in recent years, some in the West have begun to recognize traditional chinese medicine (tcM) as a potential source of new drug candidates (corson & crews, 2007; Efferth et al, 2007; Li & zhang, 2008; Schmidt et al, 2007). at the same time, the practice of tcM in Western countries has been increasing (institute of Medicine, 2005). as tcM is usually thought to have evolved independently of Wester...

Mindfulness as a clinical and nonclinical intervention for a variety of symptoms has recently received a substantial amount of interest. Although the application of mindfulness appears straightforward and its effectiveness is well supported, the concept may easily be misunderstood. This misunderstanding may severely limit the benefit of mindfulness-based interventions. It is therefore necessary...

The objective was to study how integrated therapy with Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine regulated the immune function of the body by analysing its effects on lymphocytes and T-lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Forty-seven patients with SARS were randomly allocated to either the integrated treatment group or the group trea...

John Glasgow Kerr was the second director of First Western-Style Hospital in China, which an eye hospital. Xi Yi Yan Ke (Ophthalmology in Western Medicine), is translated and compiled by Dr. first published 1871 reprinted 1880, first western medical monograph on ophthalmology China. The book consists 53 sections, covering symptom inquiry, symptom examination, cataract surgery, ophthalmosco...

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INTRODUCTION Research into opinions about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has focused on conventional medical practitioners with little exploration of CAM practitioners' views. PURPOSE To survey attitudes and practices of massage therapists toward conventional medicine. RESEARCH DESIGN An anonymous online survey consisting of Likert-type scales, fill-in answers, and multiple-ch...

BACKGROUND Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, itching skin disease, and conventional therapies offer inadequate symptom management. Patients with AD are increasingly turning to Chinese medicine. OBJECTIVE We systematically evaluated the clinical evidence of the efficacy and safety of oral Chinese herbal medicine for AD. METHODS Searches were conducted on major electronic databases using t...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and the efficacy of Korean herbal, western and combination medicine use in patients with abnormal liver function tests. METHODS We investigated nerve disease patients with abnormal liver function tests who were treated with Korean herbal, western and combination medicine at Dong-Eui University Oriental Hospital from January 2011 t...