Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine: encouraging the twain to meet

[Discussion on definition of "traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine integration" and "integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine"].

OBJECTIVE To discuss the definition of "traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine integration" and "integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine". METHODS Logic methods. RESULTS It was found that there were a lot of problems on the definition of "traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine integration" and "integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine". CONCLUS...

Western healers in traditional Chinese medicine.

in recent years, some in the West have begun to recognize traditional chinese medicine (tcM) as a potential source of new drug candidates (corson & crews, 2007; Efferth et al, 2007; Li & zhang, 2008; Schmidt et al, 2007). at the same time, the practice of tcM in Western countries has been increasing (institute of Medicine, 2005). as tcM is usually thought to have evolved independently of Wester...

When the twain meet. The rise of western medicine in Japan

JOHN Z. BOWERS, When the twain meet. The rise of western medicine in Japan, (Henry E. Sigerist Supplements to the Bulletin ofthe History ofMedicine, No. 8), Baltimore, Md., and London, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981, 8vo, pp. xi, 173, £8.50. This book shares the same characteristics as its predecessor, Western medical pioneers in feudal Japan (Johns Hopkins, 1970), in that it is encylopae...

[Application of systems biology and information medicine to integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine].

[Pondering on integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine].

Integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine (ITCWM) plays an important role in developing traditional Chinese medicine. Implementing ITCWM is necessary in accordance with the developing rule of medical sciences and the optimum profits pursued in medical areas. In the face of challenge and problems, collaborating with international academic researchers interested in ITCWM, striving t...