Exploring traditional chinese medicine by a novel therapeutic concept of network target / 中国结合医学杂志
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
;
(12): 647-652, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) holds a holistic theory, and specializes in balancing disordered human body using numerous natural products, particularly Chinese herbal formulae. TCM has certain treatment advantages for patients suffering from various complex diseases. However, due to the complex nature of TCM, it remains difficult to unveil such holistic medicine by the current reductionism research strategies, which treat both herbal ingredients and targets in isolation. Recently, an emerging network pharmacology approach has been introduced to tackle this bottleneck problem. A TCM-derived novel therapeutic concept, "network target", which is different from the Western medicine's "onetarget" concept, has been proposed from China. The network target strategy is able to illustrate the complex interactions among the biological systems, drugs, and complex diseases from a network perspective, and thus provides an innovative approach to access ancient remedies in a precision manner and at a systematic level, which also highlights TCM's potential in current medical systems.
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Asunto principal:
Medicina de Hierbas
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Medicina Tradicional China
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Humanos
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Inglés
Revista:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
Año:
2016
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