1 School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China, 2 Department of Postgraduate, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China, 3 Science and Technology College, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China, 4 Editorial Department, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, Chin...

The present note provides an overview of the historical development of neurology and its current status in the People's Republic of China, against the backdrop of the current massive transformation of Chinese society. We trace the origins of neurology in China to missionary medicine during the Republican period (1911-1949), and describe how the discipline grows with difficulty throughout the su...

While traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is widely used among Chinese patients with cancer, studies evaluating the effectiveness of TCM using objective indicators are rare. We examined the effectiveness of TCM for liver protection and completion of chemotherapy among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy. We used a case-control design to examine the medical records of patients with cancer...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been widely used as a complementary medicine in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) treatment. In this study, we proposed a new classification of Chinese Medicines (CMs) by integrating the latest discoveries in disease molecular mechanisms and traditional medicine theory. We screened out a set of chemical compounds on basis of AML differential expression genes an...

Despite extensive efforts to improve the attitude and practice of physicians with respect to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the role of training background on physician's own utilization of mainstream Western medicine (WM) and CAM remains unclear. We aimed to compare personal utilizations of WM and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) among doctors trained in WM only, TCM only or b...

a Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, b Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and c TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Graz , Austria; d German Academy for Acupuncture, European Academy for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Munich , Germany; e Department of Information and Computing Science, School of Mathem...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies are making their way into the biomedical research setting, and are gaining credence in the context of modern, science-based medicine. Incorporating all forms of available evidence and data from the genetics of both patient and tumor, to the constitutional architecture determined through the application of TCM diagnostic methods, provides a collaborat...

BACKGROUND After the publication of the CONSORT 2010 statement, few studies have been conducted to assess the reporting quality of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on treatment of diabetes mellitus with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) published in Chinese journals. OBJECTIVE To investigate the current situation of the reporting quality of RCTs in leading medical journals in China with the...

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are small subpopulations of neoplastic cells within a tumor, which have self-renewal and differentiation abilities and could generate new tumors with few cells. Researches have showed that CSCs are considered the most likely reason for cancer recurrence and metastasis. Accumulating evidences have showed that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has significant effect on C...

Primary hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorders. TCM and Ayurveda are the two giant ancient systems of medicine flourished in China and Indian sub-continent respectively. The term like hypothyroidism is not mentioned in both classical literatures of TCM and Ayurveda but the features nearest to hypothyroidism are described in both. In TCM the disorders like Xulao (consumptiv...