Chinese medicine (CM) has been an experience based practice over the past three thousand years. The safety and efficacy of CM has been practised through experience, rather than nowadays’ modern scientific measurement...Chinese medicine (CM) has been an experience based practice over the past three thousand years. The safety and efficacy of CM has been practised through experience, rather than nowadays’ modern scientific measurements. In this way, the development of CM has not been keeping pace with the advance in science and technology and the progress in orthodox medicine. In order to meet the requirements of modern science and technology, an evidence based approach must be adopted. Reassurance is needed to convince people for safety and efficacy of CM and give confidence to the evidence based demands ——“Tradition is confirmed by Modern Science” (1) .展开更多
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disease of intestinal dysfunction, is also called emotional enteritis, mucous enteritis, irritable colon and so on1. It is often lingering with a long disease course and is eas...Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disease of intestinal dysfunction, is also called emotional enteritis, mucous enteritis, irritable colon and so on1. It is often lingering with a long disease course and is easy to recur. The author has in recent years treated 50 cases of the disease by oral administration of Chinese medicines and retention-enema, with satisfactory results reported as follows.展开更多
The patients, who cannot endure the chemotherapy anymore, or internal disease or present drug resistance, normally use CM for improving their physical conditions and inhibiting tumor. CM has got excellent reputation b...The patients, who cannot endure the chemotherapy anymore, or internal disease or present drug resistance, normally use CM for improving their physical conditions and inhibiting tumor. CM has got excellent reputation because of the effects. Nonetheless, few clinical articles of CM to treat cancer are published on major international journals up to now.展开更多
Acquired immuno- deficiency syndrome （AIDS） is caused by human immunodeficiency virus （HIV）. It has spread all over in the world, seriously jeopardizing people＇s physical and mental health and their life since th...Acquired immuno- deficiency syndrome （AIDS） is caused by human immunodeficiency virus （HIV）. It has spread all over in the world, seriously jeopardizing people＇s physical and mental health and their life since the first case was announced by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981.展开更多
Although tumor node metastasis （TNM） staging in WM has been accepted and used with no reserve in the criteria of CM diagnosis and treatment of cancer, some differences still exist between CM and WM in the evaluation...Although tumor node metastasis （TNM） staging in WM has been accepted and used with no reserve in the criteria of CM diagnosis and treatment of cancer, some differences still exist between CM and WM in the evaluation criterion. The reason for this focuses on evaluation criterion of effects on solid tumor made by the World Health Organization （WHO）, which does not reflect some aspects such as survival time of tumor patients or improvement in quality of life （QOL）. Therefore, forerunners in the CM field have been making efforts to try to find an evaluation criteria that would integrate CM and WM, and thus could be approved by CM and WM specialists.展开更多
文摘Chinese medicine (CM) has been an experience based practice over the past three thousand years. The safety and efficacy of CM has been practised through experience, rather than nowadays’ modern scientific measurements. In this way, the development of CM has not been keeping pace with the advance in science and technology and the progress in orthodox medicine. In order to meet the requirements of modern science and technology, an evidence based approach must be adopted. Reassurance is needed to convince people for safety and efficacy of CM and give confidence to the evidence based demands ——“Tradition is confirmed by Modern Science” (1) .
文摘Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disease of intestinal dysfunction, is also called emotional enteritis, mucous enteritis, irritable colon and so on1. It is often lingering with a long disease course and is easy to recur. The author has in recent years treated 50 cases of the disease by oral administration of Chinese medicines and retention-enema, with satisfactory results reported as follows.
文摘The patients, who cannot endure the chemotherapy anymore, or internal disease or present drug resistance, normally use CM for improving their physical conditions and inhibiting tumor. CM has got excellent reputation because of the effects. Nonetheless, few clinical articles of CM to treat cancer are published on major international journals up to now.
基金Supported by Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology(No. 2008ZX10005-004)
文摘Acquired immuno- deficiency syndrome （AIDS） is caused by human immunodeficiency virus （HIV）. It has spread all over in the world, seriously jeopardizing people＇s physical and mental health and their life since the first case was announced by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981.
文摘Although tumor node metastasis （TNM） staging in WM has been accepted and used with no reserve in the criteria of CM diagnosis and treatment of cancer, some differences still exist between CM and WM in the evaluation criterion. The reason for this focuses on evaluation criterion of effects on solid tumor made by the World Health Organization （WHO）, which does not reflect some aspects such as survival time of tumor patients or improvement in quality of life （QOL）. Therefore, forerunners in the CM field have been making efforts to try to find an evaluation criteria that would integrate CM and WM, and thus could be approved by CM and WM specialists.
