STUDY ON PATHOGENIC MECHANISM OF EMOTIONS IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE—An Observation of Hydrogen Peroxide Releasing Function of Celiac Macrophages in Rats Under Stress State

摘要

The hydrogen peroxide releasing function of macrophages in rats under the stress state wasobserved with the animal model of“excessive anger impairing the liver”.The resultsshowed that the volume of hydrogen peroxide released from the macrophages in rats wasdecreased,while the corticosterone level in plasma increased after stress.It indicates thatstimulation of harmful emotions could cause inhibition of immunoreaction of the organism,which might be related to the enhancement in excitability of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and hypersecretion of glucocorticoid hormone.