Chronic pain is one of the fastest growing health problems in the United States with an estimated one third of Americans suffering from pain at an annual cost of $80 billion to $100 billion (Eshkevari, 2003). It is also one of the most challenging conditions clinicians face and the most common reason patients seek alternative care. Acupuncture, of all alternative therapies, has considerable pot...

BACKGROUND The traditional medicine (TRM) of Korea and China share the same cultural tradition for thousands of years, and has experienced modernization process with respect to their distinctive social, cultural, and political influences. The purpose of this study was to analyze the attitude of Korean and Chinese TRM doctors on the current situation and future perspectives of the TRM education....

Kampo medicine is the Japanese adaptation of traditional medicine. In Kampo medicine, "medical interview" plays an important role. "Medical interview" in Japanese traditional medicine includes not only chief complaint but also a questionnaire that asked about the patient's lifestyle and subjective symptoms. The diagnosis by Kampo is called "Sho" and determined by completely different view from ...

doctrine of traditional medicine in iran is knowledge mixed with the art and accumulated wisdom of aryan people mixed with the greek philosophy and tested based on experience during years of the iranian history and has been beneficial in the field of health, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.in traditional iranian medicine the health has a priority to treatment, and according to life style, p...

Objective. To realize the current situation and problems of complex interventions' clinical trials. Methods. Searching at Chinese Journal Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine and Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine from 2007 to 2012 by hand, we identified complex interventions' articles, and then we used the proposed criteria of complex interventions and CONSORT FOR TCM to evaluate. ...

1 Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, Republic of China. 2 MesoPhase Technologies, Inc., Tainan County 744, Taiwan, Republic of China. 3 Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China. 4 Department of Life Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China. 5 Division of...

Objective. To define patient values, identify their manifestations in a randomized clinical trial, and investigate the possible implications for clinical research of traditional Chinese medicine. Methods. We categorized patient values manifestations into patient choice, preference, compliance, and patient-reported outcomes and summarized the underlying personal values through purposeful electro...