Anti-fatigue and anti-oxidant activities of oyster (Ostrea rivularis) hydrolysate prepared by compound protease

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 6577-6585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianyin Miao ◽  
Wanwen Liao ◽  
Meng Kang ◽  
Yingmin Jia ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Anti Oxidant

Oyster, which is rich in protein and widely used as a marine traditional Chinese medicine, was believed to have good curative effects in health care and on chronic diseases.

Modern Western Science as a Standard for Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Critical Appraisal

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiping Fan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
World Health ◽  
Scientific Medicine ◽  
Integrative Health ◽  
Integrative Health Care ◽  
Care System

It is generally recognized that China, while attempting to develop modern scientific medicine in carrying out its national policy for modernization, has also made significant efforts to integrate traditional Chinese medicine into its health care system. For instance, the World Health Organization's first global strategy on traditional and alternative medicine (released in May 2002) lists China as one of only four of its member states to have attained an integrative health care system. However, medical integration can take many different forms and involve quite different health care standards. A health care standard is a set of mechanisms by which distinct diagnostic and therapeutic practices and products are validated or accredited for use in health care delivery. Traditional Chinese medicine and modern scientific medicine adopt different sets of such mechanisms and thereby engage different health care standards. Accordingly, in appraising the Chinese integrative health care system, it is important to investigate which health care standard has been appealed to.

scholarly journals Pharmacological Uses and Health Benefits of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in Traditional Asian and Ancient Chinese Medicine, and Modern Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-319
Author(s):  
Mohamad Hesam SHAHRAJABIAN ◽  
Wenli SUN ◽  
Qi CHENG
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Ginger Extract ◽  
Nutritional Values ◽  
Anti Oxidant ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has been used as a spice and a medicine for over 200 years in traditional Chinese medicine. Ginger is an important plant with several medicinal and nutritional values used in Asian and Chinese tradition medicine. Ginger and its general compounds such as Fe, Mg, Ca, vitamin C, flavonoids, phenolic compounds (gingerdiol, gingerol, gingerdione and shogaols), sesquiterpenes, paradols has long been used as an herbal medicine to treat various symptoms including vomiting, pain, cold symptoms and it has been shown to have anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, anti-tumor activities, anti-pyretic, anti-platelet, anti-tumourigenic, anti-hyperglycaemic, antioxidant anti-diabetic, anti-clotting and analgesic properties, cardiotonic, cytotoxic. It has been widely used for arthritis, cramps, sprains, sore throats, rheumatism, muscular aches, pains, vomiting, constipation, indigestion, hypertension, dementia, fever and infectious diseases. Ginger leaves have also been used for food flavouring and Asian traditional medicine especially in China. Ginger oil also used as food flavouring agent in soft drink, as spices in bakery products, in confectionary items, pickles, sauces and as a preservatives. Ginger is available in three forms, namely fresh root ginger, preserved ginger and dried ginger. The pharmacological activities of ginger were mainly attributed to its active phytocompounds 6-gingerol, 6-shogaol, zingerone beside other phenolics and flavonoids. Gingerol and shogaol in particular, is known to have anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In both traditional Chinese medicine, and modern China, Ginger is used in about half of all herbal prescriptions. Traditional medicinal plants are often cheaper, locally available and easily consumable raw and as simple medicinal preparations. The obtained findings suggest potential of ginger extract as an additive in the food and pharmaceutical industries.

The Application of LSA in TCM Syndromes Classification

2013 ◽  
Vol 284-287 ◽  
pp. 1666-1670
Author(s):  
Yan Fang Gan ◽  
Zi Wei Ni ◽  
Fan Lin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Clinical Manifestation ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Latent Semantic Analysis ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Semantic Space ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Care Workers

The description of syndromes and symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is extremely complicated. And how to diagnose the patient's syndrome in a better way is the primary objective of clinical health care workers all the time. It was a good attempt to diagnose patient's syndrome by combining Latent Semantic Analysis and the feature of TCM knowledge----both syndromes and organs have the same clinical manifestation collection that are symptoms. In this paper, correlative degrees would be computed and sorted in a certain latent semantic space which was constructed by syndromes and organs . According to the result of correlative degrees computing, the classifying could be done by choosing the highest correlative degree as the belonging class. The experimental results show that this method performs quite well.

scholarly journals A Cross-Sectional Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner’s Knowledge, Treatment Strategies and Integration of Practice of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Arentz ◽  
Caroline Smith ◽  
Rebecca Redmond ◽  
Jason Abbott ◽  
Mike Armour
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Pelvic Pain ◽  
Chronic Pelvic Pain ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Background Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is persistent, intermittent cyclical and non-cyclical lower abdominal pain, lasting for more than 6 months. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a popular treatment option for women’s health conditions, but little is known about how treatment for CPP is delivered by TCM practitioners. The aim of this survey was to explore practitioners understanding and treatment of women with CPP, and how they integrate their management and care into the health care system. Method An online cross-sectional survey of registered TCM practitioners in Australia and New Zealand. Survey domains included treatment characteristics (e.g. frequency), evaluation of treatment efficacy, referral networks, and sources of information that informed clinical decision making. Results One hundred and twenty-two registered TCM practitioners responded to this survey, 91.7% reported regular treatment of women with CPP. Treatment decisions were most-often guided by a combination of biomedical and TCM diagnosis (77.6%), and once per week was the most common treatment frequency (66.7%) for acupuncture. Meditation (63.7%) and dietary changes (57.8%) were other commonly used approaches to management. The effectiveness of treatment was assessed using multiple approaches, most commonly pain scales, (such as the numeric rating scale) and any change in use of analgesic medications. Limitations to TCM treatment were reported by over three quarters (83.7%) of practitioners, most commonly due to cost (56.5%) and inconvenience (40.2%) rather than safety or lack of efficacy. Integration within the wider healthcare system was common with over two thirds (67.9%) receiving referrals from health care providers. Conclusion TCM practitioners seeing women with various CPP symptoms, commonly incorporate both traditional and modern diagnostic methods to inform their treatment plan, monitor treatment progress using commonly accepted approaches and measures and often as a part of multidisciplinary healthcare for women with CPP.

Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Qualitative Study for Reconsidering Nursing Care in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-349
Author(s):  
Shelley F. Conroy ◽  
Marie Hastings-Tolsma ◽  
Kathryn Voreis ◽  
Hannah Deboskey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mixed Response

Purpose: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) proposes the world as a holistic unity of energy. With a long history of use, TCM is generally accepted in the Chinese health care system. Despite growing global interest and use, TCM has received a mixed response from Western health care systems. This study aimed to describe the underpinnings of TCM, compare TCM and Western medicine, and suggest how key modalities might be applied to strengthen holistic nursing care in the United States. Design: A qualitative, descriptive exploratory investigation employing a constructivist grounded theory. Method: Interview of TCM healers in Hong Kong ( n = 5). Transcripts were reviewed to identify common themes and categories. Findings: Five themes were identified: improvement in energy flow and health, TCM as “a way of knowing,” curing source versus symptoms of disease, declining TCM practice in Hong Kong, and need for interprofessional education. Conclusions: TCM is considered useful in chronic illnesses, whereas those with acute illnesses often seek Western medicine. Failing to address the holistic care needs and preferences of individuals results in less than optimal health outcomes. Nurses need explicit TCM content and would benefit from a restructuring of curricula and clinical experiences to foster integration into caring practices.

scholarly journals Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine Use for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (21) ◽  
pp. 4086
Author(s):  
Meng-Chuan Tsai ◽  
Yu-Hsien Kuo ◽  
Chih-Hsin Muo ◽  
Li-Wei Chou ◽  
Chung-Yen Lu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Odds Ratios ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Adjusted Model

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common musculoskeletal disorder and an occupational disease caused by repeated exercise or overuse of the hand. We investigated the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) use by practitioners in CTS patients, including demographic variables, socioeconomic status, previous medical conditions, health care use, and hospital characteristics for TCM health care. This cross-sectional study identified 25,965 patients newly diagnosed with CTS based on the first medical diagnosis recorded between 1999 and 2013 in the nationwide representative insurance database of Taiwan. The date of initial CTS diagnosis in outpatient data was defined as the index date, and four patients were excluded because of missing gender-related information. Patients who used TCM care as the first option at their diagnosis were classified as TCM users (n = 677; 2.61%), and all others were TCM non-users (n = 25,288; 97.4%). In the all variables-adjusted model, female patients had an adjusted odds ratio (OR; 95% CI) of TCM use of 1.35 (1.11–1.66). National Health Insurance (NHI) registration was associated with higher odds ratios of TCM use in central, southern, and eastern Taiwan than in northern Taiwan (ORs = 1.43, 1.86, and 1.82, respectively). NHI registration was associated with higher odds ratios of TCM use in rural cities than in urban cities (OR (95% CI) = 1.33 (1.02–1.72)). The TCM group had a 20% less likelihood of exhibiting symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions and injury and poisoning. The TCM group had a 56% lower likelihood of having diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. Multi-level model outcomes were similar to the results of the all variables-adjusted model, except for the NHI registration outcome in rural and urban cities (OR [95% CI] = 1.33 [0.98–1.81]). Significant associations between the number of TCM visits and TCM use were observed in all logistic regression models. The study presented key demographic characteristics, health care use, and medical conditions associated with TCM use for CTS. Previous experience of TCM use may affect the use of TCM for CTS treatment. This information provides a reference for the allocations of relevant medical resources and health care providers.

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