This article is a commentary on the modernisation of Chinese medicine and some of the issues concerning its transmission and practice in contemporary Western settings. Over the last one hundred years, complex socio–historical factors have altered Chinese medicine’s traditional concepts and methods and generated misunderstandings for Western students and professionals. In the health care profess...

BACKGROUND Western 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 a...

Objective. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate effect of Chinese medicine combined with conventional therapy on blood pressure variability (BPV) in hypertension patients. Methods. All randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing Chinese medicine with no intervention or placebo on the basis of conventional therapy were included. Data extraction, analyses, and quality assessment were ...

1. Department of Applied Economics, Department of Finance, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan 2. Department of Quantitative Finance, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 3. Econometric Institute Erasmus, School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands 4. Department of Quantitative Economics, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain 5. Depart...

BACKGROUND Along with efficacy, Chinese medicine is increasingly being known to people, Chinese medicine and its preparations are increasingly widespread in clinical use. People generally believe that Chinese medicine has few side effects and is safe, especially Chinese medicine injections. Due to the direct injection in blood, rapid onset and good efficacy, they are welcomed by people. However...

BACKGROUND Acupuncture is one of the important parts of therapeutic methods in traditional Chinese medicine, and has been widely used for the treatment of nerve deafness in recent years. The current study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy for nerve deafness compared with conventional medicine therapy. METHODS PubMed, the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure D...

Background Infertility has long been a common problem in our human history and still continues to be a problem in the modern era. Fortunately Western Medicine has developed various treatment methodologies ,especially the new assisted reproductive technology, which does increase the success rate . Despite this, nearly half of the couples among these who get treated by WM still fail conceive. The...

Department of Acupuncture and Massage, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Futian TCM Hospital, Shenzhen, China Department of Rehabilitation, The ...