1 Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 88 Yuquan Road, Tianjin 300193, China 2 China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 16 Nanxiao Street, Beijing 100700, China 3 School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, 7 Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 4Chinese Cochrane/Evidence-Based Medicine Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Lane, C...

1 Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China 2 School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon 00852, Hong Kong 3 Centre for Complementary Medicine Research (CompleMED), University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia 4Center for Evidence Based Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Med...

Professor Katsutoshi Terasawa was born in Tokyo in 1944. He graduated in 1970 from the School of Medicine at Chiba University. He became Director of the Department of Japanese Oriental Medicine at Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University in 1979. He was Director of the School of Medicine (1999–2000) and then President of the Hospital and Vice-President (2002–2004) of Toyama Medical and Phar...

OBJECTIVE Standard cancer therapy prolongs survival, but can be detrimental to the quality of life, compromise the immune system, and leave residual disease that can cause recurrence years or decades in the future. Tumor dormancy therapy is a novel therapeutic approach that may improve these shortcomings, promote quality of life, and prolong survival. The aim of this study was to analyze studie...

Oriental medicine, since its origin in China, has had a long history extending over 2000 years. Today, it comprises several types of medicine predominately practiced in East Asia, including traditional Chinese, traditional Korean, and Kampo medicine. The distinctive medical system of traditional Korean medicine was established shortly after the publication of Donguibogam by Dr. Heo Jun in 1613....

2. Wild animals and plants are commonly used in many forms of traditional medicine. The attached paper discusses their use in the traditional medicine of East Asia and the implications for the conservation status of a range of different species. Previous discussion of this issue by the Parties has been concerned mainly (although not solely) with the impact on critically endangered species such ...

INTRODUCTION There is no study exploring the trend of utilization in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) from 2000 to 2010. The objective of this study was to investigate the trends of TCM utilization among 3 cross-sectional cohorts of 2000, 2005, and 2010. METHOD This study was a cross-sectional analysis of TCM utilization over time. We compared the mean TCM visits among 3 cohorts of 2000, 20...

Research activities in traditional Chinese medicine have, to date, focused on the search for relevant active substances and mechanisms of action. This research approach is shaped partly by the conventional drug development model, which commences with determining the mechanism of disease, followed by the design and synthesis of therapeutically active compounds or molecules, animal and in vitro s...

Traditional Chinese medicine is gaining increasing attention and popularity in Hong Kong. There is no doubt that traditional Chinese medicine as a system of medicine works; however, this does not imply that every therapy is efficacious. Prevention of the initiation and continuation of ineffective intervention is extremely important for the efficiency of any health care system. The evaluation of...

Background and Goal. The application of digital image processing techniques and machine learning methods in tongue image classification in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been widely studied nowadays. However, it is difficult for the outcomes to generalize because of lack of color reproducibility and image standardization. Our study aims at the exploration of tongue colors classification...