Science communication activism: Protesting Traditional Chinese Medicine in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 812-827
Author(s):  
Qiaoyan Zhu ◽  
Maja Horst
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Relationship

This article investigates how activists use science communication to protest the regulation and use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China. The article reports on a participant observation study of the motivations of the activists as well as the form and content of their activities. The article hereby questions the apparently close links between the systems of state and science in China. It also points to different configurations of the relationship between scientists, activists, science communication and publics than what has been common in analyses of science communication and activism in Western countries.

The impact of Traditional Chinese Medicine on mitophagy in disease models

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Ping Yu ◽  
Ting-Ting Shi ◽  
Yan-Qin Li ◽  
Jian-Kang Mu ◽  
Ya-Qin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Human Diseases ◽  
Regulatory Mechanisms ◽  
Disease Models ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

: Mitophagy plays an important role in maintaining mitochondrial quality and cell homeostasis through the degradation of damaged, aged, and dysfunctional mitochondria and misfolded proteins. Many human diseases, particularly neurodegenerative diseases, are related to disorders of mitochondrial phagocytosis. Exploring the regulatory mechanisms of mitophagy is of great significance for revealing the molecular mechanisms underlying the related diseases. Herein, we summarize the major mechanisms of mitophagy, the relationship of mitophagy with human diseases, and the role of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in mitophagy. These discussions enhance our knowledge of mitophagy and its potential therapeutic targets using TCM.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Modern Medicine

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingcheng Dong
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Chinese Herbs ◽  
Pulse Diagnosis ◽  
Massage Treatment ◽  
Acupuncture Anesthesia ◽  
The Relationship

The essence of the traditional Chinese medicine has always been the most advanced and experienced therapeutic approach in the world. It has knowledge that can impact the direction of future modern medical development; still, it is easy to find simple knowledge with mark of times and special cultures. The basic structure of traditional Chinese medicine is composed of three parts: one consistent with modern medicine, one involuntarily beyond modern medicine, and one that needs to be further evaluated. The part that is consistent with modern medicine includes consensus on several theories and concepts of traditional Chinese medicine, and usage of several treatments and prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine including commonly used Chinese herbs. The part that is involuntarily beyond modern medicine contains several advanced theories and important concepts of traditional Chinese medicine, relatively advanced treatments, formula and modern prescriptions, leading herbs, acupuncture treatment and acupuncture anesthesia of traditional Chinese medicine that affect modern medicine and incorporates massage treatment that has been gradually acknowledged by modern therapy. The part that needs to be further evaluated consists not only the knowledge of pulse diagnosis, prescription, and herbs, but also many other aspects of traditional Chinese medicine.

scholarly journals Treating Ulcerative Colitis by Activating Blood Circulation to Dissipate Blood Stasis

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Yi Hu ◽  
Tao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Bowel Disease ◽  
Blood Circulation ◽  
Blood Stasis ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a worldwide refractory bowel disease with unclear pathogenesis. Its lesions can lead to colorectal cancer over time. UC is classified as “diarrhea,” “dysentery,” and other categories in traditional Chinese medicine. Its etiology and pathogenesis in traditional Chinese medicine are complex, but it has been found that blood stasis plays an important role in its occurrence and development. Combined with modern research, the relationship between blood stasis and ulcerative colitis is analyzed in this article along with a discussion on the therapeutic effect of activating blood and removing blood stasis on the disease, aiming to provide new ideas for the treatment of UC.

Ethnobotany

2022 ◽  
pp. 270-291
Author(s):  
Akash ◽  
Navneet ◽  
Bhupendra Singh Bhandari ◽  
Surendra Singh Bisht ◽  
Dalip Kumar Mansotra
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Recent Time ◽  
Ethnomedicinal Plants ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Traditional medicines and natural products from ethnomedicinal plants have great significance in recent time. Various forms of medicines like Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, kampo, Unani, have been plasticising in recent days due to their effectiveness against various human ailments and also have blossomed into the regulated systems of traditional medicine. This chapter reviews the relationship of plants and humans, along with their cultural relationship and role of the traditional medicines, by exploring the methodologies and various concepts for the discovery of various drugs. Further, this will also illustrate traditional medicines that have their incomparable advantages over the modern allopathic medicines.

scholarly journals Precocious Puberty and the Lin28/Let7 Pathway: The Therapeutic Effect of the Nourishing “Yin” and Purging “Fire” Traditional Chinese Medicine Mixture in a Rat Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan He ◽  
Xinghui Han ◽  
Wen Sun ◽  
Jian Yu ◽  
Amin Tamadon
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Precocious Puberty ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Vaginal Opening ◽  
Model Group ◽  
Nourishing Yin ◽  
The Relationship

The present study aims to investigate the effects of the nourishing “Yin” and purging “Fire” Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herb mixture on precocious puberty and TCM may act through hypothalamic Lin28/let7 pathway expression in the precocious puberty model rats. Meanwhile, to confirm the relationship between Lin28/let7 pathway and puberty by overexpressionLin28a,in the first part of this study, female rats were randomly allocated into untreated controls, the precocious puberty (PP) model group, the PP control group, and the PP + TCM group. Rats on postnatal day 5 were injected danazol to establish the PP model. From days 15 to 35, the rats in the TCM group were given the TCM twice daily. Vaginal opening, sex-related hormones, and body and reproductive organ weights were measured, and the expressions of hypothalamicLin28aandLin28bmRNA andlet7aandlet7bmiRNA were detected. In addition, in the second part, the effects of overexpression ofLin28aon the vaginal opening time were evaluated. In the two parts of the study, we found that, at the onset of puberty, a decrease in ovary weight, an increase in the serum levels of luteinizing hormone and progesterone, and increased expression levels of hypothalamicLin28bmRNA were observed in the PP + TCM group compared to the PP model group. The vaginal opening time was significantly delayed upon overexpression ofLin28a. Above all, the mechanism by which the TCM treats precocious puberty is thus likely to be associated with inhibition of the hypothalamic Lin28/let7 signaling pathway and our findings provide in-depth insight into the relationship between the overexpression ofLin28agene in the hypothalamus and the onset of puberty.

scholarly journals What Is the Relationship between Diabetic Patients and Greater Propensity to COVID-19?

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Energy Deficiency ◽  
Yin Deficiency ◽  
Patients With Diabetes ◽  
The Relationship

Patients with diabetes are more likely to have COVID-19 as demonstrated in the article written by Abdi et al. (2020) entitled Diabetes and COVID-19: A systematic review on the current evidence [1]. But what is the real reason why diabetic patients being more likely to have COVID-19 than the hyperglycemia they present? In the article written by the author (2019) Why Are Diabetic Patients Still Having Hyperglycemia despite Diet Regulation, Antiglycemic Medication and Insulin? the author demonstrates through a case report, that diabetic patients have chakras’ energy deficiency, that is leading to alteration in the energy level, leading to Yin deficiency and Heat retention, that are two energy imbalances that is producing hyperglycemia according to traditional Chinese Medicine, in the root level of the tree [1, 2].

scholarly journals Lecture of the cycle of specialization in reflexology "Practical application of the theory of U-Sin in traditional Chinese medicine"

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
G. Chuprina ◽  
T. Parnikoza ◽  
N. Svyrydova
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Pathological Process ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Syndromic Diagnosis ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The theory of the five elements is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, and the division of natural phenomena according to the properties of the five elements and the nature of the relationship between them, is practical in clinical acupuncture: to characterize the structural, physiological and pathological features of the patient, diagnosis and treatment. With the development of diseases there is a pathological relationship between Zhang-Fu organs and tissues that they are subordinated to. The human body is an organic whole, in which there are numerous interconnections in the development of the pathological process due to the existing modified interconnections. It is established that the theory of five elements is a simple theory with certain limitations. The laws of the relationship between the elements of the U-Syin cycle are not a reflection of all possible interconnections between the Zhang-Fu organs and the related tissues. In clinical practice, these laws show objective physiological and pathological communications between the internal organs and can be used in the process of acupuncture diagnosis and treatment. The theory of the five elements lies at the heart of the methodology of traditional acupuncture diagnostics, used during its implementation and data analysis, it determines the pathological states in accordance with the characteristics and laws of the relationship of the five elements and formulates the syndromic diagnosis of traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

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