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ReviewEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2021

Nutrition and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM): a system's theoretical perspective.

Xinyu Zhao, Xinggui Tan, Hongfei Shi, Daozong Xia

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Review in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xinyu ZhaoDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Xinggui TanFive Branches University, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Hongfei ShiDepartment of Nutrition, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Daozong XiaDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. xdz_zjtcm@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7902-5002
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CNFive Branches University · USNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81374048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an entirely coherent system, with internal logic and consistency of thought and practice. Though TCM has a long history, it is not easily accepted by Western medicine due to its theoretical and conceptual complexity. TCM nutrition is an ancient but burgeoning discipline, and its main goal is to use food as a means to achieve balance and harmony within the body. Compared with modern nutrition, it has unique beneficial concepts, such as the holism, diet suggestions based on syndrome differentiation, the idea that the spleen-stomach is the "root" of post-heaven, and the homology of medicine and food. Until today, it is difficult to evaluate whether TCM nutrition could play a major role in the treatment of various diseases. The limitations mainly include: the scope of application is limited, lack of evidence-based research, and the constitution differentiation need the cooperation of clinicians of TCM. In contemporary China, the inheritance, innovation, and broadening the scope of applications of TCM nutrition is very important. The government should establish a system in which TCM nutrition and modern nutrition coexist, and perform higher specialist training for dietitians of TCM. Moreover, TCM nutrition should integrate the research methods of modern nutrition, and involve adjustment to target populations, the formulation of age-specific nutrition principles, and an emphasis on the research and development of nutritional food, thus fully demonstrating the advantages and characteristics of TCM nutrition.

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Medicine, Chinese TraditionalNutritionistsChinaHumansResearch Design

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PMID32884122
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