Combining the wisdoms of traditional medicine with cutting-edge science and technology at the forefront of medical sciences

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DOI
10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153078
eISSN
1618-095X
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: JR5YO
  • PubMed Identifier: 31505440
ISSN
0944-7113
Zeitschrift
PHYTOMEDICINE
Schlüsselwörter
  • Integrative medicine
  • Systems biology
  • Traditional medicine
Artikelnummer
ARTN 153078
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Titel
Combining the wisdoms of traditional medicine with cutting-edge science and technology at the forefront of medical sciences
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  • Review
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
64

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Autoren
DOI
10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153078
ISSN
0944-7113
Zeitschrift
Phytomedicine
Sprache
en
Artikelnummer
153078
Paginierung
153078 - 153078
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Elsevier BV
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153078
Datum der Datenerfassung
2020
Titel
Combining the wisdoms of traditional medicine with cutting-edge science and technology at the forefront of medical sciences
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
64

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Abstract
<h4>Background</h4>A central topic is to bring traditional medicine to a new horizon by integrating the latest advances in genomic, metabolomic, and system biological approaches, in order to re-examine the wisdom and knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and other traditional medicines.<h4>Purpose</h4>A new consortium has been formed at a conference of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, on October 29-30, 2018. The main goal was to build a collaborative platform for the scientific investigation of traditional medicine with cutting edge sciences and technologies at the forefront of biomedicine.<h4>Results</h4>Traditional medicines are largely experience-based, but the scientific basis is largely non-satisfactory. Therefore, the transformation from experience-based to evidence-based medicine would be an important step forward. The consortium covers three main fields: TCM diagnostics, acupuncture and TCM pharmacology. Diseases occur because of regulatory imbalances of holistic physiological display and genetic information/expression related to systems biology and energy consumption/release (e.g. cold and hot) within body. As organs are interconnected by meridians, affecting the meridians by acupuncture and medicinal herbs restores healthy organ function and body balance. There are two concepts in herbal medicine: The traditional way is based on complex herbal mixtures. The second concept is related to Western pharmacological drug development including the isolation of bioactive phytochemicals, which are subjected to preclinical and clinical investigations.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Development of collaborative scientific project to integrate the best of both worlds - Western and Eastern medicine into a "One World Integrative Medicine" for the sake of patients worldwide.
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  • Johannes Gutenberg University, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: efferth@uni-mainz.de.
Autoren
DOI
10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153078
eISSN
1618-095X
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 31505440
Open access
false
ISSN
0944-7113
Zeitschrift
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
Schlüsselwörter
  • Humans
  • Plants, Medicinal
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Phytotherapy
  • Acupuncture
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Western World
  • Herbal Medicine
  • Metabolomics
Sprache
eng
Medium
Print-Electronic
Online publication date
2019
Paginierung
153078
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2019
Titel
Combining the wisdoms of traditional medicine with cutting-edge science and technology at the forefront of medical sciences.
Sub types
  • Congress
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
64

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Abstract
BACKGROUND: A central topic is to bring traditional medicine to a new horizon by integrating the latest advances in genomic, metabolomic, and system biological approaches, in order to re-examine the wisdom and knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and other traditional medicines. PURPOSE: A new consortium has been formed at a conference of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, on October 29-30, 2018. The main goal was to build a collaborative platform for the scientific investigation of traditional medicine with cutting edge sciences and technologies at the forefront of biomedicine. RESULTS: Traditional medicines are largely experience-based, but the scientific basis is largely non-satisfactory. Therefore, the transformation from experience-based to evidence-based medicine would be an important step forward. The consortium covers three main fields: TCM diagnostics, acupuncture and TCM pharmacology. Diseases occur because of regulatory imbalances of holistic physiological display and genetic information/expression related to systems biology and energy consumption/release (e.g. cold and hot) within body. As organs are interconnected by meridians, affecting the meridians by acupuncture and medicinal herbs restores healthy organ function and body balance. There are two concepts in herbal medicine: The traditional way is based on complex herbal mixtures. The second concept is related to Western pharmacological drug development including the isolation of bioactive phytochemicals, which are subjected to preclinical and clinical investigations. CONCLUSION: Development of collaborative scientific project to integrate the best of both worlds - Western and Eastern medicine into a "One World Integrative Medicine" for the sake of patients worldwide.
Date of acceptance
2019
Autoren
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31505440
DOI
10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153078
eISSN
1618-095X
Zeitschrift
Phytomedicine
Schlüsselwörter
  • Integrative medicine
  • Systems biology
  • Traditional medicine
  • Acupuncture
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Herbal Medicine
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Metabolomics
  • Phytotherapy
  • Plants, Medicinal
  • Western World
Sprache
eng
Country
Germany
Paginierung
153078
PII
S0944-7113(19)30243-0
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2020
Titel
Combining the wisdoms of traditional medicine with cutting-edge science and technology at the forefront of medical sciences.
Sub types
  • Congress
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
64

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