Spinal manipulation is a manual treatment technique that delivers a thrust,using specific biomechanical parameters to exert its therapeutic effects.These parameters have been shown to have a unique dose-response relationship with the physiological respons
Objective:In traditional Chinese medicine,the herbal pair,Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (RAB) and Eucommiae Cortex (EC),is widely used to treat osteoporosis.Herein,we determined whether this herbal pair can be used to ameliorate glucocorticoid (GC)-induced
Objective:Some epidemic diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have caused many physical,psychological,and social challenges,despite the existence of treatment strategies.Many people are looking for complementary and alternative medicine (CA
Background:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a worldwide life-threatening pandemic.Lianhua Qingwen is believed to possess the ability to treat or significantly improve the symptoms of COVID-19.These claims make it important to systematically
Background:Functional constipation (FC) is one of the most prevalent functional gastrointestinal disor-ders.Dissatisfaction with medications prescribed to treat FC may lead patients to seek alternative treat-ments.Numerous systematic reviews (SRs) examini
Objective:We employed a multidisciplinary approach incorporating theoretical ideas,clinical experience,psychology,physiology,traditional Chinese medicine (CM),modern practice of CM,and oncology to explore the effect of patients\' repression of negative
邱晓堂教授将发作时间超过8周的慢性咳嗽者统称为“顽固性咳嗽”,其特点如下:以干咳为主,咳甚后可见少量白痰,咽干咽痒,在闻及刺激性气味或言谈较多时加重.然该类患者临床并未见咳嗽咯痰,而常以干咳为主,同时亦无风寒袭表的卫分症状,由于患者出现咽干、咽痒,而常被误诊为燥邪犯肺.根据燥为“次寒”的理论,同时结合多年的临床治疗经验,邱教授认为顽固性咳嗽以外感风寒引起者居多,乃由风寒袭肺,肺失宣降,气机上逆而作咳,咳嗽迁延日久或失治误治导致脏腑功能失调则为顽固性咳嗽.该类患者,早期因诊断为“感冒”或“支气管炎”,而被运
肩痹属中医学“痹病”范畴,以肩周疼痛和功能障碍为主要临床症状,严重影响人们的日常生活和工作.经筋理论作为中医经络系统的一部分,在指导临床治疗的过程中发挥着不可替代的作用.文章从内外两个因素阐明肩痹的病因病机,通过对经筋生理功能和病候特点的阐述,说明经筋理论与肩痹的生理、病理联系,并对近年以经筋理论为基础论治肩痹的文献进行整理归纳,试阐明以经筋理论为指导原则治疗肩痹的特点及其优势,以期为肩痹的临床治疗拓宽思路,更好地发挥经筋理论的指导作用.
Objective:The chemo-preventative and therapeutic properties of selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have been documented over recent decades and suggest the potential uses of SeNPs in medicine.Biogenic SeNPs have higher biocompatibility and stability than chemi
Objective:Complementary and alternative medicine use and type of use may be influenced by sociodemographic and economic determinants through which we could identify characteristics of patients with greater trend to use it.This paper aims to describe the c