Research

Acupuncture and Chinese herbs beat western medicine in the treatment of gouty arthritis

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Background: Gouty arthritis is a common metabolic disease caused by long-term purine metabolism and elevated serum uric acid. In recent years, the incidence of gouty arthritis has been increasing year by year. As an effective method for treating gouty arthritis, acupuncture combined with herbal medicine has been widely used in clinical …

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How the Chinese herbal formula Huang Qin Tang is effective for ulcerative colitis

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Huang Qin Tang is a Traditional Chinese Medicine formula for ulcerative colitis. However, the pharmacology and molecular mechanism of Huang Qin Tang on ulcerative colitis is still unclear. Combined microarray analysis, network pharmacology, and molecular docking for revealing the therapeutic targets and molecular mechanism of Huang Qin Tang against ulcerative …

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The Chinese herbal formula Xiao Yao Wan can relieve depression

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Xiao Yao Wan has been widely applied in China to treat stress-related illnesses, such as migraine, depression, Parkinson’s disease, insomnia, hypertension. In this study aims to explore the effect of Xiao Yao Wan on chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression and its underlying mechanisms. Chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression rat models were established, …

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Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can relieve symptoms of coronary heart disease and angina

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Background: Coronary heart disease angina pectoris is a clinical syndrome in which episodic chest pain or chest discomfort is the main manifestation of temporary ischemia and hypoxia of the myocardium due to coronary atherosclerosis and coronary artery functional changes (spasm). A large amount of clinical evidence confirms that acupuncture combined with …

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Chinese herbal remedy as good as methotrexate for treating rheumatoid arthritis

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A traditional Chinese herbal remedy used to relieve joint pain and inflammation works as well as methotrexate, a standard drug treatment that is frequently prescribed to control the symptoms of active rheumatoid arthritis, reveals research. Furthermore, combining the herbal remedy with methotrexate — the disease modifying drug (DMARD) most commonly …

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The Chinese herbal formula Yi Jing Tang improves sperm quality

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Objective: To explore the mechanism of Yi Jing Tang improving sperm quality in oligozoospermia patients. Methods: Mouse Leydig cells were divided into five groups: normal control, acrolein-induced oxidative stress (ACR) model control, and low-, medium- and high-dose YJP. The ACR model was established in the latter four groups with 100 μmol/L acrolein, …

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The Chinese herbal medicine Qingwenjiere can prevent infection from human coronavirus strains

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Background: Qingwenjiere mixture is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that has been shown to have remarkable clinical efficacy against COVID-19. However, little is known about the antiviral and anti-inflammatory activities of Qingwenjiere mixture against a wider range of human coronavirus strains. Purpose: The study aims to investigate the antiviral and anti-inflammatory activities …

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Traditional Chinese medicine is effective in the treatment of arrhythmia

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Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of arrhythmia. Methods: The researchers searched CNKI, VIP, WF, PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library with the set-up themes as randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of arrhythmia. This …

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Traditional Chinese medicine knowledge service platform

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This platform covers products of journals, theses, proceedings, newspapers, yearbooks, patents, standards, achievements, books, ancient books, monographic serials, and featured journals. Online publishing platform for achievements of CNKI projectThe most comprehensive gateway of knowledge of ChinaOver 1,600 institutional customers overseas in 53 countries and regions, 25,000 institutional customers from a …

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Traditional Chinese medicine improves recovery from gout

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Objective: To evaluate the curative effect of integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine on gout, and to investigate the therapy timing and exact treatment options of integrated medicine. Methods: Totally 860 patients were enrolled, including 460 patients with intermittent gout, 200 patients with active Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndrome (TCM syndrome score …

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