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- What has been overlooked on study of Chinese materia medica in the West?
- What has been overlooked on study of Chinese materia medica in the West?
- 中国结合医学杂志（英文版） 2015年21卷第7期页码：483-492
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  Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Education and Research Center, Diamond Bar,CA,USA
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- DOI：10.1007/s11655-015-2081-x
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- 纸质出版日期：2015，
  
  网络出版日期：2015-7-9，
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Liu, W.J. What has been overlooked on study of Chinese materia medica in the West?., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 21, 483–492 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2081-x

Willow J.H. Liu. What has been overlooked on study of Chinese materia medica in the West?[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2015,21(7):483-492.
Liu, W.J. What has been overlooked on study of Chinese materia medica in the West?., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 21, 483–492 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-015-2081-x DOI：

Willow J.H. Liu. What has been overlooked on study of Chinese materia medica in the West?[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2015,21(7):483-492. DOI： 10.1007/s11655-015-2081-x.

摘要

Chinese materia medica (CMM)

including Chinese herbal

animal

and mineral medicine

has been widely researched in the past century for their biological and pharmacological activities. However

their mechanism and clinical efficacy studies did not always give expected results. For example

the most commonly used Chinese herb for menstrual disorders

Radix Angelicae sinensis

showed neither estrogenic nor progesteronic activity in laboratory and clinical studies. Its efficacy should not be denied simply based on such results

because it is mostly used together with other herbs in formulae. Moreover

its regulation on menstruation may take effect through other mechanisms

such as regulation of blood circulation. The key difference of Chinese medicine (CM) from conventional medicine is its unique holistic view on human body and diseases. CMM is mostly applied in clinic in the form of formulae. Study on individual CMM

simply using methods for development of conventional drugs

is unable to thoroughly reveal the power of CMM formulae. The reason may partly result from improper design due to the lack understanding about application principle of CMMs in CM

and/or to current lack of knowledge about the causes of some symptoms and diseases. This paper will introduce the importance of qi and blood in CM etiology and pathology

Zheng differentiation

formulation of CMMs

and explain why one formula can treat different diseases and one disease can be treated with different formulae. Examples in the paper will demonstrate that proper studies on Zheng and its corresponding clinically proven formulae could help scientists find new direction to explain and treat symptoms and diseases that so far modern medicine has been unable to

provided that the designer properly understands CM theories

etiology and pathology of CM

as well as modern medicine. Strategy suggestions about research methods for CMM and its formulae will be given at the end.

Abstract

Chinese materia medica (CMM)

including Chinese herbal

animal

and mineral medicine

has been widely researched in the past century for their biological and pharmacological activities. However

their mechanism and clinical efficacy studies did not always give expected results. For example

the most commonly used Chinese herb for menstrual disorders

Radix Angelicae sinensis

showed neither estrogenic nor progesteronic activity in laboratory and clinical studies. Its efficacy should not be denied simply based on such results

because it is mostly used together with other herbs in formulae. Moreover

its regulation on menstruation may take effect through other mechanisms

such as regulation of blood circulation. The key difference of Chinese medicine (CM) from conventional medicine is its unique holistic view on human body and diseases. CMM is mostly applied in clinic in the form of formulae. Study on individual CMM

simply using methods for development of conventional drugs

is unable to thoroughly reveal the power of CMM formulae. The reason may partly result from improper design due to the lack understanding about application principle of CMMs in CM

and/or to current lack of knowledge about the causes of some symptoms and diseases. This paper will introduce the importance of qi and blood in CM etiology and pathology

Zheng differentiation

formulation of CMMs

and explain why one formula can treat different diseases and one disease can be treated with different formulae. Examples in the paper will demonstrate that proper studies on Zheng and its corresponding clinically proven formulae could help scientists find new direction to explain and treat symptoms and diseases that so far modern medicine has been unable to

provided that the designer properly understands CM theories

etiology and pathology of CM

as well as modern medicine. Strategy suggestions about research methods for CMM and its formulae will be given at the end.

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Chinese Medicineetiology and pathologyZheng differentiationChinese Materia Medicaformulation

Keywords

Chinese Medicineetiology and pathologyZheng differentiationChinese Materia Medicaformulation

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