Chun-Su Yuan 
OVERVIEW OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE RESEARCH, AN [EPUB ebook] 

For over 3, 000 years, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has made great contributions to the health and well-being of Chinese people. The practice of TCM has also been adapted in many Asian countries for centuries. Nowadays in China, along with Western medicine, TCM is well integrated in the Chinese healthcare system as one of two mainstream medical practices.

In the past several decades, the fast economic growth of China has not only promoted the use of TCM beyond Chinese-speaking countries, but also inspired researchers to perform modern scientific research on TCM for disease treatment and health maintenance. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine (AJCM) is the oldest complementary and integrative medical journal in the U.S. In this book, the most read and influential research studies published in the AJCM in recent years were selected and organized in five sections based on key target organs and therapies. These articles reflect the high standards of contemporary TCM research.

This book is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals, biomedical researchers, medical students, and interested individuals. Readers will gain from the knowledge and experience of the many contributors to this text, which provides the most updated, evidence-based TCM research information.

Contents:

• Central Nervous System:
  
  
  
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Impairment: A Review (H Pei, L Ma, Y Cao, F Wang, Z Li, N Liu, M Liu, Y Wei and H Li)
  
  
  • Sophora alopecuroides Alleviates Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Damage of Parkinson’s Disease In Vitro and In Vivo (T Sun, L Chen, R Liu, Q-S Liu and Y Cheng)
  
  
  • Effects of Herbal Medicines on Pain Management (Y Luo, C-Z Wang, R Sawadogo, T Tan and C-S Yuan)
  
  


• Cancer:
  
  
  
  • Application of Traditional Chinese Medicines as Personalized Therapy in Human Cancers (S Wang, S Long and W Wu)
  
  
  • The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cancer Immunotherapy: Current Status and Future Directions (J Xie, H Huang, X Li, L Ouyang, L Wang, D Liu, X Wei, P Tan, P Tu and Z Hu)
  
  
  • Scutellaria baicalensis and Cancer Treatment: Recent Progress and Perspectives in Biomedical and Clinical Studies (C-S Cheng, J Chen, H-Y Tan, N Wang, Z Chen and Y Feng)
  
  


• Other Common Disorders of Key Organs:
  
  
  
  • Research Progress of Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Myocardial Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury (L Dong, Z Shen, H Chi, Y Wang, Z Shi, H Fang, Y Yang and J Rong)
  
  
  • Polyphenols from Chinese Herbal Medicine: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets in Pulmonary Fibrosis (L Wang, T Zhu, D Feng, R Li and C Zhang)
  
  
  • Antidiabetic Potential of Flavonoids from Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Review (L Bai, X Li, L He, Y Zheng, H Lu, J Li, L Zhong, R Tong, Z Jiang, J Shi and J Li)
  
  
  • Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: The Mechanisms of Signaling Pathway Regulations (S Zheng, T Xue, B Wang, H Guo and Q Liu)
  
  


• Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Oxidant Actions:
  
  
  
  • COVID-19: An Update on the Epidemiological, Clinical, Preventive and Therapeutic Evidence and Guidelines of Integrative Chinese — Western Medicine for the Management of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (K W Chan, V T Wong and S C W Tang)
  
  
  • The Anti-Oxidant and Antitumor Properties of Plant Polysaccharides (R Jiao, Y Liu, H Gao, J Xiao and K F So)
  
  


• Acupuncture:
  
  
  
  • Acupuncture and Acupoints for Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (G Kim, D Kim, H Moon, D-E Yoon, S Lee, S-J Ko, B Kim, Y Chae and I-S Lee)
  
  
  • Electro-Acupuncture is Beneficial for Knee Osteoarthritis: The Evidence from Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (N Chen, J Wang, A Mucelli, X Zhang and C Wang)
  
  
  • Acupuncture Medical Therapy and its Underlying Mechanisms: A Systematic Review (J Wen, X Chen, Y Yang, J Liu, E Li, J Liu, Z Zhou, W Wu and K He)
  
  

Readership: All TCM clinicians, health professionals, and practitioners. Individuals in the following fields: medicine, psychology, psychopathology, life and health sciences, philosophy, humanities, sociology, education, and anthropology. Members of the laypublic.