung, . T. 1959. A Chinese Native Medicinal Flora for Fanners. Beijing, China. 281 p. Kariyone, T. and Y. Kimura. 1949. Japanese-Chinese Medicinal Plants, Their Constituents and Medicinal Uses. 2nd ed. Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. 

The Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Native (North and South) American cultures all have traditional systems of herbal medicine. In China and Japan, the use of herbal remedies is officially promoted by a government ministry and included in national health systems. In India, herbalism is part of the ancient but still widely used system of Ayurvedic medicine. Native Americans use herbs in a spiritual sense, placing emphasis on their purifying and cleansing properties both physically and mentally. 

Sohn D-R, Shin S-G, Park C-W, Kusaka M, Chiba K, Ishizaki T. Metoprolol oxidation polymorphism in a Korean population comparison with native Japanese and Chinese populations. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1991 32 504-507. 

Sharma, S., Murphy, S.R, Wilkens, L.R., Shen, L., Hankin, J.H., and Henderson, B. 2003. Adherence to the food guide pyramid recommendations among Japanese Americans, Native Hawaiians, and whites Results from the multiethnic cohort study. J Am Dietetic Assoc 103(9) 1195—1198. 

A titration study of a peroxidase from Japanese radish has been reported by Morita and Kameda (1958). The titration curves of native protein, acid-denatured protein, and alkali-denatured protein are dramatically different. Unfortunately only continuous titration curves were obtained, so that an interpretation of the data is not possible at this time. 

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