Chinese Herbal Medicines (CHM) are the most common interventions of traditional Chinese
medicine (TCM), typically administered as either single herbs or formulas. Systematic …

Objective To investigate how the ulcerative colitis (UC) be treated with Chinese herbal
medicines (CHM), using Chinese medicine (CM) pattern (zheng) identification, in the current …

Background The introduction of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM)
services into health systems has been advocated by the World Health Organization, but …

Background Prokinetic is the first-line conventional treatment for functional dyspepsia (FD) in
Asia despite potential adverse events. Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) may be an effective …

Background Previous clinical trials have demonstrated that both acupuncture and sham
acupuncture exert significant, non-specific effects on treatment outcomes when compared to …

Background: Pharmacotherapy, including prokinetics and proton pump inhibitors for
functional dyspepsia (FD) have limited effectiveness, and their safety has been recently …

Background: Pragmatic trials inform clinical decision with better generalizability and can
bridge different streams of medicine. This study collated the expectations regarding …

Background In response to the World Health Organization's recommendation, policy makers
have been adopting evidence-based healthcare approach to promote the development of …

Background A supplementary chapter on the diagnostic patterns of Traditional Medicine,
including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), was introduced into the latest edition of the …

Background Non-specific effect of acupuncture constitutes part of the overall effect
generated via clinical encounter beyond needle insertion and stimulation. It is unclear how …