Characterizing Approaches and Research Methods for Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment in Chronic Liver Diseases Volume 3 - Issue 4

Jasmine Ma¹, Yiyu Lu² and Shi-Bing Su²*

¹Rehabilitation College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, China

²Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China

Received: September 24, 2021   Published: October 07, 2021

*Corresponding author: Shi-Bing Su, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China; shibingsu07@163.com

DOI: 10.32474/OAJCAM.2021.03.000167

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Abstract

TCM syndrome (a.k.a., ZHENG or Zheng-Hou) is the foundation of clinical diagnoses and treatments for chronic liver diseases (CLDs) in traditional in Chinese medicine (TCM). This Mini-Review introduces research approaches and methods for TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment, including Top-Down, Bottom-Up and Integration approaches. It then summarizes a variety of applications of these methods to help guide the development of more accurate and advanced TCM diagnosis and treatment in CLDs.

Keywords: TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment; Research approaches; Methods; Chronic liver diseases

Abbreviations

TCM: traditional Chinese medicine
CLD: chronic liver diseases
AI: artificial intelligence

Abstract| Introduction| “Top-Down” Approach Based on Holism, System Theory and Cybernetics| “Bottom-Up” Approach Based on Reductionism And Systematic Combination| “Integration” Approach Based on The Integration of Reductionism, Holism, and System Theory| Author contributions| Conflicts of interest| Ethical Approval| Consent To Participate| Consent To Publication| Availability of data and materials| Funding| References |