{"title":"Acupuncture: an integrative therapy for pain management and opioid reduction in the United States","authors":"A. Fan, S. Alemi","doi":"10.21037/LCM.2019.09.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/LCM.2019.09.05","url":null,"abstract":"In the United States, it was estimated that in 2016, about 25 million residents suffered from various chronic pain, while 126 million adults had certain type of pain in the prior three months (1). US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) based on National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data in the same year and pointed out that there were 50 million (20.4%) adults with chronic pain and about 20 million (8.0%) adults with high-impact chronic pain, especially among women and older adults (2).","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47784207","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":"Diabetic gastroparesis: what can complementary and alternative medicines do?","authors":"Shi-Yi Liu, Ying-pan Zhao, Ning Zhang","doi":"10.21037/lcm.2019.11.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/lcm.2019.11.01","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetic gastroparesis (DGP) is a complication of long-standing diabetes mellitus (DM) and a chronic motility disorder of the stomach. Up to 50% of patients with type 1 and 2 DM have the gastrointestinal manifestations, especially delayed gastric emptying (GE). And DM accounted for almost one-third of all cases of gastroparesis. The most common symptoms of DGP include postprandial fullness, early satiety, nausea, vomiting, bloating, and abdominal pain, which markedly lead to poor quality of life. Therapeutic strategies in western medicine for DGP involve dietary modification, the control of blood glucose, medications that stimulate gastric motor activity, anti-emetic and prokinetic drug therapy, and nonpharmacological measures. However, the limited effectiveness and the side effects of the strategies above mentioned may be restricted for their applications sometimes. Complementary and alternative therapy like Chinese herbs, acupuncture, moxibustion, and massage has been widely used for thousands of years and there are an increasing number of studies in DGP about them, suggesting that Chinese medicine could bring multiple benefits in the treatment of refractory nausea and vomiting and also help to alleviate abdominal distension with fewer side effects. Here, we focus on the general treatment strategies of complementary and alternative therapy, as discovered through PubMed and CNKI in English and Chinese publications, respectively.","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.21037/lcm.2019.11.01","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47738791","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":"Qingdai ointment in the treatment of plaque psoriasis: a case report","authors":"Shangpu Gao, Wei-Song Kong, Xin Zhou","doi":"10.21037/lcm.2019.09.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/lcm.2019.09.03","url":null,"abstract":"Plaque psoriasis is a severe and refractory skin disease of psoriasis vulgaris, which lacks an ideal therapeutic method at present. Recently Qingdai ointment, an in-hospital preparation, was used alone to treat a case of plaque psoriasis, and the curative effect was excellent.","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.21037/lcm.2019.09.03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48187991","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":"Application of the CARE guideline as reporting standard in the Longhua Chinese Medicine","authors":"","doi":"10.21037/lcm.2019.10.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/lcm.2019.10.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48497361","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":"Advanced research validates classical principles—the neurobiological mechanisms involved in acupuncture for pain management","authors":"Chang-zhen Gong, Wei Liu","doi":"10.21037/lcm.2019.10.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/lcm.2019.10.02","url":null,"abstract":"Classical acupuncture principle states that acupuncture produces a combination of local effect, distal effect and whole-body effect. How does modern science validate this combination-of-effect principle? This paper presents evidence that the effectiveness of acupuncture results from its local effect, segmental effect and general effect from a neurobiological perspective, which validates the classical principle.","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.21037/lcm.2019.10.02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42130123","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":"The new revolution of immunotherapy: is it time to pair it with the old one? —Yellow Leader as a candidate","authors":"N. Charles","doi":"10.21037/LCM.2019.05.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/LCM.2019.05.01","url":null,"abstract":"With the advent of immunotherapy in cancer treatment, the natural history of this disease has changed. The immune checkpoint therapies have shown great promise in this setting, by potentiating the body’s natural immune response against tumor cells. Checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) have definitively consolidated the target of reversing the immunoevasion as one of the most universal strategies to change the natural evolution of advanced oncological diseases, and to maximize CPI treatment efficacy, synergies in immune system modulation must be seriously considered. In the field of Integrative Oncology, Chinese medicinal mushrooms have been increasingly promoted as excellent anticancer immunoenhancers. However, many plants of traditional Chinese medicine have been less visible, but—as scientific literature reveals—not less powerful as antitumor immunomodulators. Astragalus membranaceous root is a venerated plant as a tonic in traditional Chinese pharmacopoeia. This is known to be beneficial to relieve mild disorders and to help in more serious diseases, such as cancer. For this great restorative capacity was why it won the name of Huang Qi, “leader of all tonics”, or Yellow Leader, because of its colour. Astragalus root contains a variety of immunoactive constituents. Its power as an antitumor root is not only due to its immunomodulatory activity; it is able to modulate several apoptotic and antiangiogenic signaling pathways and interact with specific transcription molecules. We propose a rational model of the combination of CPI with Astragalus root chosen as representative of traditional immunotherapy, to set a paradigmatic frame to develop novel target-specific combinations with natural immunomodulators. We are convinced that by combining these two strategies in immunotherapy—the new one and the old one—we can definitely overcome immune cell exhaustion, boost the response to immunocheckpoint treatment, and minimize side effects, to get better and more efficient results in cancer immunotherapy.","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.21037/LCM.2019.05.01","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47032009","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}
Ting‐ting Di, Yan Wang, Jingxia Zhao, X. Guo, Zhaoxia Chen, Chunyan Zhai, Ping Li
{"title":"Study on the effect of spleen deficiency on the pathogenesis of psoriasis based on intestinal microbiome","authors":"Ting‐ting Di, Yan Wang, Jingxia Zhao, X. Guo, Zhaoxia Chen, Chunyan Zhai, Ping Li","doi":"10.21037/lcm.2019.09.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/lcm.2019.09.02","url":null,"abstract":"Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. In recent years, studies have found that intestinal microecology has undergone significant changes in psoriasis. Due to the regulatory effect of intestinal microecology on the immune system, disordered intestinal microecology plays an important role in the occurrence and development of psoriasis. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spleen deficiency is an important basis of intestinal microecological disorder. The process and symptoms of psoriasis with spleen deficiency are more prolonged and difficult to recover, which are easy to recurrence. Improving the spleen deficiency can adjust the quantity and variety of intestinal flora and its metabolites, so as to alleviate the symptoms and improve the prognosis of psoriasis.","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.21037/lcm.2019.09.02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43756151","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":"Traditional Japanese medicine in geriatrics, evidences and the guideline","authors":"K. Iwasaki","doi":"10.21037/lcm.2019.09.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/lcm.2019.09.01","url":null,"abstract":"Japan has become an unprecedented super-aging society. The average life span of Japanese is 90 years. However, not everyone can stay healthy for life. Healthy life span is 10 years shorter than life span. Many spend an average of 10 years in need of care. In such a situation, what can traditional medicine do?","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.21037/lcm.2019.09.01","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41690721","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":"Treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease-related chronic cough with lung-stomach co-treatment and nourishing-dampness dual-use","authors":"Suxian Zhang, Tiansong Zhang","doi":"10.21037/lcm.2019.08.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/lcm.2019.08.02","url":null,"abstract":"Chronic cough is closely related to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This article mainly discusses the main characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine pathogenesis of GERD-related chronic cough. It is characterized by dryness-dampness combination, cold-heat complex, deficiency-excess complex, and puts forward the therapy of lung-stomach co-treatment and nourishing-dampness dual-use and gives different treatments of Chinese herbal medicines which are commonly used.","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.21037/lcm.2019.08.02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43439829","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":"Acupuncture in the treatment of fibromyalgia: what has changed in the last 10 years?","authors":"André Luis Hokama, T. Abe, J. B. G. Silva","doi":"10.21037/LCM.2019.08.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21037/LCM.2019.08.01","url":null,"abstract":"In the last 10 years, fibromyalgia diagnosis has been transformed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria. These changes have significantly impacted outcomes in treatment recommendations, including many non-pharmacological therapies, notably acupuncture. This review presents what has changed on acupuncture recommendations for the treatment of fibromyalgia after alterations performed by ACR classification criteria. A literature search was performed to identify published studies between January 01, 2008 and June 30, 2018. Published studies were identified using an initial search of PubMed database. We searched for trials published using the terms “fibromyalgia acupuncture”. We used only full-text articles available online and related to the objective of this review. The last ACR’s criteria [2010] have included the evaluation of other symptoms of fibromyalgia besides pain. New diagnostic and therapeutic technologies have also enabled the publishing of new trials, scientifically demonstrating the effectiveness of acupuncture in patients with the fibromyalgia syndrome. It is concluded that acupuncture is currently considered a scientifically recommended treatment for fibromyalgia.","PeriodicalId":74086,"journal":{"name":"Longhua Chinese medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.21037/LCM.2019.08.01","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48548749","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}