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Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Jillian L. Capodice, Barbara M. Chubak
Summary: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a comprehensive medical system that has been developed over thousands of years and is utilized in the treatment of COVID-19. This paper highlights the use of TCM in treating COVID-19, discussing concepts and challenges of integrating TCM into medical settings.
Review
Oncology
Kexiang Sun, Linguangjin Wu, Shuyun Wang, Wanli Deng
Summary: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), including herbal medicine, acupuncture, and meditation, has a wide range of applications in China. It has been used to control tumor growth, reduce suffering, improve quality of life, and prolong the life span of cancer patients. Herbal medicine can be used in conjunction with radiotherapy and chemotherapy or as an adjuvant to strengthen the immune effect of anticancer vaccines. In addition, the combination of active ingredients of herbal medicine and modern nanotechnology can alter the tumor immune microenvironment.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Siyang Peng, Weiqian Chang, Yukun Tian, Yajing Yang, Shaohong Li, Jinxia Ni, Wenzeng Zhu
Summary: This case study suggests that alternative therapies such as herbal medicine and acupuncture may be effective in alleviating the symptoms of progressive bulbar palsy (PBP). However, further clinical studies are needed to verify their effectiveness and safety.
Article
Plant Sciences
Qi-Wei Li, Gan-Lin Zhang, Cai-Xia Hao, Yun-Fei Ma, Xu Sun, Yi Zhang, Ke-Xin Cao, Bing-Xue Li, Guo-Wang Yang, Xiao-Min Wang
Summary: The combination of four active ingredients in SANT shows significant anti-tumor potential against HPSE-related TNBC both in vitro and in vivo, including inhibiting cancer cell proliferation and migration, enhancing autophagy flux, reducing HPSE activity, suppressing tumor growth, and inhibiting angiogenesis.
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Huijuan Tang, Andrell Hosein, Monica Mattioli-Belmonte
Summary: This review focuses on the potential use of herbal extracts in orthopedics, biomaterial science, and bone tissue engineering, highlighting the feasibility of improving biomaterials and optimizing drug delivery through the application of herbal extracts. The integration of herbal extracts based on Traditional Chinese Medicine systemic treatment offers a new and promising direction that challenges the limited view of biomaterials in modern medicine as primarily for local treatment.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Yue Luo, Jiale Chen, Le Kuai, Ying Zhang, Xiaojie Ding, Ying Luo, Yi Ru, Meng Xing, Hongjin Li, Xiaoying Sun, Bin Li, Xin Li
Summary: The study demonstrates that Chinese herbal medicine is effective and safe in treating psoriasis, significantly impacting patients' quality of life. However, it cannot completely eliminate skin lesions, improve pruritus severity, or reduce the recurrence rate.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Medicinal
Nan Huang, Saichao Li
Summary: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), such as Lianhua Qingwen (LHQW), has been used as complementary medication against COVID-19 in China and included in official clinical protocol guidelines. However, there is a lack of conclusive evidence for the efficacy and safety of TCM due to the absence of double-blind placebo-controlled studies and comprehensive pharmacodynamic and kinetic investigations.
PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Dermatology
Feida Wang, Mingxu Chen, Jia Du
Summary: Traditional Chinese medicine treatments showed significantly better complete healing and curative ratio for subjects with pressure ulcer wounds compared to control. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.
INTERNATIONAL WOUND JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Cheng-Yu Tseng, Pei-Shan Hsu, Chang-Ti Lee, Hui-Fen Huang, Chou-Chin Lan, Tsung-Han Hsieh, Guan-Ting Liu, Chan-Yen Kuo, Ming-Chieh Wang, Po-Chun Hsieh
Summary: The integration of acupuncture and traditional Chinese herbal medicine with conventional rehabilitation has been found to significantly improve functional recovery in stroke patients, particularly those with poor activities of daily living (ADL).
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Zhenrui Liu, Zhixuan Ren, Linhan Fang, Yuxuan Liao, Dan Ren, Yao Yu, Yixuan Qin, Jianzhen Wu, Pengfei Rong
Summary: This study analyzed the main factors affecting Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) learning by surveying medical students and TCM teachers. The results showed that clinical medical students had a more positive attitude towards TCM compared to non-clinical medical students. Both groups found TCM courses difficult, but students preferred clinical training over theoretical teaching, while teachers believed that lecture-based education should have a more significant proportion.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jing Cui, Wenmin Lin, Brian H. May, Qiulan Luo, Christopher Worsnop, Anthony Lin Zhang, Xinfeng Guo, Chuanjian Lu, Yunying Li, Charlie C. Xue
Summary: This systematic review assesses the effects and safety of Chinese herbal medicines in managing rhinosinusitis. The review suggests that Chinese herbal medicines may have potential benefits in relieving symptoms, but further well-designed studies are needed to validate the findings.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jing Cui, Wenmin Lin, Brian May, Qiulan Luo, Christopher Worsnop, Anthony Lin Zhang, Xinfeng C. Guo, Chuanjian Lu, Yunying Li, Charlie Xue
Summary: This systematic review assesses the effects and safety of Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) in the management of rhinosinusitis (RS), finding that CHMs may have some improvement in chronic rhinosinusitis and further research is needed for acute rhinosinusitis.
Article
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Xin Yin, Shu-bin Cai, Lan-ting Tao, Lu-ming Chen, Zhong-de Zhang, Su-hong Xiao, Arthur Yin Fan, Xu Zou
Summary: In a study conducted on a severe COVID-19 patient in Wuhan, China, the combination of manual acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine showed promising results, improving the patient's respiratory function, increasing oxygen saturation, and reducing heart rate. The use of acupuncture and herbs together as adjuvants to standard care may achieve better outcomes in treating severe cases of COVID-19.
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE-JIM
(2021)
Review
Biology
Lingru Li, Zhenyu Wang, Ji Wang, Yanfei Zheng, Yingshuai Li, Qi Wang
Summary: TCM constitution is a new branch of traditional Chinese medicine, providing insights into individualized medicine by developing new research models, acquiring comprehensive health information, and establishing a consistent personalized diagnosis and treatment system. It proposes a Chinese-style precision medicine based on individualization using the TCM constitutions.
SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Nursing
Xi Vivien Wu, Yanhong Dong, Yuchen Chi, Mingming Yu, Wenru Wang
Summary: There is limited research on the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for COVID-19, but combining western medicine and TCM, along with treatment based on local conditions, isolation, and personal protective measures is crucial for the prevention and treatment of the disease. Further laboratory research and clinical evaluation are needed to gather scientific evidence on the effectiveness of TCM.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2021)