OBJECTIVE The aim of this meta-analysis and systematic review is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) for chronic prostatitis (CP) associated with damp-heat and blood-stasis syndromes. METHODS An electronic search of 13 databases up to May 2016 was screened to identify randomized controlled trials comparing the safety and efficacy of CHM for the treatment of CP...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the agreement between the clinical history method (CHM), Orbscan IIz, and Pentacam in estimating corneal power after myopic excimer laser surgery. Fifty five patients who had myopic LASIK/PRK were recruited into this study. One eye of each patient was randomly selected by a computer-generated process. At 6 months after surgery, postoperative corneal ...

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is the most common malignant tumor associated with male reproductive system. OBJECTIVE The existing eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were critically appraised for the safety and effectiveness of CHM for prostate cancer. METHODS A literature search was conducted by using PubMed, CENTRAL, CNKI, CBM, VIP and Wanfang databases until August 2015. RCTs of CH...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has attracted more and attention due to its remarkable effects on treating diseases, herbal medicine (CHM) is an important partition of TCM, rich in natural active ingredients. Researchers are trying multiple analytical methods dig out valuable information about CHM reveal the principle TCM. Machine learning playing role studies. Knowledge discovery using mach...

The uses and practice of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) date back centuries and are steeped in customs that encompass ancestral beliefs (concerning health), drug lore and “an understanding of natural laws” (Hesketh & Zhu, 1997; Unschuld, 1999). Today TCM (on its own or in conjunction with conventional medicine) is an integral component of healthcare systems in the Far East and is used to t...

The uses and practice of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) date back centuries and are steeped in customs that encompass ancestral beliefs (concerning health), drug lore and “an understanding of natural laws” (Hesketh & Zhu, 1997; Unschuld, 1999). Today TCM (on its own or in conjunction with conventional medicine) is an integral component of healthcare systems in the Far East and is used to t...

The conventional text similarity detection usually use word frequency vectors to represent texts. But it is high-dimensional and sparse. So in this research, a new text similarity detection algorithm using component histogram map (CHM-TSD) is proposed.This method is based on the mathematical expression of Chinese characters, with which Chinese characters can be split into components. Then each ...

Figure EV1. Expression levels of Chm7-GFP and truncations. A Tenfold serial dilutions of the indicated yeast strains grown at 23, 30 or 37°C for 2–4 days. B Plot of the percentage of Chm7-GFP foci that colocalize with the NE or with Mps3-mCherry-labeled SPBs. Error bars are SD from the mean from three independent experiments where > 50 Chm7-GFP foci were counted. C Relative levels of GFP fusion...

BACKGROUND As current symptomatic treatments of constipation are still unsatisfactory, an increasing number of patients seek help from Chinese medicine (CM), particularly Chinese herbal medicine (CHM). This study aimed to review the most frequently used CHM herbs and formulae, proprietary CHMs, and herb-drug interactions for functional constipation using zheng (syndrome)-based differentiation, ...

CONTEXT Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional bowel disorder for which there is no reliable medical treatment. OBJECTIVE To determine whether Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is of any benefit in the treatment of IBS. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted during 1996 through 1997. SETTING Patients were recruited through 2 teaching hospitals and 5...