scholarly journals Innovative Thoughts on Treating Diabetes from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Pang ◽  
Qiang Zhou ◽  
Tian-Yu Zhao ◽  
Li-Sha He ◽  
Jing Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Clinical Efficacy ◽  
Drug Dose ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Syndrome Differentiation ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Therapies ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Close Relationship

The rapidly increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming a major public health issue. As one of the important parts in complementary and alternative therapies, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is promising in treating DM. In this review, we summarize new thoughts on treating DM that aim to improve the clinical efficacy of TCM from the perspectives of principle, methods, formula, herbs, and doses. Our approach is as follows: principle: we use a combination of symptoms, syndromes, and diseases as a new mode for treating diabetes; methods: emphasizing heat-clearing in the early and middle stage of T2DM and invigorating blood circulation throughout the whole process of T2DM are two innovative methods to treat T2DM; formulas and herbs: choosing formulas and herbs based on the combination of TCM theory and current medicine. We will emphasize four strategies to help doctors choose formulas and herbs, including treatment based on syndrome differentiation, choosing herbs of bitter and sour flavors to counteract sweet flavor, choosing formulas and herbs aimed at main symptoms, and using modern pharmacological achievements in clinical practice; dose: reasonable drug dose plays an important role in the treatment of DM and a close relationship exists between dose and clinical efficacy.

scholarly journals Trends in the Treatment of Hypertension from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingjiang Xiong ◽  
Xiaochen Yang ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Fuyong Chu ◽  
Pengqian Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Antihypertensive Drugs ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Major Public Health Issue ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Therapies ◽  
Treatment Of Hypertension ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Made In

Hypertension is a major public-health issue. Much consensus has been reached in the treatment, and considerable progress has been made in the field of antihypertensive drugs. However, the standard-reaching rate of blood pressure is far from satisfaction. Considering these data and the seriousness of the effects of hypertension on the individual and society as a whole, both economically and socially, physicians must look for more effective and alternative ways to achieve the target blood pressure. Could treatment of hypertension be improved by insights from traditional Chinese medicine? As one of the most important parts in complementary and alternative therapies, TCM is regularly advocated for lowering elevated blood pressure. Due to the different understanding of the pathogenesis of hypertension between ancient and modern times, new understanding and treatment of hypertension need to be reexplored. Aiming to improve the efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine in treating hypertension, the basis of treatment is explored through systematically analyzing the literature available in both English and Chinese search engines. This paper systematically reviews the trends in emerging therapeutic strategies for hypertension from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.

scholarly journals Machine-readable Yin–Yang imbalance: traditional Chinese medicine syndrome computer modeling based on three-dimensional noninvasive cardiac electrophysiology imaging

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1580-1591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Cen ◽  
Ralph Hoppe ◽  
Aiwu Sun ◽  
Hongyan Ding ◽  
Ning Gu
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Electrical Activity ◽  
Computer Modeling ◽  
Cardiac Electrophysiology ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Mathematical Physics ◽  
Syndrome Differentiation ◽  
Physics Model ◽  
Machine Readable

Objectives The principal diagnostic methods of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are inspection, auscultation and olfaction, inquiry, and pulse-taking. Treatment by syndrome differentiation is likely to be subjective. This study was designed to provide a basic theory for TCM diagnosis and establish an objective means of evaluating the correctness of syndrome differentiation. Methods We herein provide the basic theory of TCM syndrome computer modeling based on a noninvasive cardiac electrophysiology imaging technique. Noninvasive cardiac electrophysiology imaging records the heart’s electrical activity from hundreds of electrodes on the patient’s torso surface and therefore provides much more information than 12-lead electrocardiography. Through mathematical reconstruction algorithm calculations, the reconstructed heart model is a machine-readable description of the underlying mathematical physics model that reveals the detailed three-dimensional (3D) electrophysiological activity of the heart. Results From part of the simulation results, the imaged 3D cardiac electrical source provides dynamic information regarding the heart’s electrical activity at any given location within the 3D myocardium. Conclusions This noninvasive cardiac electrophysiology imaging method is suitable for translating TCM syndromes into a computable format of the underlying mathematical physics model to offer TCM diagnosis evidence-based standards for ensuring correct evaluation and rigorous, scientific data for demonstrating its efficacy.

Systems Biology Technologies Enable Personalized Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Systematic Review

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (06) ◽  
pp. 1109-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xijun Wang ◽  
Aihua Zhang ◽  
Hui Sun ◽  
Ping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Systems Biology ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Right ◽  
Personalize Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an alternative medicine, focuses on the treatment of human disease via the integrity of the close relationship between body and syndrome analysis. It remains a form of primary care in most Asian countries and its characteristics showcase the great advantages of personalized medicine. Although this approach to disease diagnosis, prognosis and treatment has served the medical establishment well for thousands of years, it has serious shortcomings in the era of modern medicine that stem from its reliance on reductionist principles of experimentation and analysis. In this way, systems biology offers the potential to personalize medicine, facilitating the provision of the right care to the right patient at the right time. We expect that systems biology will have a major impact on future personalized therapeutic approaches which herald the future of medicine. Here we summarize current trends and critically review the potential limitations and future prospects of such treatments. Some characteristic examples are presented to highlight the application of this groundbreaking platform to personalized TCM as well as some of the necessary milestones for moving systems biology of a state-of-the-art nature into mainstream health care.

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