ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1997
Health in China. Traditional Chinese medicine: one country, two systems.
Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global Use of Traditional and Complementary Medicine in Childhood Cancer: A Systematic Review.Journal of global oncology · 2017Pooled it
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- Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006Trial
- Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials of Chinese Herbal Medicine.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The formation of palliative treatment intentions among patients with advanced gynecological cancer in China: A grounded theory study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Traditional Chinese medicine for sepsis: advancing from evidence to innovative drug discovery.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Review
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice of orthopedic, vascular surgery, and anesthesiology doctors regarding postoperative deep vein thrombosis prevention in surgical patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The impact of Traditional Chinese Medicine utilization on life expectancy and mortality.PloS one · 2025Article
- Benefits of Complementary Therapies During Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postpartum Period: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Manifestations of and factors influencing posttraumatic growth among Chinese Crohn's disease patients: a qualitative exploration.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2024Review
- Effect of pediatric Tuina on children's recurrent acute respiratory tract infections: a retrospective cohort study in Southern China.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2024Article
- Preference of musculoskeletal pain treatment in middle-aged and elderly chinese people: a machine learning analysis of the China health and retirement longitudinal study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Recommendations From a Chinese-Language Survey of Knowledge and Prevention of Skin Cancer Among Chinese Populations Internationally: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study.JMIR dermatology · 2023Article
- Unraveling Chinese talk about emotion.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The factors affecting neurogenesis after stroke and the role of acupuncture.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Research on the equity of health resource allocation in TCM hospitals in China based on the Gini coefficient and agglomeration degree: 2009-2018.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- Preference of Orthopedic Practitioners Toward the Use of Topical Medicine for Musculoskeletal Pain Management in China: A National Survey.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022Article
- Traditional Chinese medicine attenuates hospitalization and mortality risks in diabetic patients with carcinomaIntegrative medicine research · 2022Article
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Abstract
China is the only country in the world where Western medicine and traditional medicine are practised alongside each other at every level of the healthcare system. Traditional Chinese medicine has a unique theoretical and practical approach to the treatment of disease, which has developed over thousands of years. Traditional treatments include herbal remedies, acupuncture, acupressure and massage, and moxibustion. They account for around 40% of all health care delivered in China. The current government policy of expansion of traditional facilities and manpower is being questioned because many hospitals using traditional Chinese medicine are already underutilized and depend on government subsidies for survival. Research priorities include randomised controlled trials of common treatments and analysis of the active agents in herbal remedies. As more studies show the clinical effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, an integrated approach to disease using a combination of Western medicine and traditional approaches becomes a possibility for the future.
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