{"title":"Comparison about the treatment of bronchial asthma by Traditional Chinese Medicine from various nationalities in China","authors":"Yuxue Cao","doi":"10.1142/s2575900023300035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900023300035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46570829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blood donation from 2017 to 2021 in China: a cross-sectional study","authors":"Jing Wang, Xinyao Pan, Jing Zhou, Ling Wang","doi":"10.1142/s2575900023500027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900023500027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42233062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicine for mammary nodules: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Shuo Zhang, Xin Zhang, Zhen-Lin Chen, Pu Zhang, Miao Wang, Hong-yan Wang, Jing-Ming Zhang","doi":"10.1142/s257590002250001x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s257590002250001x","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is often used in China to treat patients with mammary nodules (MMND), and treating them by CHM can not only achieve good efficacy, but also reduce adverse reactions in clinic. However, the efficacy of CHM in the treatment of MMND has not been systematically assessed right now. Methods: From the establishment of 11 electronic databases to February 1, 2022, a comprehensive literature search was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CHM in the treatment of MMND. Relevant trials were screened in NoteExpress, and the risks of bias were assessed with Cochrane Collaboration’s tool. Results: This study included 22 randomized controlled trials involving 3839 participants. Meta-analysis revealed that CHM had a significant clinical effect in treating MMND. Compared with chemical drugs, CHM had certain advantages in alleviating the size, range, hardness and pain of the lump, decreasing the TCM syndrome score and reducing the packed cell volume and whole blood viscosity. And it could obviously reduce the occurrence of adverse reactions. In combination with chemical drugs, CHM could significantly improve the level of sex hormone secretion and ultrasound indicators. Ru-pi-xiao was the most commonly used formula for the treatment of MMND, and Bupleuri Radix was the most frequently used single Chinese herb. Conclusion: CHM had certain advantages in treating MMND without obvious adverse reactions. However, due to the poor methodological quality of the included trials, well-designed, long-term follow-up randomized controlled trials will be required in future to provide strong clinical evidence for the CHM treatment of MMND. (PROSPERO No. CRD42020170939.)","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":"81 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41280125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-term effect of ancient Ayurvedic Agnikarma therapy on heel pain associated with calcaneal spur: A case report","authors":"A. Verma, S. Shete, G. Doddoli","doi":"10.1142/s2575900022720016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900022720016","url":null,"abstract":"We report the therapeutic effect of ancient Ayurvedic Agnikarma therapy on severe heel pain due to calcaneal spur. The patient, female, 34 years of age, presented with localized, severe and intermittent heel pain which increased with physical activities such as walking or running. A lateral X-ray revealed a large, well-defined bony projection at the base of calcaneus in both the heels. Agnikarma is an ancient Indian Ayurvedic surgical treatment for pain associated with ligament, joints and bones. It involves first- or second-degree burn (thermal cauterization) delivered precisely to the site of pain by using a specialized tool namely Shalaka, made up of five metals. Agnikarma provides instant, long-term and sustainable relief from chronic or acute pain by balancing the local vata and kapha doshas without any side effects. In the present case, Agnikarma treatment was administered for three consecutive weeks and the heel pain was rated on the Pain Analog Scale at each follow-up for up to three years. The patient reported a decrease in pain at each follow-up. No concomitant treatment was given for heel pain during the follow-up period. Agnikarma can have incredible benefits in the management of acute or chronic disorders of joints, ligaments and bones. Further, Agnikarma therapy is cost-effective and does not require hospitalization of the patient.","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42662363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unprecedented reorganization of developmental history of traditional medicine: Part II","authors":"Wenxian Liu, Jing-jing Le, Jingcheng Dong","doi":"10.1142/s2575900021100017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900021100017","url":null,"abstract":"According to the development of the times and the typical characteristics of medical stages, traditional medicine can be divided into six aspects: legendary traditional medicine, instinctive traditional medicine, witchcraft traditional medicine, empirical traditional medicine, theoretical traditional medicine and integrated traditional medicine. With regard to witchcraft medicine, primitive religion almost became an important source of human knowledge all over the world because the ability of early human beings to understand and transform nature was extremely limited. Medicine has experienced a history of symbiosis with religion, and the blending of medicine and witchcraft is an early feature and necessary stage of Chinese and Western traditional medicines. As for empirical medicine, it is a kind of medicine in the stage of “knowing its nature”. Its main feature is that medical knowledge and technology are mainly based on the practical or applicatory experience (the primary stage of cognition), but not on the “knowing its reason” stage. From the perspective of this development stage, it is a medicine between witchcraft medicine and theoretical medicine.","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49372124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in basic research of traditional Chinese medicine herbal formulae in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer","authors":"Linwei Lu, Jingcheng Dong, Weiyi Gong","doi":"10.1142/s2575900021300010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900021300010","url":null,"abstract":"Today, there is an increasing rate of morbidity and mortality in lung cancer worldwide. In China, lung cancer is also the leading cause of cancer-related death in China. The distinctive herbal therapy from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has shown good efficacy in treating lung cancer principally by inhibiting tumor growth or improving the anti-tumor immune response according to considerable experimental studies, which also justifies the concept of dispelling pathogenic qi and strengthening healthy qi in TCM.","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46256225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yingchun Liu, Lin Chen, Jia Zhan, Xuehong Diao, Y. Pang, Yue Chen, Ling Wang
{"title":"Inter-observer agreement on the evaluation of automated breast volume scanner for breast masses","authors":"Yingchun Liu, Lin Chen, Jia Zhan, Xuehong Diao, Y. Pang, Yue Chen, Ling Wang","doi":"10.1142/s2575900021500026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900021500026","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To explore inter-observer agreement on the evaluation of automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) for breast masses. Methods: A total of 846 breast masses in 630 patients underwent ABVS examinations. The imaging data were independently interpreted by senior and junior radiologists regarding the mass size ([Formula: see text][Formula: see text]cm, [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]cm and total). We assessed inter-observer agreement of BI-RADS lexicons, unique descriptors of ABVS coronal planes. Using BI-RADS 3 or 4a as a cutoff value, the diagnostic performances for 331 masses with pathological results in 253 patients were assessed. Results: The overall agreements were substantial for BI-RADS lexicons ([Formula: see text]–0.779) and the characteristics on the coronal plane of ABVS ([Formula: see text]), except for associated features ([Formula: see text]). However, the overall agreement was moderate for orientation ([Formula: see text]) for the masses [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]cm. The agreements were substantial to be perfect for categories 2, 3, 4, 5 and overall ([Formula: see text]–0.918). However, the agreements were moderate to substantial for categories 4a ([Formula: see text]), 4b ([Formula: see text]), and 4c ([Formula: see text]), except for category 4b of the masses [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]cm ([Formula: see text]). Moreover, for radiologists 1 and 2, there were no significant differences in sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive and negative predictive values with BI-RADS 3 or 4a as a cutoff value ([Formula: see text] for all). Conclusion: ABVS is a reliable imaging modality for the assessment of breast masses with good inter-observer agreement.","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43306729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hui Cai, Mo Zhang, Zhongxing Fu, Ming-ming Nie, K. Yin, Yan Du
{"title":"The multidisciplinary management of gastric cancer: Experience from a tertiary comprehensive hospital in Shanghai, China","authors":"Hui Cai, Mo Zhang, Zhongxing Fu, Ming-ming Nie, K. Yin, Yan Du","doi":"10.1142/s2575900021500014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900021500014","url":null,"abstract":"Gastric cancer is a heterogeneous disease which requires a multimodal approach of management. The Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Changhai Hospital, a tertiary hospital in Shanghai, established the gastric cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) clinic based on the guidance of MDT culture in the year of 2017. Our MDT discussion followed a weekly consultation model, with the full-board discussion held once a month, and mini-board communication and discussion made once a week. The stages of MDT management are: pre-operative treatment plan and preparation, post-operative treatment plan, and follow-up treatment and evaluation. As of March 2021, a total of 296 patients visited the MDT clinic. Majority of the patients were gastric carcinoma patients (273/296, 92.2%). Here, we shared our gastric cancer MDT experiences and summarized our strengths and proposed directions for improvement.","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49351896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. D. C. M. Souza, Meng Chen, Y. Ikeno, D. Salvadori, Yidong Bai
{"title":"The implications of mitochondria in doxorubicin treatment of cancer in the context of traditional and modern medicine","authors":"L. D. C. M. Souza, Meng Chen, Y. Ikeno, D. Salvadori, Yidong Bai","doi":"10.1142/s2575900020300076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900020300076","url":null,"abstract":"Doxorubicin (DOX) is an antibiotic anthracycline extensively used in the treatment of different malignancies, such as breast cancer, lymphomas and leukemias. The cardiotoxicity induced by DOX is one of the most important pathophysiological events that limit its clinical application. Accumulating evidence highlights mitochondria as a central role in this process. Modulation of mitochondrial functions as therapeutic strategy for DOX-induced cardiotoxicity has thus attracted much attention. In particular, emerging studies investigated the potential of natural mitochondria-targeting compounds from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as adjunct or alternative treatment for DOX-induced toxicity. This review summarizes studies about the mechanisms of DOX-induced cardiotoxicity, evidencing the importance of mitochondria and presenting TCM treatment alternatives for DOX-induced cardiomyopathy.","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46492752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ainiwaer Talifu, Rapkat Samat, Yilifanjinag Kuerban, Mamatali Kader, D. Tursun
{"title":"Effect of Uygur medicine maturants on related factors of liver energy metabolism in rats","authors":"Ainiwaer Talifu, Rapkat Samat, Yilifanjinag Kuerban, Mamatali Kader, D. Tursun","doi":"10.1142/s2575900020500111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2575900020500111","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To investigate the effects of five Uygur medicine maturants on the related factors of liver energy metabolism in rats. Methods: After 30 days of preparation and intragastric administration, the weight changes of rats were observed. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect Na[Formula: see text] K[Formula: see text] ATPase, Ca2[Formula: see text] Mg2[Formula: see text] ATPase and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activities; hepatic glycogen (HG) and muscle glycogen (MG) content, plasma triiodothyronine (T3), tetraiodothyronine (T4), and thyrotropin (TSH) content were detected. Results: The Kan (blood) quality regulator reduced the weight of rats, the Sapra regulator increased the weight of rats, the Savda maturant group, and the Balham maturant group increased the Na[Formula: see text] K[Formula: see text] ATPase, Ca2[Formula: see text] Mg2[Formula: see text] ATP, SDH activity, HG, MG, T3, T4, and TSH content of rats significantly, while the other groups had no significant effect on the energy metabolism-related factors. Conclusion: Five kinds of Uygur medicine maturants have effects on the related factors of energy metabolism in the liver of normal rats, and their elevation of serum thyroxine level is related, among which the effects of the Savda maturant group and the Balham maturant group are more significant.","PeriodicalId":23184,"journal":{"name":"Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49665314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}