Traditional Chinese medicine
Subtitle: scientific basis for its use
By: edited by James David Adams, Jr., Eric J. Lien
Series: RSC drug discovery series -- no. 31; RSC drug discovery series -- 31.
Publisher: RSC Publishing
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781849736619
Subjects: Chinese Traditional Medicine; Chinese Medicine; Chinese Herbal Drugs; Therapeutic use
Work titles: Traditional Chinese medicine (2013)
Description: Traditional Chinese medicine has a strong scientific basis, but the science of these important preparations is often rarely discussed. Western approaches often simplify traditional Chinese medicine to drug discovery in Chinese plants, however, the majority of traditional Chinese medications use complex mixtures of plant extracts, rather than single purified drugs. The combination of different extracts is based on yin, yang and chi theories, which are often poorly understood in the West. Yin and yang are known to be the balance of agonists and antagonists, whereas chi derives from signalling pr.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The traditional and scientific bases for traditional Chinese medicine : communication between traditional practitioners, physicians and scientists / James D. Adams, Jr. and Eric J. Lien; title: Structure-activity relationship analysis of plant-derived compounds / Eric J. Lien, Linda L. Lien and James D. Adams; title: Huang Di Nei Jing and the treatment of low back pain / Minchen Wang (Vince); title: Understanding ch'i : the life-force energy that determines vitality, health and wellbeing / Marcia R. Babcock; title: When modern computational systems biology meets traditional Chinese medicine / Calvin Yu-Chian Chen; title: Modern drug discovery from Chinese materia medica used in traditional Chinese medicine / Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Susan L. Morris-Natschke, Joshua Brattlie, Jingxi Xie and Eileen Belding; title: PI3K-AKT signaling in cell growth and metabolism / Yang Li, Anketse Kassa and Bangyan L. Stiles; title: The scientific evidence for using astragalus in human diseases / William C.S. Cho; title: Traditional Chinese medicine : anti-inflammation for cancer prevention / Constance L. L. Saw, Chee L. Saw and Lita S.T. Chew; title: Treatment of stroke with Dan Shen, Salvia miltiorrhiza / James David Adams, Jr.; title: Drug discovery from traditional Chinese medicine for neurogenesis : implications for stroke and neurodegenerative diseases / Jiangang Shen and Xingmiao Chen; title: Medicinal uses of seaweed in traditional Chinese medicine / Eri Oshima; title: The preventive effect of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs on type 2 Diabetes mellitus / Zhijun Wang, Patrick Chan and Jeffrey Wang; title: Translational approach to treating diabetes using acupuncture or electroacupuncture / Philip V. Peplow and G. David Baxter.