Comprehension of the Unique Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Xutian, Stevenson; Deng, Cao; Wozniak, JoAnn; Junion, John; Boisvert, J. B.

doi:10.1142/s0192415x12500188

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“…Such a finding leads us to wonder why this might be so. As discussed above, the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine in both theory and practice make it very different from conventional Western Medicine [28]. A distinctive difference between the two is that Western medicine focuses solely on the body as an organism.…”

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Different perceptions of narrative medicine between Western and Chinese medicine students

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BackgroundWestern medicine is an evidence-based science, whereas Chinese medicine is more of a healing art. To date, there has been no research that has examined whether students of Western and Chinese medicine differentially engage in, or benefit from, educational activities for narrative medicine. This study fills a gap in current literature with the aim of evaluating and comparing Western and Chinese Medicine students’ perceptions of narrative medicine as an approach to learning empathy and professionalism.MethodsAn initial 10-item questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale was developed to assess fifth-year Western medical (MS) and traditional Chinese medical (TCMS) students’ perceptions of a 4-activity narrative medicine program during a 13-week internal medicine clerkship. Exploratory factor analysis was undertaken.ResultsThe response rate was 88.6% (412/465), including 270 (65.5%) MSs and 142 (34.5%) TCMSs, with a large reliability (Cronbach alpha = 0.934). Three factors were extracted from 9 items: personal attitude, self-development/reflection, and emotional benefit, more favorable in terms of enhancement of self-development/reflection. The perceptions of narrative medicine by scores between the two groups were significantly higher in TCMSs than MSs in all 9-item questionnaire and 3 extracted factors.ConclusionsGiven the different learning cultures of medical education in which these student groups engage, this suggests that undertaking a course in Chinese medicine might enhance one’s acceptance to, and benefit from, a medical humanities course. Alternatively, Chinese medicine programmes might attract more humanities-focused students.

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Different perceptions of narrative medicine between Western and Chinese medicine students

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“…Its effectiveness has been recognized by the Chinese people (Wang et al, 2011b;Xutian et al, 2012). The highquality of Chinese herbal medicine is important to ensure the efficacy of TCM (Cai et al, 2011;Chen et al, 2011).…”

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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis for Sustainable Cultivation of Chinese Medicinal Plants: A Promising Research Direction

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) are symbiotic systems in nature and have great significance in promoting the growth and stress resistance of medicinal plants. During our literature searchfrom the Chinese Scientific Information Database (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, CNKI) we obtained 65 articles with "AM fungi" and "medicinal plant" as the key words, which indicates that in China, research efforts on these topics have been increasing. The main purposes of this review are to discuss the effects of mycorrhiza on the active ingredients of Chinese medicinal plants in comparison with results obtained in other plants in studies conducted by the international research community, and to introduce works published in Chinese journals to international colleagues.

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“…A disease caused by cell and tissue infection is often treated by chemical or physical repair, removal, insertion, bypass, stents, or transplant of organs or tissues. TCM that focuses on the meridian and other energy flow systems holds that all diseases originate from the imbalance of qi and blood flow [82]. Hence, this holistic emphasis on body functions and the spirit is a comprehensive approach.…”

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The Holistic Effects of Acupuncture Treatment

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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as a complex medical science which reflects philosophical principles and embodies large dialectical thought, is used to place the human body into a large system for observation. Acupuncture as a vital part of TCM, has been practiced to treat various diseases and symptoms. However, acupuncture is also facing severe challenges resulted from insufficient modern scientific research. Nowadays, the holistic effects of acupuncture can be researched by some modern approaches, such as the systems biology and fMRI technique. It is believed that having a better understand will greatly promote acupuncture research and be beneficial to scientization and modernization of acupuncture.

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Comprehension of the Unique Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Cited by 59 publications

References 14 publications

Different perceptions of narrative medicine between Western and Chinese medicine students

Different perceptions of narrative medicine between Western and Chinese medicine students

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis for Sustainable Cultivation of Chinese Medicinal Plants: A Promising Research Direction

The Holistic Effects of Acupuncture Treatment

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