Research advances in traditional Chinese medicine regulation of programmed cell death in intervening against hepatic fibrosis / 临床肝胆病杂志

Hepatic fibrosis （HF） is a pathological process of abnormal repair of liver tissue structure caused by chronic liver injury， and its pathogenesis has not been fully clarified. Related studies have shown that programmed cell death may be associated with the onset of HF， and traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） has a significant effect in regulating programmed cell death to intervene against HF. This article reviews the main mechanism of the influence of programmed cell death on HF and discusses the possible mechanism of TCM regulation of programmed cell death in improving HF， which provides new ideas for TCM prevention and treatment of HF.

Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treatment of Constipation Based on 5-HT Signaling Pathway： A Review / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Chronic constipation （CC） is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal diseases. At present， the overall therapeutic effect of CC is still not satisfactory worldwide， which seriously affects the quality of life and social function of patients. The etiology and pathophysiological mechanism of constipation are still unclear. It involves comprehensive factors such as heredity， social psychology， diet， intestinal flora imbalance， intestinal motility disorder， visceral sensitivity change， pelvic floor muscle group dysfunction and enteric nervous system （ENS） disorder. Among them， the abnormal factors of the brain-gut-microbiome axis are particularly significant. The brain-gut-microbiome axis is a complex network of interactions between the intestine and the brain， integrating and coordinating the physiological functions and pathological processes of the gastrointestinal tract. Microorganisms in the intestinal lumen play an important role in it， and can communicate with the intestinal tract and the central nervous system through nerve， endocrine and immune pathways. As a key brain-gut peptide in the regulation pathway of the brain-gut-microbiome axis， 5-hydroxytryptamine （5-HT） is involved in the regulation of gastrointestinal motility， sensation and secretion. The abnormal conduction of the 5-HT signaling pathway is closely related to the occurrence and development of constipation. Traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） is a unique precious resource in China， which has good curative effects and safety. In recent years， it has received extensive attention in the treatment of constipation. TCM and active ingredients， acupuncture and massage specifically regulate 5-HT signal transmission， so that the expressions of related molecules tend to be suitable for individual disease state levels to effectively improve constipation symptoms， with unique advantages. Therefore， this study used ''constipation''， ''intestinal flora''， ''5-HT''， and ''traditional Chinese medicine'' as the keywords to search PubMed， China National Knowledge Infrastructure （CNKI） and other literature databases. The correlation between 5-HT and constipation as well as brain-gut-microbiome axis and the research progress of TCM intervention in the 5-HT signaling pathway in the treatment of constipation were reviewed in order to explore the potential therapeutic value of 5-HT system in this disease and provide references for subsequent research.

New progress of mechanism of action of miRNA-21 in diabetic kidney disease and Chinese medicine intervention / 天津医药

Diabetic kidney disease is one of the complications of diabetes,which can progress to end-stage renal disease.In recent years,it has been found that miRNAs have become a research hotspot,with miRNA-21 regulating transforming growth factor β1(TGF-β1)/Smads,phosphoinositide 3-kinase(PI3K)/protein kinase B(AKT),Wnt/β-catenin and other signaling pathways to promote the progress of diabetic kidney disease.Studies have showed that traditional Chinese medicine has a regulatory effect on the expression of miRNA-21 and can target miRNA-21 to regulate TGF-β1/Smads,phosphatase and tensin homolog/PI3K/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR),peroxisome proliferator activated receptors and other signal transduction pathways to trigger signal cascade reactions,which intervene in pathological processes such as fibrosis,inflammation,oxidative stress and autophagy.In this article,the role of miRNA-21 in diabetic kidney disease and the intervention of traditional Chinese medicine were summarized,in order to provide some reference for the treatment of diabetic kidney disease and the development of new drugs.

Identification of traditional Chinese drugs containing active ingredients for treating myocardial infarction and analysis of their therapeutic mechanisms by network pharmacology and molecular docking / 南方医科大学学报

OBJECTIVE@#To identify traditional Chinese drugs that contain active ingredients for treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) and explore their therapeutic mechanisms using network pharmacology and molecular docking technology.@*METHODS@#The TCMSP database was used for screening the traditional Chinese drugs containing active ingredients for treating MI, and the related targets of MI and the candidate drugs were obtained from Genecards, OMIM, PharmGkb and PharmMapper databases. The common target network of the drug targets and disease targets was established using Venny2.1.0 software. GO and KEGG signal pathway enrichment analysis of the common targets was performed, and the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed for the targets. The targets in the PPI network were analyzed to identify the key targets, for which GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses were performed. Molecular docking was performed for the candidate ingredients and the key targets, and a total score ≥6 was used as the criteria for screening the therapeutic ingredients and their docking binding with key targets was verified. A human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) model of oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) was used to validate the candidate ingredients and the key therapeutic targets for MI by Western blotting.@*RESULTS@#Our analysis identified Salvia miltiorrhiza and Dalbergiae odoriferae as the candidate drugs rich in active ingredients for treatment of MI. These ingredients involved 16 key therapeutic targets for MI, which participated in such biological processes as inflammatory response, angiogenesis, energy metabolism and oxidative stress and the pathways including HIF-1, VEGF, and TNF pathways. Sclareol and PTGS2 in Salvia miltiorrhiza and formononetin and KDR in Dalbergiae odoriferae all had high docking total scores. Western blotting showed that at medium and high doses, sclareol significantly inhibited PTGS2 expression and formononetin promoted KDR expressions in the cell models in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Both Salvia miltiorrhiza and Dalbergiae odoriferae have good therapeutic effects on MI. Sclareol in Salvia miltiorrhiza and formononetin in Dalbergiae odoriferae regulate the expressions of KDR and PTGS2, respectively, to modulate the inflammatory response, angiogenesis, oxidative stress and energy metabolism and thus produce myocardial protective effects.

Prediction and verification of biological basis and mechanism for traditional Chinese drugs of reinforcing kidney for supplementing essence in treating diseases related to deficiency of kidney essence / 药学学报

"Kidney essence" is a profound concept in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. But its biological basis is unknown until now, resulting in the therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese drugs on reinforcing kidney for supplementing essence hard to be evaluated. This study aimed, to explore the potential biological basis and mechanism of traditional Chinese drugs of reinforcing kidney for supplementing essence on diseases related to deficiency of kidney essence through network pharmacology analysis on the intersection of targets of drugs and diseases. The targets for ingredients in Rehmanniae radix praeparata (RRP), Polygoni multiflori radix praeparata (PMRP) and Polygonati rhizome (PR) were gathered from TCMSP and TCMID database. Osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, anemia, infertility and oligospermia targets were collected from OMIM and DisGeNET database. Drug-compound-target-disease (DCTD) network was established with Cytoscape 3.6.1 software, then Clue GO and DAVID database was used to acquire the annotation about GO terms and signaling pathways. Natural aging mice, an acknowledged syndrome model of deficiency of kidney essence, and RRP were used to verify the predictive targets by Western blot analysis. All animal experiments were conducted in accordance with the international guidelines and regulations for the care and use of animals. DCTD network showed that the intersection of drugs and diseases included 175 common targets. After topology analysis, 71 key were screened out targets which were associated with GO annotation exhibited that biological processes (including transcription regulation, RNA metabolism regulation, and DNA-dependent transcription regulation), cell composition (including nuclear lumen, organelle lumen, and membrane closure lumen), molecular function (including transcription regulation, transcription factor activity, and enzyme binding), and signaling pathway (including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), erythropoietin (EPO) and other signaling pathways. In natural aging mice, the expressions of HIF-1α, growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (GRB2), MAPK3, signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A (STAT5A), transcription factor AP-1 (JUN) and proto-oncogene c-Fos (FOS) in EPO pathway were significantly decreased. RRP significantly reversed the decrease of the above targets. Above all, these results indicated that the therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese drugs of reinforcing kidney for supplementing essence on deficiency of kidney essence may be related to the regulation of nuclear transcriptional activity and EPO signaling pathway.

Efficacy observation on pediatric tuina plus Chinese medicine for exogenous fever in children / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

Objective: To observe the clinical effects of pediatric tuina plus Chinese medicine for exogenous fever in children. Methods: A total of 150 children withexogenous fever were randomly divided based on the random digital table into a control group (75 cases) and a treatment group (75 cases). The control group was treated with oral Xiao'er Chaigui Tuire Keli (<1 year old, 0.5 bag/time; 1-3 years old, 1 bag/time; 4-6 years old, 1.5 bags/time), 4 times/day. The treatment group was treated with pediatric tuina plus the intervention of the control group. The amount and usage of Chinese medicine were the same as those of the control group; tuina was conducted 1 time/day. The clinical effects and adverse reactions were observed after 3 d of treatment in both groups. The recurrence was observed within 7 d after the end of treatment. Results: The total effective rate was 92.0％ in the treatment group and 81.3％ in the control group. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). There were no obvious adverse reactions in the two groups after treatment. The recurrence rate was 1.5％ in the treatment group and 13.1％ in the control group. The difference in the recurrence rate between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Pediatric tuina plus Chinese medicine is effective in treating children with exogenous fever.

Clinical observation on tuina plus foot bath with Chinese medicine for diabetic foot in early stage / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

Objective:To observe the clinical effect of tuina plus foot bath with Chinese medicine for patients with diabetic foot (DF) in early stage.Methods:A total of 70 patients with early-stage DF were randomly allocated by the random number table into two groups,with 35 cases in each group.Patients in the control group received conventional medication,while patients in the observation group received tuina plus foot bath with Chinese medicine on the basis of conventional medication.The clinical efficacy was compared after 2 courses of treatment.Results:After treatment,intra-group comparisons of ankle-brachial index (ABI) showed statistical significance in both groups (both P＜0.05).The curative rate was 83.3％ in the observation group,with the total effective rate of 96.7％,versus 29.4％ and 76.5％ in the control group,respectively,and the between-group comparisons showed statistical significance (both P＜0.05),indicating a better effect in the observation group.Conclusion:Tuina plus foot bath with Chinese medicine has a good therapeutic effect for DF patients in early stage.

Educational reform of dispensing Chinese herbs / 国际中医中药杂志

This paper explored the educational reform of dispensing Chinese drugherbs. The education reform included implementing the project of teaching methods, implementing modern experimental methods, cultivating comprehensive quality of students, training students' creative thinking, and stimulating the initiative of students. All these strategies could improve the quality of teaching and make students' comprehensive abilities meet the demand.

Advanced studies on the mechanism of Chinese herbal bathing therapy for knee osteoarthritis / 国际中医中药杂志

This paper reviewed the mechanism of Chinese herbal bathing for knee osteoarthritis. It has been found that Chinese herbal bathing worked mainly through improving bone circulation, inhibiting inflammation and promoting the progress of chondrocytes restore.In addition, the autophagy was related to the degeneration and apoptosis of chondrocytes. This paper help to provide ideas and direction for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with Chinese herb bathing therapy.

Effects of extreme dose of heat-clearing drugs on the temperature of the patients with postoperative fever / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To observe the effect of exteme dose of heat-clearing drugs on temperature in the postoperative fever patients.Methods A total of 70 patients with postoperative fever who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into the control group (35 patients) and observation group (35 patients). The observation group was treated with exteme dose of heat-clearing drugs, and the control group was treated with the common dose formula. Both groups were treated for 3 day, and followed up for 3 day. The changing of the temperature before and after treatment, the onset time and time of relieving fever were analyzed.Results Compared with the baseline before the treatment, the 1st day, 2nd after treatment, the highest temperature in observation group at thte 3rd day(37.5 ± 0.5℃vs. 37.6 ± 0.5℃, 38.1 ± 0.5℃,38.3 ± 0.5℃,F=20.883) was significantly lower; the highest body temperature in the control group at the 3rd day (37.5 ± 0.6℃vs. 37.5 ± 0.5℃, 38.1 ± 0.6℃, 38.4 ± 0.4℃,F=25.088) was significantly lower (P<0.01). At the 3 day in the follow up period, compared with the baseline before the treatment, the 1st day, 2nd after treatment, the highest body temperature in observation group (36.9 ± 0.5℃vs. 37.1 ± 0.2℃, 37.3 ± 0.5℃,F=7.778) were significantly lower (P<0.01).Conclusions The high of heat-clearing drugs treatment for the postoperative fever can effectively lower the temperature, and there is no obvious difference of the onset time and the time of relieving fever between two groups.

Effects of extreme dose of heat-clearing drugs on the temperature of the patients with postoperative fever / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To observe the effect of exteme dose of heat-clearing drugs on temperature in the postoperative fever patients.Methods A total of 70 patients with postoperative fever who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into the control group (35 patients) and observation group (35 patients). The observation group was treated with exteme dose of heat-clearing drugs, and the control group was treated with the common dose formula. Both groups were treated for 3 day, and followed up for 3 day. The changing of the temperature before and after treatment, the onset time and time of relieving fever were analyzed.Results Compared with the baseline before the treatment, the 1st day, 2nd after treatment, the highest temperature in observation group at thte 3rd day(37.5 ± 0.5℃vs. 37.6 ± 0.5℃, 38.1 ± 0.5℃,38.3 ± 0.5℃,F=20.883) was significantly lower; the highest body temperature in the control group at the 3rd day (37.5 ± 0.6℃vs. 37.5 ± 0.5℃, 38.1 ± 0.6℃, 38.4 ± 0.4℃,F=25.088) was significantly lower (P<0.01). At the 3 day in the follow up period, compared with the baseline before the treatment, the 1st day, 2nd after treatment, the highest body temperature in observation group (36.9 ± 0.5℃vs. 37.1 ± 0.2℃, 37.3 ± 0.5℃,F=7.778) were significantly lower (P<0.01).Conclusions The high of heat-clearing drugs treatment for the postoperative fever can effectively lower the temperature, and there is no obvious difference of the onset time and the time of relieving fever between two groups.

Effect of traditional Chinese medicine on the expression of proteinuria and inflammatory factors in diabetic kidney disease rats / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To observe the effect of traditional Chinese medicine on proteinuria and inflammatory factors on the model of diabetic kidney disease rats. Methods The male SD rats were divided into the blank group, model group, treatment group, control group. The diabetic kidney disease model was induced by using the left inferior abdominal cavity. After eight weeks, we observed the changes of the rat's weight/kidney weight, blood sugar, IL-6, urine microalbumin, MCP-1 and TGF-β. Results Compared with the model group,the blood glucose(9.96 ±3.73 mmol/L vs.17.16 ±5.75 mmol/L)and Proteinuria(11.73 ±4.01 mg/L vs.19.57 ± 8.38 mg/L,P<0.05) of the treatment group significantly decreased (P<0.05). Compared with the model group,the level of IL-6(58.87 ±14.69 ng/L vs.85.22 ±12.16 ng/L)and the MCP-1(1.52 ±0.86 ng/L vs.3.17 ± 1.26 ng/L)of the treatment group were significantly lower (P<0.05). Conclusions The Chinese medicine can reduce the FPG, proteinuria and the removal of serum inflammatory factors in diabetic kidney disease.

Outpatient traditional Chinese medicine counseling：a retrospective analysis of 785 cases / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To improve the skills of pharmacists in pharmaceutical care and to provide patients with better individualized pharmaceutical care.Methods A total of 785 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) counseling outpatient cases, consultation modes, objectives, consulting drugs, consulting problems were analyzed.Results Office counseling was the dominant method for TCM counseling (85.10%), followed by telephone counseling (14.90%). Of all the counselings, patients and their relatives accounted for 80.63%, where females was 60.25% and males 39.75%; and patients over 40 years of age accounted for 81.91%. Of all the pharmacy counseling, heart system disorder were the major (14.79%), followed by drugs for Qi, blood and body fluid disorder (12.61%); the contents of counseling were diversity, which included dosage and administration amounts (29.04%), experience for drug use (14.14%), drug interactions (10.39%) and adverse reactions (9.55%). Conclusion TCM counseling could offer an effective platform of communication between pharmacists and patients, improve patients' medication compliance, and ensure patients' safe, rational, economical and effective.

A Study on the Awareness of Chinese Medicine by Medical Missionaries: Focused on The China Medical Missionary Journal (1887-1932) / 의사학

Protestant medical missionaries, who started entering China during the beginning of the 19th century, set the goal as propagating Western medicine to the Chinese while spreading the Christian gospel. Back in those days, China formed deep relations with their own ideology and culture and depended on Chinese medicine that caused major influence on their lives instead of just treatment behaviors. Accordingly, it is natural to see information about Chinese medicine in documents that were left behind. Yet, there are not many studies which dealt with the awareness of Chinese medicine by medical missionaries, and most were focused on the criticism imposed by medical missionaries regarding Chinese medicine. Thus, there are also claims amongst recent studies which impose how the medical missionaries moved from overlooking and criticizing Chinese medicine to gaining a "sympathetic viewpoint" to a certain degree. Still, when the documents left behind by medical missionaries is observed, there are many aspects which support how the awareness of Chinese medicine in medical missionaries has not changed significantly. In addition, medical missionaries actively used medicine like traditional Chinese drugs if the treatment effect was well known. Yet, they barely gave any interest to the five elements, which are the basics of traditional Chinese drugs prescription. In other words, medical missionaries only selected elements of Chinese medicine that were helpful to them just like how the Chinese were choosing what they needed from Western knowledge. The need to understand Chinese medicine was growing according to the flow of times. For instance, some medical missionaries admitted the treatment effect of acupuncture in contrast to claiming it as non-scientific in the past. Such changes were also related to how focused medical missionaries were on medical activities. The first medical missionaries emphasized the non-scientific aspect of Chinese medicine to verify the legitimacy of medical mission. Then, medical missionaries gradually exerted more efforts on medical treatment than direct mission activities so the need of Chinese medicine became greater. This was because Chinese relied on Chinese medicine the most and even used Chinese medicine terms that they knew to explain their conditions while getting treatment from doctors who learned Western medicine. Additionally, medicine missionaries witnessed patients getting better after receiving treatment so they could not completely overlook Chinese medicine. However, medical missionaries strongly believed in the superiority of Western medicine and considered that China certainly needed Western medicine from a scientific perspective. Chinese doctors who were close to medical missionaries and learned about Western medicine believed in Western medicine and thought that Chinese medicine only held historical value besides some fields like Chinese traditional drugs.

Rules of Property of Drugs Used by State Medical Master Yan Zhenghua Based on Data Mining / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To analyze the rules of property of the drugs used by State Medical Master Yan Zhenghua in clinical.Methods The prescriptions used by Pro. Yan were collected to build a database, which was based on traditional Chinese medicine inheritance assistant software. After analyzed by the software, such as using the module to analyze the prescriptions, the medication characters of the prescriptions can be got from the database.Results Drugs of warm nature were used with the highest frequency 7998 times, followed by the cool 7866 times, leveling 6763 times, cold 3942 times, and hot 95 times. From the property of five flavors, the most used flavor of drugs was bitter 15260 times, followed by sweet 10810 times, pungent 10453 times, sour 2794 times, salty 1651 times, mild 1203 times, and astringency 186 times. In the frequency of the channel tropism involved, the highest is of liver channel 14237 times, followed by lung 10452 times and spleen 10061 times.Conclusion Pro. Yan was accustomed to using the drugs that were of warm and cool natures, and sweet and pungent flavors, and also the drugs that have action on the collateral channels of liver, lung and spleen, which were the same as the experience from Pro. Yan.

A retrospective analysis of 112 cases of adverse drug reaction of Chinese drug preparations / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To study the characteristics and regularities of Chinese drugs preparations ADR in order to improve the rational drug use.Methods A total of 112 cases of TCM ADR reports collected in 2009～2011 which have been presented to the Guangzhou ADR Monitoring Center.Results Of the 112 cases,26 kinds of drugs were involved,quinquagenarian were the main crowd,intravenous infusion was the main route of administration,the main types of TCM ADR were lesions of skin and accessories.Conclusion Great importance should be attached to TCM ADR monitoring to promote rational drug use in the clinic.

HPLC determination of aflatoxin G_2、G_1、B_2、B_1 in 6 traditional Chinese drugs / 中成药

AIM:To bring forward a method of determining aflatoxin G_2、G_1、B_2、B_1 in six kinds of traditional Chinese drugs by HPLC.METHODS:After being extracted by 70% methanol,purified by immunoaffinity column,aflatoxins were analysed by HPLC with fluorescence detection.RESULTS:Aflatoxin G_2、B_2 showed a good linear relationship at a range of 1.5-60pg,and Aflatoxin G_1、B_1 at a range of 5-200 pg,r＞0.999 9.The recovery was between 60%-120%.CONCLUSION:The method is simple,accurate and can be used to determine aflatoxin G_2、G_1、B_2、B_1 in Naoliqing Pill,Renshen Yangrong Pill,Rensen Jiapi Pill,Sanqi Tablet,Jinshuibao Capsule and Bailine Capsule.

Significance of Prescription Analysis in Chinese Drugs Dispensing / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To discuss the significance of prescription analysis in Chinese drugs dispensing and to probe into the profound connotation of the dispensing of prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicines.METHODS:Take the basic theory of Chinese medicine as the basis,the importance of prescription analysis in the dispensing of traditional Chinese medicines were analyzed from aspects of the patients' clinical diagnosis,medication intention as well as the function and properties of drugs etc.RESULTS:8 essential factors were found to be involved in prescription analysis,which shed new light on the omnidirectional pharmacy care provided for patients.CONCLUSION:The key for Chinese drugs dispensing lies in the prescription analysis.

Systemic Research on Development of New Chinese Drugs from "Same Treatment to Different Diseases" / 浙江中医药大学学报

"Same treatment to different diseases" is the key theoretic basis for clinical research of combination of TCM and WM.The article explores its application in developing new Chinese drugs,exemplified with "Huaxia Small Onion Preparation" made by Pro.Zhang Jiemei.

Anal Itching Treated with Peri-anal Sealing Combining Chinese Drug Fume-cleansing and Seated Bath / 浙江中医药大学学报

[Objective]To study better treatment of anal itching.[Method]Randomly divide 64 cases into 2 groups;the control group 32 cases take peri-anal sealing,the treatment group 32 combined with Chinese drugs fume-cleansing and seated bath,half month as a course,make statistics after 2 courses,take itching disappearing and injured skin recovered normal as evaluation standard.[Result]In treatment group,22 cases were cured,5 had marked effect,3 were better,2 had no effect,the total effective rate was 94%;for control one,they were respectively 10,3,7,12 and 52%;both groups comparison was of statistical meaning(P