Cancer treatment with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history. Heritage provides general conditions for the innovation and development of TCM in oncology. This article reviews the development of TCM in oncology, interprets the position and function of TCM for cancer prevention and treatment, summarizes the innovations of TCM in oncology over nearly fifty years, and suggests the de...

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most popular diseases that cause menstrual dysfunction and infertility in women. The present paper is a brief retrospection on the progress in treatment of PCOS caused infertility with integrative Chinese and Western medicine (ICWM). It can be seen from these materials that using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) recipes formulated by Shen-reple...

BACKGROUND Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has remained an integral part of Chinese culture and society for thousands of years. In Taiwan TCM is a recognized element of its National Health Insurance Scheme. However, there is no knowledge about how TCM is accessed by foreign workers from a non-Asian cultural background. The objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence and patte...

Epilepsy is the world’s most common neurological disease1. Western medicine treats epilepsy primarily with medication and, infrequently, surgery. Traditional Chinese medicine uses a combination of acupuncture and herbal formulas. A case study describes the successful treatment of a 24-year-old woman by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Epilepsy: A Case Study Comparing Western and TC Treatment...

With the rapid development of cheminformatics, computational biology, and systems biology, great progress has been made recently in the computational research of Chinese herbal medicine with in-depth understanding towards pharmacognosy. This paper summarized these studies in the aspects of computational methods, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compound databases, and TCM network pharmacology...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is practiced in the Chinese health care system for more than 2,000 years. In recent years, herbal medicines, which are used to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) in China based on TCM or modern pharmacological theories have attracted considerable attention. In this paper, we discuss etiology and pathogenesis of AD, TCM therapy, and herbal extracts for the treatmen...

BACKGROUND Evidence-based medicine promotes and relies on the use of evidence in developing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). The Chinese healthcare system includes both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine, which are expected to be equally reflected in Chinese CPGs. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the inclusion of TCM-related information in Western medicine CPGs developed in Chin...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with its focus on herbal use became popular worldwide. Treatment was perceived as safe, with neglect of rare adverse reactions including liver injury. To compile worldwide cases of liver injury by herbal TCM, we undertook a selective literature search in the PubMed database and searched for the items Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM, Traditional Asian Medicin...

Background ART is costly for governments and couples seeking treatment. In addition to any other costs that may arise during treatment, such as medication, consultations and extra procedures, women undergoing IVF experience physical and emotional stress. Furthermore, it is not always possible to get a favorable outcome. Despite all the remarkable scientific advances in modern medicine, traditio...

Big data-driven AI modeling has greatly revolutionized drug discovery. Chen et al. have paved a way for discovery from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) sources by developing TCMBank, centralized resource which standardizes TCM-related big data and integrates an pipeline.