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  1. Suan-Zao-Ren Decoction (SZRD) has been widely used to treat neurological illnesses, including dementia, insomnia and depression. However, the mechanisms underlying SZRD’s improvement in cognitive function rema...

    Authors: Qing-Hua Long, Yong-Gui Wu, Li-Ling He, Li Ding, Ai-Hua Tan, He-Yuan Shi and Ping Wang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:14

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  2. Cholangiocarcinoma refers to an epithelial cell malignancy with poor prognosis. Yinchenhao decoction (YCHD) showed positive effects on cancers, and associations between YCHD and cholangiocarcinoma remain uncle...

    Authors: Zhiqiang Chen, Tong Lin, Xiaozhong Liao, Zeyun Li, Ruiting Lin, Xiangjun Qi, Guoming Chen, Lingling Sun and Lizhu Lin

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:13

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  3. Panax notoginseng triol saponins (PTS) has been used clinically for ischemic stroke therapy (IST) in China for more than 17 years due to its anti-platelet aggregation and neuro-protective effects, but its mech...

    Authors: Zhi-yi Xu, Yang Xu, Xiao-fang Xie, Yin Tian, Jun-hui Sui, Yong Sun, Da-sheng Lin, Xing Gao, Cheng Peng and Yu-jiang Fan

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:12

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  4. Despite the increased morbidity of ulcerative colitis (UC) in the developing countries, available treatments remain unsatisfactory. Therefore, it is urgent to discover more effective therapeutic strategies. Pulsa...

    Authors: Yong Zhang, Zhengxia Zha, Wenhua Shen, Dan Li, Naixin Kang, Zhong Chen, Yanli Liu, Guoqiang Xu and Qiongming Xu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:11

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  5. Electroacupuncture (EA) is generally accepted as a safe and harmless treatment option for alleviating depression. However, there are several challenges related to the use of EA. Although EA has been shown to b...

    Authors: Xuke Han, Yang Gao, Xuan Yin, Zhangjin Zhang, Lixing Lao, Qiu Chen and Shifen Xu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:10

    Content type: Review

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  6. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver disease that may progress into, in the absence of proper treatment, severe liver damage. While the optimal pharmacotherapy for NAFLD remains uncertai...

    Authors: Zuanji Liang, Xianwen Chen, Junnan Shi, Hao Hu, Yan Xue and Carolina Oi Lam Ung

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:9

    Content type: Review

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  7. Fingerprint analysis and simultaneous multi-components determination are crucial for the holistic quality control of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Yet, reference standards (RS) are often commercially u...

    Authors: Qingjun Wang, Xinlan Yu, Lei Sun, Runtao Tian, Huaizhen He, Sicen Wang and Shuangcheng Ma

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:8

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  8. Increasing evidence have indicated the relationship between intestinal dysbiosis and hypertension. We aimed to evaluate the effect of the electroacupuncture (EA) on intestinal microbiota in patients with stage...

    Authors: Jun-meng Wang, Ming-xiao Yang, Qiao-feng Wu, Ji Chen, Shu-fang Deng, Lin Chen, Da-neng Wei and Fan-rong Liang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:7

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  10. Patchouli (“Guanghuoxiang”) or scientifically known as Pogostemon cablin Benth, belonging to the family Lamiaceae, has been used in traditional Chinse medicine (TCM) since the time of the Eastern Han dynasty. In ...

    Authors: Chen Junren, Xie Xiaofang, Li Mengting, Xiong Qiuyun, Li Gangmin, Zhang Huiqiong, Chen Guanru, Xu Xin, Yin Yanpeng, Peng Fu and Peng Cheng

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:5

    Content type: Review

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  11. To investigate the microRNA (miRNA)-gene interactions underlying leukocyte functions and characteristics, especially the potential serum biomarkers, implicated in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)-defined...

    Authors: Leiming You, Shen Zhang, Ting’an Li, Xiaopu Sang, Kunyu Li, Wei Wang, Xinhui Gao, Jiarui Wu, Guangrui Huang, Ting Wang and Anlong Xu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:4

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  12. OPD and OPD' are the two main active components of Ophiopogon japonicas in Shenmai injection (SMI). Being isomers of each other, they are supposed to have similar pharmacological activities, but the actual sit...

    Authors: Huan-Hua Xu, Zhen-Hong Jiang, Cong-Shu Huang, Yu-Ting Sun, Long-Long Xu, Xiang-Ling Tang, Hong-Ling Tan, Zeng-Chun Ma and Yue Gao

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:3

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  13. Insomnia as one of the dominant diseases of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been extensively studied in recent years. To explore the novel approaches of research on TCM diagnosis and treatment, this pap...

    Authors: Yuqi Tang, Zechen Li, Dongdong Yang, Yu Fang, Shanshan Gao, Shan Liang and Tao Liu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:2

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  14. The onset of neurodegenerative disease has not only been a major cause of scientific worry, but of economic burden to the health system. This condition has been further attributed to mis-stability, deletion or...

    Authors: Abdullahi Alausa, Sunday Ogundepo, Barakat Olaleke, Rofiat Adeyemi, Mercy Olatinwo and Aminat Ismail

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2021 16:1

    Content type: Review

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  15. Infections induced by influenza viruses, as well as coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic induced by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to acute lung injury (ALI) and multi organ fail...

    Authors: Peng Tu, Rong Tian, Yan Lu, Yunyi Zhang, Haiyan Zhu, Lijun Ling, Hong Li and Daofeng Chen

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:128

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  16. Indigo naturalis is a blue dye in ancient, as well as an extensive used traditional Chinese medicine. It has a wide spectrum of pharmacological properties and can be used to treat numerous ailments such as leu...

    Authors: Yang Qi-yue, Zhang Ting, He Ya-nan, Huang Sheng-jie, Deng Xuan, Han Li and Xie Chun-guang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:127

    Content type: Review

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  20. Autophagy is a highly conserved degradation process for long-lived intracellular proteins and organelles mediated by lysosomes. Deficits in the autophagy-lysosome pathway (ALP) have been linked to a variety of...

    Authors: Jie Xu, Xiao-Qi Zhang and Zaijun Zhang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:123

    Content type: Review

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  21. Liver ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is an inevitable pathological phenomenon in various clinical conditions, such as liver transplantation, resection surgery, or shock, which is the major cause of morbidit...

    Authors: Zheng Wang, Ping Zhang, Qingqing Wang, Xueping Sheng, Jianbing Zhang, Xiaoyan Lu and Xiaohui Fan

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:122

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  22. Diabetes is a complex metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia, plaguing the whole world. However, the action mode of multi-component and multi-target for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) could be a ...

    Authors: Yunfei Song, Jianbo Yang, Wenguang Jing, Qi Wang, Yue Liu, Xianlong Cheng, Fei Ye, Jinying Tian, Feng Wei and Shuangcheng Ma

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:121

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  23. This study was aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects and potential mechanism of higenamine combined with [6]-gingerol (HG/[6]-GR) against doxorubicin (DOX)—induced chronic heart failure (CHF) in rats.

    Authors: Jianxia Wen, Xiao Ma, Ming Niu, Junjie Hao, Ying Huang, Ruilin Wang, Ruisheng Li, Jian Wang and Yanling Zhao

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:120

    Content type: Research

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  24. Naoshuantong capsule (NSTC) is an oral Chinese medicine formula composed of Typhae Pollen, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Curcumae Radix, Gastrodiae Rhizoma and Radix Rhapontici. It has been widely used at the acute an...

    Authors: Lvkeng Luo, Shuling Wu, Ruiqi Chen, Hongyu Rao, Wei Peng and Weiwei Su

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:119

    Content type: Research

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  25. Cancer cells through autophagy-mediated recycling to meet the metabolic demands of growth and proliferation. The steroidal saponin 20(S)-ginsenoside Rh2 effectively inhibits the growth and survival of a variet...

    Authors: Jiawen Wang, Shuai Bian, Siming Wang, Song Yang, Wanying Zhang, Daqing Zhao, Meichen Liu and Xueyuan Bai

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:118

    Content type: Research

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  26. The use of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs) for treating acute gout has limitations, such as adverse reactions in the gastrointestinal tract and toxici...

    Authors: Shuang Ren, Fanyan Meng, Yantong Liu, Yun Meng, Ning Tao, Ruoshi Liu and Jie Zhang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:117

    Content type: Research

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  27. Stroke in Chinese Medicine (CM) includes the concepts of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes from Western Medicine and is a common disease in Hong Kong. This clinical practice guideline (CPG) aims to evaluate and...

    Authors: Linda L. D. Zhong, Wai Kun, Nannan Shi, Tat Chi Ziea, Bacon F. L. Ng, Ying Gao, Zhaoxiang Bian and Aiping Lu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:116

    Content type: Commentary

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  28. The outbreak of COVID-19 has recently evolved into a global pandemic. Up to July 2020, almost every country has confirmed COVID-19 cases reported worldwide. Many leading experts have predicted that the epidemi...

    Authors: Hua Luo, Mingming Zhao, Dechao Tan, Chang Liu, Lin Yang, Ling Qiu, Yan Gao and Hua Yu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:115

    Content type: Review

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  29. Spleen-deficiency syndrome, an important pathological change in traditional Chinese medicine, has been proven to attribute to intestinal dysbacteriosis. Shengmai Yin (SMY), a classic formula for replenishing q...

    Authors: Yu You, Lin Luo, Yanyan You, Yanjun Lin, Huiling Hu, Yunhui Chen, Chaomei Fu and Tian Xie

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:114

    Content type: Research

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  30. Yuzhi Zhixue Granule (YZG) is a traditional Chinese patent medicine for treating excessive menstrual flow caused by ovulatory dysfunctional uterine bleeding (ODUB) accompanied by heat syndrome. However, the un...

    Authors: Jialin Li, Hua Luo, Xinkui Liu, Jingyuan Zhang, Wei Zhou, Siyu Guo, Xiuping Chen, Yingying Liu, Shanshan Jia, Haojia Wang, Bingbing Li, Guoliang Cheng and Jiarui Wu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:113

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  31. BaelanChagsangBang (BCB), a herbal formulation consisting of eleven herbs, may be prescribed as a reproductive functional supplement to improve ovulation and implantation during the treatment of infertility an...

    Authors: Songhee Jeon, Quan Feng Liu, Hua Cai, Ha Jin Jeong, Su-Hyun Kim, Dong-Il Kim and Ju-Hee Lee

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:112

    Content type: Research

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  32. Ganoderma spore is a minuscule germ cell ejected from Ganoderma gills during its growth maturity period, it has been considered with high exploitable potential in health-care products manufacture.

    Authors: Mei-Ting Liu, Ling-Xiao Chen, Jing Zhao and Shao-Ping Li

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:111

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  33. Trilobatin, a natural compound, has been found to exhibit anti-diabetic properties in high-fat diet (HFD) and streptozotocin (STZ) induced type 2 diabetic mice. But up to now no research has been reported on t...

    Authors: Min Liu, Lujing Wang, Xigan Li, Yucui Wu, Fei Yin and Jianhui Liu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:110

    Content type: Research

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  34. Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common symptomatic, inflammatory, and immunological disorder of nasal mucosa. Multiple clinical trials and systematic reviews have implicated acupuncture methods as potentially effe...

    Authors: Zihan Yin, Guoyan Geng, Guixing Xu, Ling Zhao and Fanrong Liang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:109

    Content type: Review

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  35. Around 15% of the Hong Kong population was found to suffer from overactive bladder (OAB), but the current available treatments, such as medication, behavioral therapy and physical therapy are unsatisfactory. P...

    Authors: Zhi-xiu Lin, Ngai Ho Tony Chan, Yiu-keung Kwan, Yu Tat Chan, Hongwei Zhang, Kam-yuk Sylvia Tam, Mei Kwan Lai, Chun-Kam Lee, Kit Ngan, Stella Yin Yuen Tsoi, Yiu Wa Lau, Yan-Fang Xian, Jessica Ching and Yuanqi Guo

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:108

    Content type: Research

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  36. Ophiocordyceps sinensis, which is only naturally found in the high-elevation extreme environment of the Tibetan Plateau, has been used in traditional Chinese medicine. Information concerning the evolutionary and ...

    Authors: Jie Liu, Linong Guo, Zongwei Li, Zhe Zhou, Zhen Li, Qian Li, Xiaochen Bo, Shengqi Wang, Junli Wang, Shuangcheng Ma, Jian Zheng and Ying Yang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:107

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  37. Neuropathic pain is a debilitating pathological pain condition with a great therapeutic challenge in clinical practice. Currently used analgesics produce deleterious side effects. Therefore, it is necessary to...

    Authors: Chunhao Zhu, Ning Liu, Miaomiao Tian, Lin Ma, Jiamei Yang, Xiaobing Lan, Hanxiang Ma, Jianguo Niu and Jianqiang Yu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:106

    Content type: Review

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  38. Migraine is painful disease in which neurotransmitters related to pain transmission play an important role. Hejie Zhitong prescription (HJZT) has been used in the clinic as an effective prescription for the tr...

    Authors: Xinna Wang, Hongfei Zhao, Liming Liu, Ping Niu, Chao Zhai, Jinjian Li, Qiaoli Xu and Dexi Zhao

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:105

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  39. Moxibustion is one of the major interventions of Chinese medicine (CM). The systematic reviews (SRs) are essential references for evaluating the efficacy and safety of moxibustion interventions. This study aim...

    Authors: Ran Tian, Xuan Zhang, Si-Yao Li, Qi-Ying Aixinjueluo, Wai Ching Lam and Zhao-Xiang Bian

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:104

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  40. The dry body of the Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) is the source of a valuable traditional Chinese medicine, it is therefore listed as a Class II protected animal species in China. Due to increasing market demand and ...

    Authors: Yanyan Su, Dandan Ding, Mengjie Yao, Lan Wu, Gangqiang Dong, Dong Zhang, Shilin Chen and Li Xiang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:103

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  41. Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. (SB) is a common heat-clearing medicine in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It has been used for thousands of years in China and its neighboring countries. Clinically, it is mos...

    Authors: Jia-Wen Song, Jia-Ying Long, Long Xie, Lin-Lin Zhang, Qing-Xuan Xie, Hui-Juan Chen, Mao Deng and Xiao-Fang Li

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:102

    Content type: Review

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  42. The root of Angelica gigas Nakai (Apiaceae) has been traditionally used as an important herbal medicine to treat blood-deficiency-related disorders in Eastern Asian countries, and recently, it has been recognized...

    Authors: Se-Eun Lee, Jung-Hoon Kim, Chiyeon Lim and Suin Cho

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:101

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  43. Ganoderma sp., such as Ganoderma tsugae (GT), play an important role in traditional Chinese medicine. Ganoderma sp. contains several constituents, including Sacacchin, which has recently drawn attention because i...

    Authors: Meng-Huang Wu, Chuang-Yu Lin, Chun-Yin Hou, Ming-Thau Sheu and Hsi Chang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:100

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  44. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in many countries. The current treatment for non-proliferative DR (NPDR) using Western medicine (WM) alone is insufficient. At present, the combinati...

    Authors: Xuedong An, De Jin, LiYun Duan, Shenghui Zhao, Rongrong Zhou, Fengmei Lian and Xiaolin Tong

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:99

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  45. Danggui Buxue Tang (DBT), an ancient Chinese herbal decoction containing Astragali Radix and Angelicae Sinensis Radix at a ratio of 5: 1, is prescribed for menopausal women. Flavonoids and its flavonoid glycos...

    Authors: Rui Guo, Shuchen Guo, Xiong Gao, Huaiyou Wang, Weihui Hu, Ran Duan, Tina T. X. Dong and Karl W. K. Tsim

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:98

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  46. The essential oil is one of the main active ingredients of Amomum villosum Lour. However, volatile compounds are easily lost during the drying, storage and even sample preparation procedure. Therefore, using fres...

    Authors: Ling-Xiao Chen, Yun-Feng Lai, Wei-Xiong Zhang, Jing Cai, Hao Hu, Ying Wang, Jing Zhao and Shao-Ping Li

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:97

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  47. Based on therapy with syndrome differentiation and clinical studies on Xiaochaihu decoction (XCHD), we hypothesize that Modified Xiaochaihu Decoction (MXD) has an ability to ameliorate non-alcoholic fatty live...

    Authors: Siting Gao, Tongzhuang Wang, XueKuan Huang, Yaqian Jin, Yu Xu, Yumeng Xi, Jun Zhang, Yan Luo, Hongling Xu, Hongli Guo, Dazhi Ke and Jianwei Wang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:96

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  48. Poor access to healthcare in rural communities causes many people to seek herbalists who use medicinal plants for the treatment of various disease conditions. Most knowledge of traditional herbal medicine make...

    Authors: James Kiamba Mailu, Joseph Mwanzia Nguta, James Mucunu Mbaria and Mitchel Otieno Okumu

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:95

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  49. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is spreading rapidly around the globe. By the establishment of an integrative system combining both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and western medicine, China h...

    Authors: Hua Luo, Yan Gao, Jian Zou, Siyuan Zhang, Hanbin Chen, Qiao Liu, Dechao Tan, Yan Han, Yonghua Zhao and Shengpeng Wang

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:94

    Content type: Review

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  50. Loki zupa formula is kind of a traditional medicines which used to treat airway diseases, especially those caused by abnormal phlegm, such as cough, asthma and chronic bronchitis. The study aim was to explore ...

    Authors: Nabijan Mohammadtursun, Qiuping Li, Muhammadjan Abuduwaki, Shan Jiang, Hu Zhang, Jing Sun and Jingcheng Dong

    Citation: Chinese Medicine 2020 15:92

    Content type: Research

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