Therapeutic wisdom in traditional Chinese medicine: a perspective from modern science

Jiang, Wenyue

doi:10.1016/j.tips.2005.09.006

Cited by 364 publications

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“…Many participants seek TCM treatment to better adjust their body and follow Chinese diet therapy to reduce discomfort. This result is consistent with the findings of certain studies reporting that Chinese people often use of TCM, and traditional preventive diet (Jiang, 2005). In Breast cancer survivors follows the practice of TCM to heal body, mind and soul.…”

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confidence: 91%

Breast Cancer Survivors' Efforts to Renew and Preserve Their Health in Taiwan

Wang

Chung

2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Breast Cancer Survivors' Efforts to Renew and Preserve Their Health in Taiwan

Wang

Chung

2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…In contrast, the heat pattern is characterized by inflamed, red and swollen joints, flushed face, fever or feverishness, thirst, irritability and restlessness, constipation, deep-colored urine, reddened tongue and rapid pulse. 6,12 The obtained plasma samples were stored at À80 1C and thawed at 4 1C before pretreatment. 100 mL of plasma was placed in a 1.5 mL Eppendorf vial and 300 mL of methanol was added.…”

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confidence: 99%

Plasma metabonomics study of rheumatoid arthritis and its Chinese medicine subtypes by using liquid chromatography and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry

Lü

Zha

et al. 2012

Mol. BioSyst.

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most severe type of chronic inflammatory disease and has always been a research hotspot in different fields. In this study, a non-targeted metabonomics approach was carried out to profile metabolic characteristics of RA and its Chinese medicine subtypes by using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS). Plasma samples of 57 RA patients and 23 healthy controls were collected. On the basis of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), RA patients were classified into two main patterns, the cold pattern and the heat pattern. By using univariate and multivariate data analysis, we found that the RA patients presented diverse dysfunctions in inositol phosphate metabolism, lipid metabolism, amino acid metabolism, glucose metabolism, ascorbate metabolism, glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism. The metabolic phenotypes were different between the RA cold pattern and the RA heat pattern. Compared with the RA cold pattern, the RA heat pattern showed elevated plasma concentrations of glycochenodeoxycholate, proline, saturated and mono-unsaturated phosphatidylcholine (PC) but decreased levels of urea, free fatty acid (FFA) and polyunsaturated PC. Our data show that metabonomics is a valuable tool in disease and TCM subtype research.

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“…Therapy in traditional Chinese medicine is aimed to correct maladjustments and restore the self-regulatory ability of the body (2). For example, dermatologic disease can be successfully cured with traditional Chinese medicine by improving "Ki" stagnation in the spleen, lung, and kidney.…”

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confidence: 99%