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Chinese Medicine (CM) is an openly accessible journal published quarterly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for doctors and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in Chinese medicine related problems. Manuscripts can be prepared in English or…
Huachao Mai, Jianjun Li, Kefang Chen, Xiangping Hou, Aizhen Pan
Objective: The objective is to explore the effect of Cangfudaotan Tang on expression of organic anion transporting polypeptide (oatp4a1) in ovary and uterus tissues in rats with obese polycystic ovary syndrome. Methods: Poresky method and high fat diet were u…
Mohammad Mohsen Roostayi, Taraneh Norouzali, Farideh Dehghan Manshadi, Mehdi Abbasi, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban
Cupping therapy has been widely used for clinical treatment of soft tissue lesions. The current study investigated the effects of cupping therapy on biomechanical properties of the skin in Wistar rats. 20 rats were divided into two groups: 10 in experimental…
Jie Yu, Jia Chen, Tianjun Hu, Shanghan Guo, Xiulian Wang, Yinyi Guo, Xiaoyin Chen, Canghuan Zhao
Objective: The objective is to observe the treatment effect of electro-acupuncture (EA) on core circadian clock gene Per2 and Bmal1 expression in hypothalamus of sleep-deprivation (SD) rats. Methods: Thirty-two Wistar male rats were randomly divided into 4 gr…
Samina T. Yousuf Azeemi, Saleem Farooq Shaukat, Rubina Qasim, Hadia Khawar
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an important antioxidant enzyme present in all oxygen-metabolizing cells. The effect of different wavelengths on superoxide dismutase (SOD) has been reported previously which has shown to have a remarkable effect on immune system…
Hongyan Zhu, Shufen Hu, Xiuhua Miao, Ying Xiao, Guangyin Xu
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterized by chronic visceral hypersensitivity that companied by altered bowel movement. However, the treatment options are very limited. The aim of this study was to investigate effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on visc…
Adrián Ángel Inchauspe
The Chinese managed to interpret not only the natural rhythms of cosmic and seasonal cycles but the chrono-biological rhythms present in human body. What since long ago was merely taken to be a pre-scientific tradition has currently become a tangible reality.…
Huajin Zeng, Ran Yang, Lifang Lei, Yaping Wang
Objective: In this study, one of the objectives was to investigate the total flavonoid contents of Fupenzi ( R. chingii Hu.) obtained from different regions of China and to evaluate their anatioxidant activities. And the second objective of this study was to…
Lei Li, Clara W. C. Chan, Kwai Ching Lo
In this paper, the background, evolution, basic meaning, clinical application and the detail operating procedures of the differential insertion depth in filiform needle acupuncture were discussed based on the classical expositions of the Yellow Emperor’s Cano…
Raphaella Wai Lam So, Hoi Shan Wong, Kam Ming Ko
Depression is a prevalent mental illness in developed countries. In Western medicine, experimental and clinical investigations have demonstrated that depression is associated with the dysregulation of neurotransmitter signaling, and symptoms of depression can…
Bingwen Lu, Xingwei Wu
Objectives: To study the visual field changes after intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) injection and sulfotanshinone sodium (SS) injection for macular edema (ME) secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO), and discuss the value of microperimetry as a routine diagn…
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