This paper is an investigation of the degree of incommensurability between Western scientific medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, focusing on the practice and theory of acupuncture. We describe the structure of traditional Chinese medicine, oriented around such concepts as yin, yang, qi, and xing, and discuss how the conceptual and explanatory differences between Western medicine and tra...

BACKGROUND Approximately 20% of patients with ulcerative colitis become steroid dependent. Azathioprine is recommended in steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis, but its side effects limit its use. Chinese herbal medicine has been widely used to treat ulcerative colitis in China. However, its effectiveness in steroid-dependent patients has not been evaluated. This study aims to investigate the ef...

In order to achieve the comprehensive quality control of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), the conventional practice of selecting a single marker for testing has been gradually replaced by the determination of multiple active components based on the characteristics of the synergistic interaction of CHM and applicability of sophisticated analytical techniques. However, with a huge number of CHM in ...

Treatment with traditional Chinese medicinal composite is one of the most important characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Studying material base of TCM composite and its mechanism is a key to modernizing the industry of Chinese medicinal herbs. The research for TCM composite can be carried out from many different angles, including multiple components, multiple actions, multiple...

Jilin Province is one of the principal production bases of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in China with its typical preponderance in TCM resources, research and development power, and industrialization capacity. The province has 2,790 species of TCM materials in total. Over 20% of the TCM materials in common use are from Jilin Province. The province has established 36 good agricultural prac...

1 School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan 2Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan 3Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China 4 School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 10 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong ...

Introduction. Previous studies have demonstrated the advantages of TCM use among asthmatic children. However, there is a paucity of epidemiologic reports on features of TCM users among asthmatic children. This cohort study aimed to investigate child's, parent's, and provider's characteristics associated with the use of asthma-related TCM services among newly diagnosed asthmatic children. Materi...

Epidemics of diphtheria had occurred in China during eighteenth century. At that time, the western medicine introduced in China was very much limited and not popularized in clinical practice. The therapeutics for diseases including diphtheria was chiefly relied on Traditional Chinese Medicine. The ancient Chinese physicians had accumulated abundant clinical experiences written in medical classi...

Axel Bauer, MD, A. John Camm, MD, Sergio Cerutti, PhD, Przemyslaw Guzik, MD, Heikki Huikuri, MD, Federico Lombardi, MD, Marek Malik, PhD, MD, Chung-Kang Peng, PhD, Alberto Porta, PhD, Roberto Sassi, PhD, Georg Schmidt, MD, Peter J. Schwartz, MD, Phyllis K. Stein, PhD, Yoshiharu Yamamoto, PhD From the Munich University Clinic and German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Munich, Germany, St. Ge...

1Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11501, Taiwan 2Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan 3Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA 4School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2751, Australia 5NICM Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, ...