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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapeutics: An Overview of the Basics and Clinical Applications.

Luís Carlos Matos, Jorge Pereira Machado, Fernando Jorge Monteiro, Henry Johannes Greten

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

115 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Luís Carlos MatosFaculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2698-3151
Jorge Pereira MachadoCBSIn-Centro de Biociências em Saúde Integrativa, Atlântico Business School, 4405-604 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4570-5445
Fernando Jorge MonteiroFaculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1361-4605
Henry Johannes GretenICBAS-Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a systematic healthcare system developed from clinical experience based on a scientific model of regulation. TCM relies on unique theories and practices to treat diseases and enhance health. These practices include Chinese herbal medicine and dietetics, acupuncture and moxibustion, and other non-medication therapies such as Chinese bodywork or manual therapy, known as "Tuina", and traditional biofeedback exercises, known as "Qigong" and "Taijiquan". The integration of TCM in Western health systems and research requires a rational communicable theory, scientific proof of efficacy and safety, and quality control measures. Understanding the structural concepts of the TCM language makes possible the parallelism to Western physiology, and the inherent rational use of the reflex therapeutic systems, anti-inflammatory mechanisms and mental training involved, for example, in acupuncture and "Qigong". The results of TCM clinical trials and fundamental research on its nature and mechanisms have encouraged the development and application of well-designed research strategies such as double blinding in acupucture to overcome limitations and resistances in integrating these practices into the existing biomedical paradigms of the West. This review aims to overview some TCM theoretical concepts and the evidence-based clinical application of TCM's leading practices to create an easy-to-consult and condensed source of information, available for the healthcare community, facilitating the understanding and communication between conventional health professionals and TCM practitioners and acupuncturists.

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acupuncturedieteticsHeidelberg Model of TCMherbsmoxibustion“Qigong”“Taijiquan”traditional Chinese medicine“Tuina”

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PMID33804485
PMCPMC8000828

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