ReviewInfectious diseases of poverty2015
Effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine in treating acquired immune deficiency syndrome: 2004-2014.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of Chinese medicine therapeutics on HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- The prevalence of dyslipidemia and its correlation with anti-retroviral therapy among people living with HIV in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Wenshen Jianpi recipe induced immune reconstruction and redistribution of natural killer cell subsets in immunological non-responders of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2022Trial
- Traditional Chinese medicine for HIV-related chronic comorbidities: evidence and potential therapeutic mechanisms.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Plant-derived extracellular vesicles: an alternative and complementary therapeutic approach for genitourinary tumors.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Pharmacopoeia in the Evaluation and Treatment of COVID-19.Current pharmaceutical design · 2024Review
- Incomplete Immune Reconstitution and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Patients with HIV/AIDS: Challenges and Perspectives.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Review
- Chinese herbal medicine for drug-induced liver injury in patients with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Integrative medicine research · 2023Review
- Molecular Targets of Shenqi Dihuang, A Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine, and Its Potential Role in Renal Cell Carcinoma Therapy.Genetics research · 2023Article
- Poor Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men is Associated with Excess-Type Constitution of Traditional Chinese Medicine.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2023Article
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- Sterile alpha motif and histidine-aspartic acid domain-containing protein 1 expression and its relationship with T cell activation in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients with lung-spleen deficiency syndrome pattern.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2022Article
- Magnetic Resonance Features of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Involving Central Nervous System Diseases by Intelligent Fuzzy C-Means Clustering (FCM) Algorithm.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Study on the Mechanism of Improving HIV/AIDS Immune Function with Jian Aikang Concentrated Pill Based on Network Pharmacology Combined with Experimental Validation.Drug design, development and therapy · 2022Article
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- Treating older patients with AIDS using Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined with Conventional Western Medicine in China.Aging and disease · 2021Article
- Chinese herbal medicine for patients living with HIV in Guangxi province, China: an analysis of two registries.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Potential of selected Lamiaceae plants in anti(retro)viral therapy.Pharmacological research · 2018Review
- Corylin increases the sensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma cells to chemotherapy through long noncoding RNA RAD51-AS1-mediated inhibition of DNA repair.Cell death & disease · 2018Article
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Abstract
Substantial progress has been made in China in using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to treat acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Our objective was to review the latest developments in TCM treatment of AIDS in China between 2004 and 2014. We reviewed the content of original articles investigating the efficacy and safety of TCM for treating AIDS published in Chinese and English language journals. Relevant references from 2004 to 2014 were found using PubMed and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database. We found that TCM has been widely used for treating AIDS and its complications in China. The number of TCM studies has increased, which indicates efficacy and safety. Measures of efficacy in the reviewed articles included the alleviation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related signs and symptoms, improvements in quality of life, improvements in long-term survival, counteraction of the adverse side effects of antiviral drugs, promotion of immune reconstitution, and improvement of laboratory results. In sum, the literature indicates that TCM is safe. TCM plays an important role in the treatment of AIDS. Some studies have attempted to measure the efficacy and safety of TCM for treating AIDS, but more evidence is needed. Therefore, more research on this topic is required in the future.
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