Integrated traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)and Western medicine(WM)is a new medical science grounded in the knowledge bases of both TCM and WM,which then forms a unique modern medical system in China.Integrated TCM a...Integrated traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)and Western medicine(WM)is a new medical science grounded in the knowledge bases of both TCM and WM,which then forms a unique modern medical system in China.Integrated TCM and WM has a long history in China,and has made important achievements in the process of clinical diagnosis and treatment.However,the methodological defects in currently published clinical practice guidelines(CPGs)limit its development.The organic integration of TCM and WM is a deeper integration of TCM and WM.To realize the progression of"integration"to"organic integration",a targeted and standardized guideline development methodology is needed.Therefore,the purpose of this study is to establish a standardized development procedure for clinical practice guidelines for the organic integration of TCM and WM to promote the systematic integration of TCM and WM research results into clinical practice guidelines in order to achieve optimal results as the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.展开更多
Medicine is a science studying human's health and diseases as well as the regularity between them. Its research subject is human, who possess natural attribute, psychological attribute and social attribute. Theref...Medicine is a science studying human's health and diseases as well as the regularity between them. Its research subject is human, who possess natural attribute, psychological attribute and social attribute. Therefore, medicine is bound to possess humanistic attribute. Rooted in Chinese traditional culture, Traditional Chinese Medicine contains abundant humanistic thoughts, for instance, pursuing the unity of human and nature, advocating the vital importance of life, sticking to the virtue of "medicine being humane art", abiding by the principle of "Benevolence prior to interest", complying with the medical rule of "Respecting peers". These are the very concrete reflections of medical humanistic spirit. In this article we aim to explore the humanistic thoughts contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and try to inherit and carry forward the spirit to better relieve the tensions between doctors and patients and improve the quality of medical services.展开更多
The past twenty years have seen the increasingly important role of ontology in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).However,the development of TCM ontology faces many challenges.Since the epistemologies dramatically diff...The past twenty years have seen the increasingly important role of ontology in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).However,the development of TCM ontology faces many challenges.Since the epistemologies dramatically differ between TCM and contemporary biomedicine,it is hard to apply the existing top-level ontology mechanically.“Data silos”are widely present in the currently available terminology standards,term sets,and ontologies.The formal representation of ontology needs to be further improved in TCM.Therefore,we propose a unified basic semantic framework of TCM based on in-depth theoretical research on the existing top・level ontology and a re-study of important concepts in TCM.Under such a framework,ontologies in TCM subdomains should be built collaboratively and be represented formally in a common format.Besides,extensive cooperation should be encouraged by establishing ontology research communities to promote ontology peer review and reuse.展开更多
Objective To systematically analyze the current status of outcomes reporting in clinical trials on treating stasis acute mastitis with Traditional Chinese Medicine breast massage.Methods We searched CNKI,Wanfang,VIP,S...Objective To systematically analyze the current status of outcomes reporting in clinical trials on treating stasis acute mastitis with Traditional Chinese Medicine breast massage.Methods We searched CNKI,Wanfang,VIP,Sino Med,Pub Med,Web of Science,Embase,Cochrane library,JBI,CINAHL,Psyc INFO,Clinical Trials Registry Platform portal,Clinical Trials Registry,Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry,Center Watch Registry from inception to May 15,2022 to find randomized controlled trials,non-randomized controlled trials,case series and cohort studies which reported the outcomes of stasis acute mastitis managed with Traditional Chinese Medicine breast massage,with search terms of mastitis,acute mastitis,lactation mastitis,puerperal mastitis,breast problem,breast engorgement,milk stasis,blocked ducked,breast pain,breast massage,and acupoint massage.Outcomes and the measurement schemes(measurement methods,timing of assessing outcome,frequency of assessing outcome,measurers)were extracted from the included studies.We used the Management of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children with Cleft Palate(MOMENT)to assess the quality of each study,then categorized outcomes derived from the included studies into different domains according to the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Arthritis Clinic Trials(OMERACT)Filter 2.1 framework.Results We identified 85 clinical trials,in which 54 different outcomes were reported.A total of 81.2%(69/85)of studies were assessed as medium quality with a mean score of 2.6,and 18.8%(16/85)as low quality with a mean score of 0.9.These outcomes were organized in three core areas.Lump size(89.4%,76/85)was the most frequently reported outcome,followed by breast pain(69.4%,59/85)and milk excretion(68.2%,58/85).Five methods were used to assess lump size and four methods to assess breast pain.Conclusions The outcomes reported in clinical trials regarding stasis acute mastitis treated by Traditional Chinese Medicine breast massage are heterogeneous.Developing a core outcome set to achieve consistent standards for reporting outcomes and modalities for validation of the outcomes is clearly warranted.展开更多
Objective To compare knowledge about hypertension between elderly Chinese urban patients with preferences for either traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) or Western medicine (WM). Methods Elderly (≥ 65 years old) patie...Objective To compare knowledge about hypertension between elderly Chinese urban patients with preferences for either traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) or Western medicine (WM). Methods Elderly (≥ 65 years old) patients with hypertension who prefer TCM treatment (n=112) or WM (n=126) were questioned about hypertension. Their answers were compared. Results Only 32.6% of participants correctly identified hypertension as a main risk factor of coronary heart disease and stroke, 22.3% of patients answered that the main purpose of hypertension control was preventing cardiovascular disease. Other major reasons for these patients to seek medical treatment for their hypertension included: persuasion by physicians or their family members (21.6%), alleviating symptoms such as headache and dizziness (16.8%), lowering blood pressure without knowing specific reason (12.4%). The predictors for poor knowledge of hypertension were similar irrespective of preference for WM or TCM treatment, and included those with lower levels of education and older age. Television and newspaper (46.8%) were the most frequent sources of hypertension information for both groups. Among those who preferred TCM treatment, "TCM has fewer side effects than WM" and"TCM cures disease while WM only alleviates symptoms" were common beliefs held. Conclusion This study shows that knowledge of hypertension is similar among Chinese urban patients with preferences for either WM or TCM treatment and that misunderstandings about hypertension are common among the elderly patients. In order to control hypertension effectively, public health education is necessary. This should target those with a lower level of education and older age.展开更多
Master-apprentice system is a main mode of talent cultivation for Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). To vigorously push forward inheritance and innovation of TCM nursing, Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese ...Master-apprentice system is a main mode of talent cultivation for Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). To vigorously push forward inheritance and innovation of TCM nursing, Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine carried out TCM nursing inheritance work in 2016, establishing 3 studios and 1 workstation. In this paper, we summarized constructional methods and achievements in TCM nursing inheritance studios and workstation, raised issues during working, and thought about how to work in the next stage, in hoping to lay a good foundation for carrying out in-depth work about TCM nursing inheritance.展开更多
BACKGROUND:Despite the fact that traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has been developed and used to treat acute and urgent illness for many thousands of years.TCM has been widely perceived in western societies that TCM ...BACKGROUND:Despite the fact that traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has been developed and used to treat acute and urgent illness for many thousands of years.TCM has been widely perceived in western societies that TCM may only be effective to treat chronic diseases.The aim of this article is to provide some scientific evidence regarding the application of TCM in emergency medicine and its future potential.METHODS:Multiple databases(PubMed,ProQuest,Academic Search Elite and Science Direct) were searched using the terms:Traditional Chinese Medicine/ Chinese Medicine,Emergency Medicine,China.In addition,three leading TCM Journals in China were searched via Oriprobe Information Services for relevant articles(published from 1990—2012).Particular attention was paid to those articles that are related to TCM treatments or combined medicine in dealing with intensive and critical care.RESULTS:TCM is a systematic traditional macro medicine.The clinical practice of TCM is guided by the TCM theoretical framework- a methodology founded thousands of years ago.As the methodologies between TCM and Biomedicine are significantly different,it provides an opportunity to combine two medicines,in order to achieve clinical efficacy.Nowadays,combined medicine has become a common clinical model particular in TCM hospitals in China.CONCLUSIONS:It is evident that TCM can provide some assistance in emergency although to combine them in practice is still its infant form and is mainly at TCM hospitals in China.The future effort could be put into TCM research,both in laboratories and clinics,with high quality designs,so that TCM could be better understood and then applied in emergency medicine.展开更多
Wheezing disease( bronchial asthma) is a common but refractory disease among pulmonary diseases. It tends to attack repeatedly,and is difficult to be cured. In recent years,some studies have shown that effective tradi...Wheezing disease( bronchial asthma) is a common but refractory disease among pulmonary diseases. It tends to attack repeatedly,and is difficult to be cured. In recent years,some studies have shown that effective traditional Chinese medicine( TCM) nursing interventions on the wheezing disease can significantly ameliorate the treatment compliance of patients,reduce the attack and improve the quality of life. Therefore,it is important for patients with different patterns of syndrome to receive effective and reasonable TCMnursing intervention. This article mainly explored the key points of common syndromes,TCMnursing methods and health guidance of wheezing disease in order to further develop the advantages of TCM,improve its efficacy and standardized its nursing behavior.展开更多
Background:The traditional Chinese medicine NiuBeiXiaoHe(NBXH)extract and Chinese medicine preparation JieHeWan(JHW)exhibit anti-tuberculosis(TB)effects.The anti-TB effect of NBXH was compared with that of JHW to eluc...Background:The traditional Chinese medicine NiuBeiXiaoHe(NBXH)extract and Chinese medicine preparation JieHeWan(JHW)exhibit anti-tuberculosis(TB)effects.The anti-TB effect of NBXH was compared with that of JHW to elucidate the mechanism of action of NBXH.Methods:BALB/c mice aged 6-8 weeks were randomly divided into a normal control group,TB model group,JHW treatment group,and NBXH treatment group.After 3 and 13 weeks of treatment,the therapeutic effect in each group was evaluated by comparing lung histopathology,lung and liver colony counts,the number of spots representing effector T cells secreting IFN-γin an enzyme-linked immunospot assay(ELISPOT),and the levels of Th1,Th2,and Th17 cytokines,which were measured by a cytometric bead array(CBA).Mouse RNA samples were subjected to transcriptome sequencing.Results:After 13 weeks of treatment,the mean histopathological lesion area of the NBXH group was significantly smaller than that of the TB model group(P<0.05).Compared with those in the TB model group,the lung colony counts in the JHW and NBXH groups were significantly decreased(P<0.05),and the IL-2 and IL-4 levels in the NBXH group were significantly increased(P<0.05).NBXH partly restored significant changes in gene expression caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis(M.tuberculosis)infection.According to GO and KEGG analyses,the changes in biological process(BP),cell composition(CC)and molecular function(MF)terms and in signaling pathways caused by NBXH and JHW treatment were not completely consistent,but they were mainly related to the immune response and inflammatory response in the mouse TB model.Conclusions:NBXH had therapeutic effects similar to those of JHW in improving lung histopathology,reducing lung colony counts,and regulating the levels of cytokines.NBXH restored significant changes in gene expression and repaired cell damage caused by M.tuberculosis infection by regulating immune-related pathways,which clarified the mechanism of action of NBXH.展开更多
Colorectal polyps are thought to be the potential precursors to colorectal cancer(CRC).Endoscopic removal of these polyps is conductive to decreasing the risk of deaths due to CRC,but for some complex colorectal polyp...Colorectal polyps are thought to be the potential precursors to colorectal cancer(CRC).Endoscopic removal of these polyps is conductive to decreasing the risk of deaths due to CRC,but for some complex colorectal polyps,they have to be resected surgically instead of endoscopic removal.However,surgical excision is associated with higher morbidity and mortality.Recently,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has shown a better therapeutic effect on improving the quality of life and reducing the recurrence in patients with colorectal polyps.Therefore,this article primarily investigated the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of colorectal polyps,aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM,improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.展开更多
Herpes zoster is a viral infection caused by the reactivation of endogenous latent varicella zoster virus resulting in varicella,characterized by pain and vesicles in the restricted dermatomal distribution that occurs...Herpes zoster is a viral infection caused by the reactivation of endogenous latent varicella zoster virus resulting in varicella,characterized by pain and vesicles in the restricted dermatomal distribution that occurs along the nerves w ith dormant virus. Postherpetic neuralgia( PHN) is the most common sequela of herpes zoster,occurs or persists after the rash has resolved. It is currently recognized that both herpes zoster and PHN have a substantial impact on the patients' quality of life and daily activities. In recent years,traditional Chinese medicine( TCM)has show n a certain effect in the treatment of herpes zoster. This article mainly explored the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and health guidance of herpes zoster in order to further develop the advantages of TCM,improve its efficacy and standardize its nursing behavior.展开更多
Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with a spectrum of clinical phenotypes including psoriasis vulgaris, pustular psoriasis, guttate psoriasis and erythrodermic psoriasis, in which psoriasis vulgar...Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with a spectrum of clinical phenotypes including psoriasis vulgaris, pustular psoriasis, guttate psoriasis and erythrodermic psoriasis, in which psoriasis vulgaris is most common. In recent years, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) has attracted widespread attention in the treatment of psoriasis because of better efficacy and a lower incidence of adverse reactions. In TCM, psoriasis is considered to be caused by blood heat and the stagnation of Qi and blood. This article primarily investigated the key points of common syndromes, TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of psoriasis vulgaris, aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM, improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.展开更多
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is becoming much more international and widely accepted. More and more foreign students come to China's Mainland to study this great yet mysterious discipline. However, the curre...Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is becoming much more international and widely accepted. More and more foreign students come to China's Mainland to study this great yet mysterious discipline. However, the current teaching methods are far from satisfaction. This paper analyzes some existing problems and contradictions present in the teaching practices and suggests some measures for improvement.展开更多
This research is to explore the approaches to translating similes and metaphors in TCM works into English based on the translation principles and methods suggested by foreign translators.Through the analysis,conclusio...This research is to explore the approaches to translating similes and metaphors in TCM works into English based on the translation principles and methods suggested by foreign translators.Through the analysis,conclusions are drawn:①The principle of making sense should be emphasized,since TCM works mainly concentrate on conveying the objective information about human’s physical conditions during diagnosis and therapy.②Literal translation approach can be applied in translating similes to describe the symptoms and signs of the patients.③The translation of metaphors is more complicated.They can be converted into the form of similes or with certain explanations to achieve the comprehensibility of the target language.And some images can be left out from the metaphors or necessary explanations added to make them comprehensible to English readers.展开更多
Sudden deafness is one of the commonest acute symptoms in otolaryngology.In recent years,the incidence of sudden deafness is on the rise all over the world,but its etiology is still unclear,and the prognosis is greatl...Sudden deafness is one of the commonest acute symptoms in otolaryngology.In recent years,the incidence of sudden deafness is on the rise all over the world,but its etiology is still unclear,and the prognosis is greatly different.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)believes that the onset of sudden deafness is related to the liver,gallbladder,heart and triple energizer meridians.This article mainly explored the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and health guidance of sudden deafness.展开更多
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)is a complex respiratory disorder,characterized by chronic airflow limitation and an elevated inflammatory response of the airways.The people with COPD are more likely to dev...Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)is a complex respiratory disorder,characterized by chronic airflow limitation and an elevated inflammatory response of the airways.The people with COPD are more likely to develop comorbidities,with significant impacts on patients'quality of life,exacerbation frequency,and survival.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)exhibits good therapeutic effects on improving the clinical symptoms,lung function and quality of life in patients with COPD.Herein,this article primarily summarized the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of COPD,aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM,improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.展开更多
Atrial fibrillation(AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide, is associated with a higher risk of mortality and morbidity, in which paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(PAF) approximately accounts for 25%-60% of AF...Atrial fibrillation(AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide, is associated with a higher risk of mortality and morbidity, in which paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(PAF) approximately accounts for 25%-60% of AF. Anti-arrhythmic drugs(AAD) have been used to treat different indications of AF for a long time, but its use is limited due to potential proarrhythmic cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular toxicity as well as the modest impact on the maintenance of sinus rhythm. Recently, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) exhibits an excellent effect on PAF. This article primarily investigated the key points of common syndromes, TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of PAF, aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM, improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.展开更多
New cyclodextrin derivatives （CDs）, heptakis（2, 6-di- O-methyl-3- O-methoxymethyl）-β-CD （ Ⅰ ） and heptakis（2, 3, 6-tri-O-methoxymethyl）-β-CD （ Ⅱ ）, were investigated for their chromatographic performance...New cyclodextrin derivatives （CDs）, heptakis（2, 6-di- O-methyl-3- O-methoxymethyl）-β-CD （ Ⅰ ） and heptakis（2, 3, 6-tri-O-methoxymethyl）-β-CD （ Ⅱ ）, were investigated for their chromatographic performance as stationary phases for capillary gas chromatography （CGC）. Both of the CDs exhibited good selectivity and satisfactory separation for test mixtures and aromatic positional isomers, and volatile compounds from Ligusticurn chuanxiong Hort. Additionally, the selectivity and elution orders of major compounds were compared with a well-recognized commercial column on the basis of the results by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）. The present work demonstrates the good selectivity of the two new CDs and can be used as GC stationary phases for the separation of positional isomers and analytes in complex samples.展开更多
Objective Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)prescriptions have been used to cure diseases in China for thousands of years,in which many TCM herbs have no definite common quantity.Some key TCM herbs are commonly used an...Objective Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)prescriptions have been used to cure diseases in China for thousands of years,in which many TCM herbs have no definite common quantity.Some key TCM herbs are commonly used and thus deserve in-depth investigations based on a more acceptable classification method.This study analyzes whether TCM prescriptions follow Zipf's law and attempts to obtain the thresholds of key TCM herbs based on the application of Zipfs law;Methods A total of 84,418 TCM prescriptions were collected and standardized.We tested whether Zipf's law and Zipfs distribution fit the Chinese herb distributions.A linear fitting experiment was performed to verify the relationship between the frequency distribution and frequency of TCM herbs.Results The distribution of TCM herbs in TCM prescriptions conformed to Zipf's law.Accordingly,the thresholds were obtained for the key TCM herbs.Conclusion The distribution of TCM herbs in TCM prescriptions follows Zipfs law.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82174230)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2042022kf1213)。
文摘Integrated traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)and Western medicine(WM)is a new medical science grounded in the knowledge bases of both TCM and WM,which then forms a unique modern medical system in China.Integrated TCM and WM has a long history in China,and has made important achievements in the process of clinical diagnosis and treatment.However,the methodological defects in currently published clinical practice guidelines(CPGs)limit its development.The organic integration of TCM and WM is a deeper integration of TCM and WM.To realize the progression of"integration"to"organic integration",a targeted and standardized guideline development methodology is needed.Therefore,the purpose of this study is to establish a standardized development procedure for clinical practice guidelines for the organic integration of TCM and WM to promote the systematic integration of TCM and WM research results into clinical practice guidelines in order to achieve optimal results as the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
文摘Medicine is a science studying human's health and diseases as well as the regularity between them. Its research subject is human, who possess natural attribute, psychological attribute and social attribute. Therefore, medicine is bound to possess humanistic attribute. Rooted in Chinese traditional culture, Traditional Chinese Medicine contains abundant humanistic thoughts, for instance, pursuing the unity of human and nature, advocating the vital importance of life, sticking to the virtue of "medicine being humane art", abiding by the principle of "Benevolence prior to interest", complying with the medical rule of "Respecting peers". These are the very concrete reflections of medical humanistic spirit. In this article we aim to explore the humanistic thoughts contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and try to inherit and carry forward the spirit to better relieve the tensions between doctors and patients and improve the quality of medical services.
文摘The past twenty years have seen the increasingly important role of ontology in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).However,the development of TCM ontology faces many challenges.Since the epistemologies dramatically differ between TCM and contemporary biomedicine,it is hard to apply the existing top-level ontology mechanically.“Data silos”are widely present in the currently available terminology standards,term sets,and ontologies.The formal representation of ontology needs to be further improved in TCM.Therefore,we propose a unified basic semantic framework of TCM based on in-depth theoretical research on the existing top・level ontology and a re-study of important concepts in TCM.Under such a framework,ontologies in TCM subdomains should be built collaboratively and be represented formally in a common format.Besides,extensive cooperation should be encouraged by establishing ontology research communities to promote ontology peer review and reuse.
基金supported by Special Funds for Basic Research Business Expenses of Central Universities(2022-JYB-PY-004).
文摘Objective To systematically analyze the current status of outcomes reporting in clinical trials on treating stasis acute mastitis with Traditional Chinese Medicine breast massage.Methods We searched CNKI,Wanfang,VIP,Sino Med,Pub Med,Web of Science,Embase,Cochrane library,JBI,CINAHL,Psyc INFO,Clinical Trials Registry Platform portal,Clinical Trials Registry,Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry,Center Watch Registry from inception to May 15,2022 to find randomized controlled trials,non-randomized controlled trials,case series and cohort studies which reported the outcomes of stasis acute mastitis managed with Traditional Chinese Medicine breast massage,with search terms of mastitis,acute mastitis,lactation mastitis,puerperal mastitis,breast problem,breast engorgement,milk stasis,blocked ducked,breast pain,breast massage,and acupoint massage.Outcomes and the measurement schemes(measurement methods,timing of assessing outcome,frequency of assessing outcome,measurers)were extracted from the included studies.We used the Management of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children with Cleft Palate(MOMENT)to assess the quality of each study,then categorized outcomes derived from the included studies into different domains according to the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Arthritis Clinic Trials(OMERACT)Filter 2.1 framework.Results We identified 85 clinical trials,in which 54 different outcomes were reported.A total of 81.2%(69/85)of studies were assessed as medium quality with a mean score of 2.6,and 18.8%(16/85)as low quality with a mean score of 0.9.These outcomes were organized in three core areas.Lump size(89.4%,76/85)was the most frequently reported outcome,followed by breast pain(69.4%,59/85)and milk excretion(68.2%,58/85).Five methods were used to assess lump size and four methods to assess breast pain.Conclusions The outcomes reported in clinical trials regarding stasis acute mastitis treated by Traditional Chinese Medicine breast massage are heterogeneous.Developing a core outcome set to achieve consistent standards for reporting outcomes and modalities for validation of the outcomes is clearly warranted.
文摘Objective To compare knowledge about hypertension between elderly Chinese urban patients with preferences for either traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) or Western medicine (WM). Methods Elderly (≥ 65 years old) patients with hypertension who prefer TCM treatment (n=112) or WM (n=126) were questioned about hypertension. Their answers were compared. Results Only 32.6% of participants correctly identified hypertension as a main risk factor of coronary heart disease and stroke, 22.3% of patients answered that the main purpose of hypertension control was preventing cardiovascular disease. Other major reasons for these patients to seek medical treatment for their hypertension included: persuasion by physicians or their family members (21.6%), alleviating symptoms such as headache and dizziness (16.8%), lowering blood pressure without knowing specific reason (12.4%). The predictors for poor knowledge of hypertension were similar irrespective of preference for WM or TCM treatment, and included those with lower levels of education and older age. Television and newspaper (46.8%) were the most frequent sources of hypertension information for both groups. Among those who preferred TCM treatment, "TCM has fewer side effects than WM" and"TCM cures disease while WM only alleviates symptoms" were common beliefs held. Conclusion This study shows that knowledge of hypertension is similar among Chinese urban patients with preferences for either WM or TCM treatment and that misunderstandings about hypertension are common among the elderly patients. In order to control hypertension effectively, public health education is necessary. This should target those with a lower level of education and older age.
基金Special Fund for Improving Academic Ability of Nursing of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine(TG20190001f)
文摘Master-apprentice system is a main mode of talent cultivation for Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). To vigorously push forward inheritance and innovation of TCM nursing, Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine carried out TCM nursing inheritance work in 2016, establishing 3 studios and 1 workstation. In this paper, we summarized constructional methods and achievements in TCM nursing inheritance studios and workstation, raised issues during working, and thought about how to work in the next stage, in hoping to lay a good foundation for carrying out in-depth work about TCM nursing inheritance.
文摘BACKGROUND:Despite the fact that traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has been developed and used to treat acute and urgent illness for many thousands of years.TCM has been widely perceived in western societies that TCM may only be effective to treat chronic diseases.The aim of this article is to provide some scientific evidence regarding the application of TCM in emergency medicine and its future potential.METHODS:Multiple databases(PubMed,ProQuest,Academic Search Elite and Science Direct) were searched using the terms:Traditional Chinese Medicine/ Chinese Medicine,Emergency Medicine,China.In addition,three leading TCM Journals in China were searched via Oriprobe Information Services for relevant articles(published from 1990—2012).Particular attention was paid to those articles that are related to TCM treatments or combined medicine in dealing with intensive and critical care.RESULTS:TCM is a systematic traditional macro medicine.The clinical practice of TCM is guided by the TCM theoretical framework- a methodology founded thousands of years ago.As the methodologies between TCM and Biomedicine are significantly different,it provides an opportunity to combine two medicines,in order to achieve clinical efficacy.Nowadays,combined medicine has become a common clinical model particular in TCM hospitals in China.CONCLUSIONS:It is evident that TCM can provide some assistance in emergency although to combine them in practice is still its infant form and is mainly at TCM hospitals in China.The future effort could be put into TCM research,both in laboratories and clinics,with high quality designs,so that TCM could be better understood and then applied in emergency medicine.
文摘Wheezing disease( bronchial asthma) is a common but refractory disease among pulmonary diseases. It tends to attack repeatedly,and is difficult to be cured. In recent years,some studies have shown that effective traditional Chinese medicine( TCM) nursing interventions on the wheezing disease can significantly ameliorate the treatment compliance of patients,reduce the attack and improve the quality of life. Therefore,it is important for patients with different patterns of syndrome to receive effective and reasonable TCMnursing intervention. This article mainly explored the key points of common syndromes,TCMnursing methods and health guidance of wheezing disease in order to further develop the advantages of TCM,improve its efficacy and standardized its nursing behavior.
基金supported by a grant from the Beijing G20 Engineering Innovation Research Project (Z171100001717010)。
文摘Background:The traditional Chinese medicine NiuBeiXiaoHe(NBXH)extract and Chinese medicine preparation JieHeWan(JHW)exhibit anti-tuberculosis(TB)effects.The anti-TB effect of NBXH was compared with that of JHW to elucidate the mechanism of action of NBXH.Methods:BALB/c mice aged 6-8 weeks were randomly divided into a normal control group,TB model group,JHW treatment group,and NBXH treatment group.After 3 and 13 weeks of treatment,the therapeutic effect in each group was evaluated by comparing lung histopathology,lung and liver colony counts,the number of spots representing effector T cells secreting IFN-γin an enzyme-linked immunospot assay(ELISPOT),and the levels of Th1,Th2,and Th17 cytokines,which were measured by a cytometric bead array(CBA).Mouse RNA samples were subjected to transcriptome sequencing.Results:After 13 weeks of treatment,the mean histopathological lesion area of the NBXH group was significantly smaller than that of the TB model group(P<0.05).Compared with those in the TB model group,the lung colony counts in the JHW and NBXH groups were significantly decreased(P<0.05),and the IL-2 and IL-4 levels in the NBXH group were significantly increased(P<0.05).NBXH partly restored significant changes in gene expression caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis(M.tuberculosis)infection.According to GO and KEGG analyses,the changes in biological process(BP),cell composition(CC)and molecular function(MF)terms and in signaling pathways caused by NBXH and JHW treatment were not completely consistent,but they were mainly related to the immune response and inflammatory response in the mouse TB model.Conclusions:NBXH had therapeutic effects similar to those of JHW in improving lung histopathology,reducing lung colony counts,and regulating the levels of cytokines.NBXH restored significant changes in gene expression and repaired cell damage caused by M.tuberculosis infection by regulating immune-related pathways,which clarified the mechanism of action of NBXH.
文摘Colorectal polyps are thought to be the potential precursors to colorectal cancer(CRC).Endoscopic removal of these polyps is conductive to decreasing the risk of deaths due to CRC,but for some complex colorectal polyps,they have to be resected surgically instead of endoscopic removal.However,surgical excision is associated with higher morbidity and mortality.Recently,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has shown a better therapeutic effect on improving the quality of life and reducing the recurrence in patients with colorectal polyps.Therefore,this article primarily investigated the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of colorectal polyps,aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM,improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.
文摘Herpes zoster is a viral infection caused by the reactivation of endogenous latent varicella zoster virus resulting in varicella,characterized by pain and vesicles in the restricted dermatomal distribution that occurs along the nerves w ith dormant virus. Postherpetic neuralgia( PHN) is the most common sequela of herpes zoster,occurs or persists after the rash has resolved. It is currently recognized that both herpes zoster and PHN have a substantial impact on the patients' quality of life and daily activities. In recent years,traditional Chinese medicine( TCM)has show n a certain effect in the treatment of herpes zoster. This article mainly explored the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and health guidance of herpes zoster in order to further develop the advantages of TCM,improve its efficacy and standardize its nursing behavior.
文摘Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease with a spectrum of clinical phenotypes including psoriasis vulgaris, pustular psoriasis, guttate psoriasis and erythrodermic psoriasis, in which psoriasis vulgaris is most common. In recent years, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) has attracted widespread attention in the treatment of psoriasis because of better efficacy and a lower incidence of adverse reactions. In TCM, psoriasis is considered to be caused by blood heat and the stagnation of Qi and blood. This article primarily investigated the key points of common syndromes, TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of psoriasis vulgaris, aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM, improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.
文摘Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is becoming much more international and widely accepted. More and more foreign students come to China's Mainland to study this great yet mysterious discipline. However, the current teaching methods are far from satisfaction. This paper analyzes some existing problems and contradictions present in the teaching practices and suggests some measures for improvement.
文摘This research is to explore the approaches to translating similes and metaphors in TCM works into English based on the translation principles and methods suggested by foreign translators.Through the analysis,conclusions are drawn:①The principle of making sense should be emphasized,since TCM works mainly concentrate on conveying the objective information about human’s physical conditions during diagnosis and therapy.②Literal translation approach can be applied in translating similes to describe the symptoms and signs of the patients.③The translation of metaphors is more complicated.They can be converted into the form of similes or with certain explanations to achieve the comprehensibility of the target language.And some images can be left out from the metaphors or necessary explanations added to make them comprehensible to English readers.
文摘Sudden deafness is one of the commonest acute symptoms in otolaryngology.In recent years,the incidence of sudden deafness is on the rise all over the world,but its etiology is still unclear,and the prognosis is greatly different.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)believes that the onset of sudden deafness is related to the liver,gallbladder,heart and triple energizer meridians.This article mainly explored the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and health guidance of sudden deafness.
文摘Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)is a complex respiratory disorder,characterized by chronic airflow limitation and an elevated inflammatory response of the airways.The people with COPD are more likely to develop comorbidities,with significant impacts on patients'quality of life,exacerbation frequency,and survival.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)exhibits good therapeutic effects on improving the clinical symptoms,lung function and quality of life in patients with COPD.Herein,this article primarily summarized the key points of common syndromes,TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of COPD,aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM,improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.
文摘Atrial fibrillation(AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide, is associated with a higher risk of mortality and morbidity, in which paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(PAF) approximately accounts for 25%-60% of AF. Anti-arrhythmic drugs(AAD) have been used to treat different indications of AF for a long time, but its use is limited due to potential proarrhythmic cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular toxicity as well as the modest impact on the maintenance of sinus rhythm. Recently, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) exhibits an excellent effect on PAF. This article primarily investigated the key points of common syndromes, TCM nursing methods and healthy guidance of PAF, aiming at maintaining and developing the strengths of TCM, improving its efficacy and standardizing its behavior.
文摘New cyclodextrin derivatives （CDs）, heptakis（2, 6-di- O-methyl-3- O-methoxymethyl）-β-CD （ Ⅰ ） and heptakis（2, 3, 6-tri-O-methoxymethyl）-β-CD （ Ⅱ ）, were investigated for their chromatographic performance as stationary phases for capillary gas chromatography （CGC）. Both of the CDs exhibited good selectivity and satisfactory separation for test mixtures and aromatic positional isomers, and volatile compounds from Ligusticurn chuanxiong Hort. Additionally, the selectivity and elution orders of major compounds were compared with a well-recognized commercial column on the basis of the results by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）. The present work demonstrates the good selectivity of the two new CDs and can be used as GC stationary phases for the separation of positional isomers and analytes in complex samples.
文摘Objective Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)prescriptions have been used to cure diseases in China for thousands of years,in which many TCM herbs have no definite common quantity.Some key TCM herbs are commonly used and thus deserve in-depth investigations based on a more acceptable classification method.This study analyzes whether TCM prescriptions follow Zipf's law and attempts to obtain the thresholds of key TCM herbs based on the application of Zipfs law;Methods A total of 84,418 TCM prescriptions were collected and standardized.We tested whether Zipf's law and Zipfs distribution fit the Chinese herb distributions.A linear fitting experiment was performed to verify the relationship between the frequency distribution and frequency of TCM herbs.Results The distribution of TCM herbs in TCM prescriptions conformed to Zipf's law.Accordingly,the thresholds were obtained for the key TCM herbs.Conclusion The distribution of TCM herbs in TCM prescriptions follows Zipfs law.
