herbal medicine is being increasingly used by women to prevent diseases, promote health and treat different diseases including a number of psychiatric disorders. the use of herbal drugs is increasing in the western world. the use of herbal drugs during pregnancy has been studied to various extents in different countries. however, more information is required regarding the impact of herbal medic...

The objective was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of treatment for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) applying an integrated therapeutic regimen of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine. Forty-seven patients with confirmed SARS were randomly allocated to either the integrated treatment group or the Western medicine-treated group for a treatment course of 3 we...

1. Hong Kong western medicine doctors emphasise evidencebased practice over patient choice when considering traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). 2. The lack of opportunity to expose to the practice and scientific basis of TCM during western medical training should be redressed. 3. Better understanding of the regulations might promote collaboration between western medicine and TCM practitioners. ...

BACKGROUND Functional constipation is a common clinical complaint. Although the effectiveness of Ma Zi Ren Wan for alleviating functional constipation symptoms has been proven in a previous randomized placebo-controlled study, further evidence is needed to make clinical recommendations about Chinese herbal medicine. In particular, a comparison with conventional western medicine for functional c...

The following synopsis presents a new approach in treating female infertility developed by Dr. Samuel Wang at Acupuncture Herbal Center, San Rafael, California. The paper in its entirety was awarded Outstanding Achievement at the Fifth World Conference of Traditional Medicine in 2000. Dr. Wang is the founder of the latest microcosmic theory of Chinese medicine. In light of applying the philosop...

1 Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada 2 Gait and Brain Laboratory, Lawson Health Research Institute, the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada 3 Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, Schulich Schoo...

Many kinds of body/mind practices are capable of producing remarkable behaviors and altered body states. A typology of such behaviors and states, defined as observable and intentional "extreme" alterations to the body, is presented. Epistemological and methodological issues are discussed: limitations of observational data, and role of meaning, intentionality, and consciousness. Rapprochement be...

This study was intended to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Tongxinluo capsule for hypertension. Search Strategy. We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in the Cochrane Library, The PubMed, EMBASE, Chinese Bio-Medical Literature Database (CBM), Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Scientific Journal Database, and Wan-fang Data started fr...

BACKGROUND Western medicine is an evidence-based science, whereas Chinese medicine is more of a healing art. To date, there has been no research that has examined whether students of Western and Chinese medicine differentially engage in, or benefit from, educational activities for narrative medicine. This study fills a gap in current literature with the aim of evaluating and comparing Western a...