Traditional Chinese Medicine: An Opportunity for Discovery

Tsang, Ian; Huang, Simon; Koehler, Barry E.

doi:10.3899/jrheum.100227

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“…Because Zheng is a complex concept, many studies were selected, which complicated comparisons across studies that focus on different research methods. In addition, the classification of Zheng varies with conditions and the “standard” application of Zheng, which have changed over time [20, 21]. Additionally, experimental study records, clinical study records and other relevant records of Zheng were selected to investigate time trends.…”

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Traditional Chinese Medicine Zheng in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine: A Literature Analysis

Jiang

Zhang

Zheng

et al. 2012

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Zheng, which is also called a syndrome or pattern, is the basic unit and a key concept of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory. Zheng can be considered a further stratification of patients when it is integrated with biomedical diagnoses in clinical practice to achieve higher efficacies. In an era of evidence-based medicine, confronted with the vast and increasing volume of TCM data, there is an urgent need to explore these resources effectively using techniques of knowledge discovery in databases. The application of effective data mining in the analysis of multiple extensively integrated databases can supply new information about TCM Zheng research. In this paper, we screened the published literature on TCM Zheng-related studies in the SinoMed and PubMed databases with a novel data mining approach to obtain an overview of the Zheng research landscape in the hope of contributing to a better understanding of TCM Zheng in the era of evidence-based medicine. In our results, contrast was found in Zheng in different studies, and several determinants of Zheng were identified. The data described in this paper can be used to assess Zheng research studies based on the title and certain characteristics of the abstract. These findings will benefit modern TCM Zheng-related studies and guide future Zheng study efforts.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Traditional Chinese Medicine Zheng in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine: A Literature Analysis

Jiang

Zhang

Zheng

et al. 2012

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…TCM, being holistic in approach, it identifies and treats syndromes rather than diseases. Recent RCTs on TCM have been conducted and showed clinical efficacy in the treatment of arthritis based on TCM pattern differentiation (Goldbach-Mansky et al, 2009;Min et al, 2010;Tsang et al, 2010;Wang and He, 2010). It is believed that the incorporation of TCM pattern classification into disease diagnosis would greatly improve the efficacy of TCM interventions.…”

Section: Efficacy Of Tcm Practice With Integration Of Tcm Pattern Clamentioning

confidence: 98%