PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of foot reflexology on nausea, vomiting and fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. METHOD: The research was a quasi-experimental study using a non-equivalent pre-post design and was conducted from Jan. 26, to Mar. 20, 2004. The subjects consisted of 34 patients with 18 in the experimental group and 16 in control group. A pretest and 2 posttests were conducted to measure nausea, vomiting and fatigue. For the experimental group, foot reflexology, which was consisted of 4 phases for 40 minutes, was given by a researcher and 4 research assistants. The collected data were analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA using the SPSS WIN 10.0 program. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant decrease in nausea, and vomiting in the experimental group compared to the control group over two different times. In addition, there was a statistically significant decrease in fatigue in the experimental group compared to the control group over two different times. CONCLUSION: Foot reflexology was effective on nausea, vomiting and fatigue in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in this study. Therefore, foot reflexology can be usefully utilized as a nursing intervention in the field of cancer nursing for breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Vomiting/chemically induced/*prevention & control ; Nausea/chemically induced/*prevention & control ; Middle Aged ; *Massage ; Humans ; *Foot ; Female ; Fatigue/chemically induced/*prevention & control ; Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy/nursing ; Antineoplastic Agents/*adverse effects/therapeutic use ; Adult

OBJECTIVETo explore the effect of extract from Chinese chive seed in warming kidney and enhancing yang.

METHODThe influence of extract from Chinese chive seed on the erection of penis of was investigated in adult male rats with experimental insufficiency of the kidney-yang produced by both removal of double spermaries and high dose of hydrocortisone.

RESULTThe extract of Chinese chive seed enhanced the responsiveness of the penis of emasculate rats to outside stimulus, promoted the resistance of the emasculated rats to cold and tiredness and increased autonomous activity.

CONCLUSIONThe extract of Chinese chive seed has the effect of warming kidney and enhancing yang.

Animals ; Chive ; chemistry ; Cold Temperature ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Fatigue ; prevention & control ; Hydrocortisone ; Kidney Diseases ; chemically induced ; physiopathology ; Male ; Mice ; Motor Activity ; drug effects ; Orchiectomy ; Penile Erection ; drug effects ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Seeds ; chemistry ; Yang Deficiency ; chemically induced ; physiopathology