INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in Malaysia. There is evidence of high traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) use among population with cardiovascular risk and there have been anecdotal reports about substitution of conventional medicines with TCM. We investigated the prevalence of TCM use, treatment preference and substitution of convent...

OBJECTIVE Chinese herbal products (CHPs) are widely used for atrial fibrillation (AF) in Taiwan. We investigated the effect of adjuvant CHPs in preventing ischemic stroke in patients with AF. METHODS Taiwanese patients in the Health Insurance Database newly diagnosed with AF during 2000-2011 were enrolled. Medication treatment with/without CHPs was administered within 7 days after the AF diag...

Aromatic polyketides are assembled by a type 11 (iterative) polyketide synthase (PKS) in bacteria. Understanding the enzymology of such enzymes should provide the information needed for the synthesis of novel polyketides through the genetic engineering of PKSs. Using a previously described cell-free system [B.S. & C.R.H. (1993) Science 262, 1535-1540], we studied a PKS enzyme whose substrate is...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an ancient medical system with a unique cultural background. Nowadays, more and more Western countries due to its therapeutic efficacy are accepting it. However, safety and clear pharmacological action mechanisms of TCM are still uncertain. Due to the potential application of TCM in healthcare, it is necessary to construct a scientific evaluation system wit...

Perceptions in Reproductive Medicine Effect of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal on Female Infertility by Strengthening Natural Menstrual Cycle Dan Jiang* Principal Hallam Institute TCM, UK *Corresponding author: Jiang, Clinical TCM Consultant to GP-TCM Research Association, Visiting professor at Beijing University Medicine, China Submission: August 9, 2022;Published: September 21, 2022 DOI: 10.31...

OBJECTIVES To study the attitudes and personal experiences with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) use in pharmacy students. DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study. SETTING University School of Pharmacy. METHODS Pharmacy students were asked 17 questions according to an anonymous survey questionnaire. RESULTS All 91 students (46% males) participated in the survey. The attitude toward T...

The novel and generic meta-interface (MI) paradigm proposed in this paper automates the generation of customized telemedicine software systems (CTSS), directly from the customized application interface (CAI) specifications given. The MI paradigm was tested and verified in the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) telemedicine environment of Nong’s Company Limited of the PuraPharm Group, a local Ho...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is characterized by regulating the integrity of the human body and has accumulated thousand-year experience in the use of Herb Formula (“Fu-Fang” in Chinese) for managing complicated TCM Syndrome (“ZHENG” in Chinese). In recent years, there has been increasing concern about the application of bioinformatics and systems biology approaches for deciphering the sc...

Introduction. Previous studies have demonstrated the advantages of TCM use among asthmatic children. However, there is a paucity of epidemiologic reports on features of TCM users among asthmatic children. This cohort study aimed to investigate child's, parent's, and provider's characteristics associated with the use of asthma-related TCM services among newly diagnosed asthmatic children. Materi...

Introduction Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is an acute cardiac syndrome with severe hypokinesia of the left ventricle (LV), often affecting the apex causing apical ballooning and heart failure. Sympathetic stress is a trigger of TCM and is probably underdiagnosed and not uncommon in ICU patients [1]. We have developed an experimental rat model of TCM, in which LV apical akinesia develops afte...