Recent Scientific Studies of a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tea, on Prevention of Chronic Diseases

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), originated from China, is different from Western medicine in theory and practice. This study aimed to document the longitudinal trends and the patterns by demographical characteristics in the prevalence of TCM among the middle-aged and elderly Chinese population. This study used nationally representative longitudinal survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), covering approximately 20,000 individuals in each panel survey from 2011 to 2018. The questions regarding medication use in the questionnaire was used to identify the TCM users. The prevalence of using TCM for treating chronic diseases among the patients with chronic diseases stabilized between 2011 and 2018, while the prevalence of TCM use for any purpose among the overall population climbed from 19.03% (95% CI 18.37% to 19.69%) in 2011 to 23.91% (95% CI 23.23% to 24.60%) in 2015. Moreover, the prevalence of TCM use for nonchronic conditions among the overall population increased during the same period as well. The TCM users were more likely to be females and city dwellers. The increasing prevalence of TCM use for any purpose among the overall population reflects the increasing influence and potentials of TCM by year. With the expected rising demand in TCM for the following decades in China, more clinical trials on safety and healthcare policy regarding TCM are merited in the future.

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Properties of Ganoderma lucidum triterpenes

Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0013.2790 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 ◽

pp. 345-352

Author(s):

Ewa Seweryn ◽

Anna Ziała ◽

Andrzej Gamian

Keyword(s):

Fatty Acids ◽

Chinese Medicine ◽

Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽

Chronic Diseases ◽

Ganoderma Lucidum ◽

Pharmacological Properties ◽

Pharmacological Effects ◽

Medicinal Mushroom ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Medicinal Properties

Ganoderma lucidum has been used for promoting longevity and health in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Asian countries. Its pharmacological effects are widely known, as indicated by its inclusion in the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. It was found that G. lucidum contains several bioactive compounds, including triterpenes, polysaccharides, peptidoglycans, flavonoids, sterols, fatty acids and nucleotides. It is well-known medicinal mushroom that has been widely used for the treatment of several chronic diseases. It has been reported that triterpenes are responsible for the major medicinal properties and demonstrated therapeutic efficiency of G. lucidum. The present review mainly focuses on the pharmacological properties of the triterpenes underlying antioxidative, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetes and hepatoprotective activities.

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Utilization of traditional Chinese medicine and the impact on medical burden of geriatric inpatients with chronic diseases

10.21203/rs.3.rs-90764/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Huan Zhan ◽

Shuang Zang ◽

Jia Liu ◽

Xin Wang ◽

Rongzhou Liang

Keyword(s):

Chinese Medicine ◽

Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽

Chronic Diseases ◽

Geriatric Patients ◽

Circulatory System ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Medical Burden ◽

The Impact ◽

Geriatric Inpatients

Abstract BackgroundThe burden of chronic diseases seriously affects the health and quality of life of the geriatric. Many studies have pointed out that traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) can alleviate the problem of expensive medical treatment. It is unknown that how situation of the utilization of TCM in geriatric patients with chronic diseases and the impact of the use of TCM on their medical burden.MethodsThrough stratified multi-stage sampling method, 1336 institutions in Hunan Province of China were surveyed to obtain expenditure inpatient’s of geriatric with chronic diseases in 2018. Possion regression model was used to analysis the utilization of TCM. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was performed to observe the medical burden in TCM user’ group and TCM nousers’ group. The relationship between proportion of expenses of TCM to expenses of drugs(Ptcm) and medical burden were analyzed using Spearman’s correlation analyses.ResultsIn geriatric inpatients with chronic diseases, female (RR=1.009, RR95%CI: 1.006-1.013), patients who have not undergone surgery(RR=1.246, RR95%CI:1.237-1.255), the elderly and the insured patients were more likely to use TCM for treatment. The distribution of Totalexp in the TCM users group and the TCM nousers group was different in various types of chronic diseases (all p<0.001). For some types of chronic diseases, the Ptcm has a negative correlation with Totalexp, cost of medicine，OOPs(rs<0 and p<0.005).ConclusionThere were differences in the utilization of TCM treatment of geriatric patients with chronic diseases in terms of gender, age, institution and insurance status. Treatment mainly used TCM for geriatric chronic diseases of respiratory system, digestive system, circulatory system, ear and neurological has obvious cost-benefit advantages, and conducive to reducing the burden of patients.

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

Food & Function ◽

10.1039/c8fo01879k ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 6577-6585 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Jianyin Miao ◽

Wanwen Liao ◽

Meng Kang ◽

Yingmin Jia ◽

Qiang Wang ◽

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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.

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