scholarly journals Integration of traditional Chinese medicine with modern science is the way forward

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
De-An Guo ◽  
Jing-Yan Han
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
The Way

scholarly journals Chinese herbal formulas for treating hypertension in traditional Chinese medicine: perspective of modern science

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 570-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingjiang Xiong ◽  
Xiaochen Yang ◽  
Yongmei Liu ◽  
Yun Zhang ◽  
Pengqian Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Chinese Herbal

Traditional Medicinal Systems

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Aashaq Hussain Bhat ◽  
Shahla Nigar
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Blood Purification ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Korean Medicine

Medicinal plants are a great source of medicine for treating various human ailments. Traditional use of herbal medicine, which was developed within an ethnic group before the development and spread of modern science, is the very basis and an integral part of various cultures. Different medicinal systems throughout the globe are still operational and use natural herbs for treating diseases. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Ayurveda, Kampo, Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM), and Unani are some commonly found traditional medicinal systems in use today. They are used directly, or their secondary metabolites are used as anti-bacterial, antifungal, immunomodulators, anti-hair fall, and multiple other purposes. However, their blood purification properties prevent blood from toxicity. Hundreds of medicinal plants are used in Ayurveda for blood purification, particularly plants which are astringent or bitter (pungent or sharp tastes). In addition, medicinal herbs do not have side effects.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Traditional Chinese Medicine

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Yulin Wang ◽  
Xiuming Shi ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Thomas Efferth ◽  
Dong Shang
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Syndrome Differentiation ◽  
Efficacy Evaluation ◽  
Combination Rules ◽  
The Impact

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a well-established medical system with a long history. Currently, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding in many fields including TCM. AI will significantly improve the reliability and accuracy of diagnostics, thus increasing the use of effective therapeutic methods for patients. This systematic review provides an updated overview on the major breakthroughs in the field of AI-assisted TCM four diagnostic methods, syndrome differentiation, and treatment. AI-assisted TCM diagnosis is mainly based on digital data collected by modern electronic instruments, which makes TCM diagnosis more quantitative, objective, and standardized. As a result, the diagnosis decisions made by different TCM doctors exhibit more consistency, accuracy, and reliability. Meanwhile, the therapeutic efficacy of TCM can be evaluated objectively. Therefore, AI is promoting TCM from experience to evidence-based medicine, a genuine scientific revolution. Furthermore, huge and non-uniform knowledge on formula-syndrome relationships and the combination rules of herbal TCM formulae could be better standardized with the help of AI analysis, which is necessary for the clinical efficacy evaluation and further optimization on the standardized TCM formulae. AI bridges the gap between TCM and modern science and technology. AI may bring clinical TCM diagnostics closer to western medicine. With the help of AI, more scientific evidence about TCM will be discovered. It can be expected that more unified guidelines for specific TCM syndromes will be issued with the development of AI-assisted TCM therapies in the future.

scholarly journals The Advantages of Connectivity Map Applied in Traditional Chinese Medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huimin Jiang ◽  
Cheng Hu ◽  
Meijuan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Biological Database ◽  
Network Pharmacology ◽  
Connectivity Map ◽  
New Era ◽  
Functional Relationships

Amid the establishment and optimization of Connectivity Map (CMAP), the functional relationships among drugs, genes, and diseases are further explored. This biological database has been widely used to identify drugs with common mechanisms, repurpose existing drugs, discover the molecular mechanisms of unknown drugs, and find potential drugs for some diseases. Research on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has entered a new era in the wake of the development of bioinformatics and other subjects including network pharmacology, proteomics, metabolomics, herbgenomics, and so on. TCM gradually conforms to modern science, but there is still a torrent of limitations. In recent years, CMAP has shown its distinct advantages in the study of the components of TCM and the synergetic mechanism of TCM formulas; hence, the combination of them is inevitable.

The Interaction of Cytotoxic Sm (III) Complex of Plumbagin with Bovine Serum Albumin

2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 1380-1383
Author(s):  
Ming Xiong Tan ◽  
Xu Jian Luo ◽  
Yun Qiong Gu ◽  
Gong Cong Lu
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Fluorescence Intensity ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Synchronous Fluorescence ◽  
Static Quenching ◽  
Plumbago Zeylanica ◽  
The Way

Plumbagin (PLN) is isolated from Plumbago Zeylanica, an anticancer Traditional Chinese Medicine. The interaction between cytotoxic complex [Sm (PLN)3(H2O)2]H2O and bovine serum albumin (BSA) is investigated by fluorescence, synchronous fluorescence, and UV-vis spectra. It is observed that Sm(III) complex can reduce the fluorescence intensity of BSA by the way of static quenching.

scholarly journals Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States: Current state, regulations, challenges, and the way forward

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
Louis Lei Jin ◽  
Jin Zheng ◽  
Niyaz M. Honarvar ◽  
Xiqun Chen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
State Regulations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Way

In the United States, there has been a steady presence and growth of Traditional Medicine (interchangeable in this paper with Complementary or Alternative Medicine) over the past few decades. The costs for such practices are relatively low along with minimal-to-no obvious side effects. Amongst a variety of traditional medical systems, Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the most popular alternatives to help manage chronic health conditions or to improve the overall quality of life. While not exhaustive, this paper provides a snapshot of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States with insights into its current state, regulations, challenges, and the way forward.

scholarly journals The evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine as a disciplinary concept and its essence throughout history

2018 ◽  
Vol 01 (03) ◽  
pp. 171-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenxian Liu ◽  
Linwei Lu ◽  
Cheng Ma ◽  
Chen Yan ◽  
Zhengxiao Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Medical Term ◽  
Literature History

“Traditional Chinese Medicine” (TCM; Zhong Yi) is a concept that keeps evolving with the change of times and clinical practice. From the aspect of the category of modern science, there were not appropriate boundaries set for the literature, history and philosophy in the realm of Chinese traditional academics. Thanks to the eastward spread of Western culture and science, the category of disciplines in modern times then came into being. In order to be listed in the system of modern disciplines, traditional disciplines have always been trying to redefine themselves, and “TCM,” of course, is involved. Considering the fact that “TCM” is now an academic discipline in the field of medicine, here we reviewed not only the transition of the concept of “TCM” from a primitive and then a hierarchical medical term to a relatively full-fledged one that is, to some extent, opposite to the concept of Western Medicine or modern medicine, from a narrow medical term that is peculiar to Han Medicine to a broad one that pertains to Han Medicine along with ethnic traditional medicines in China, but also the transition of the development from merely highlighting TCM and then equally emphasizing TCM together with modern medicine to comprehensively converging TCM, modern medicine and Integrative Medicine, which contributes to the evolution from the dominance of TCM, the coexistence of TCM and modern medicine, the confluence of TCM and modern medicine, and finally to the integration of TCM and modern medicine. In addition, we introduced pioneering medical concepts, epistemology and methodology such as Chinese Traditional Medicine (CTM; Da Zhong Yi), Trichotomy (San Fen Fa), Five Key Elements (Wu Yao Su) and Three-dimensional Integration (San Rong He), proposed the potential future direction of medicine, stressed the importance of taking the essence and discarding the dregs in TCM, and appreciated those who are able to perceive similarities in differences. We looked forward to reconstructing the system of TCM by the integration of the part that is unconsciously ahead of modern medicine and that has already reached consensus with modern medicine from all the traditional medicines in China, which would promise a brand new system of medicine harmoniously integrating traditional medicine and modern medicine.

scholarly journals Exploring learners’ understanding of technical vocabulary in Traditional Chinese Medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-101
Author(s):  
Cailing Lu ◽  
Frank Boers ◽  
Averil Coxhead
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Word List ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Word Associations ◽  
Technical Vocabulary ◽  
Technical Terms ◽  
The Way

This study explores English for specific purposes learners’ understanding of technical words in a previously-developed technical word list in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The principal aim was to estimate what kind of technical terms pose problems to TCM learners and might therefore merit special attention in instruction. Of particular interest was the question whether there is a divergence in the understanding of technical vocabulary in TCM between Chinese and Western background learners. To achieve these aims, a combination of word association tasks and retrospective interviews was implemented with 11 Chinese and 10 Western background TCM learners. The data showed that both Chinese and Western learners encountered certain difficulties in understanding technical vocabulary in their study. However, their sources of difficulty were different. Comparisons of typical word associations between Chinese and Western learners indicated that there was a degree of divergence in the way these two participant groups understood TCM terms.

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