Review: Drug therapy in Chinese traditional medicine
Review: Drug therapy in Chinese traditional medicine
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DOI：
10.1177/00912700022009198
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发表时间：
2000-05-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Cheng, JT
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作者：
Cheng, JT
本文论述了中医与现代西医在药物治疗基本概念上的差异。古时候，全世界的人们都把植物当作食物和药物。在欧洲，化学在帕拉塞尔苏斯的影响下迅速发展。从植物中分离出活性成分，并以盐的形式制备药物作为药物使用。在中国，近年来已经有几种从植物中分离出来的药物以盐的形式被制备出来，但在古代传统中发展起来的草药仍然在中国人群中广泛使用。一些理论，如阴阳学说和五行学说，通常用来解释使用中医的基本原理。本文以高血压和糖尿病为例，阐述中医的应用。“整体”的概念和“相对”而不是“绝对”的使用是中医区别于现代医学的重要概念。(C) 2000年美国临床药理学学院。
This article addresses the differences between the basic concepts of drug therapy in Chinese traditional medicine (CTM) and modern Western medicine. In ancient times, throughout the world, humans used plants as food and medicine. In Europe, chemistry developed rapidly after the influence of Paracelsus. Active principles were isolated from plants, and drugs were prepared in the salt form to use as medication. In China, several drugs isolated from plants have been prepared in the salt form in recent years, but herbal medication, developed in the ancient tradition, continued to be widely used in Chinese populations. Some theories such as the yin-yang theory and the five-element theory were commonly employed to explain the rationale for the use of CTM. In this review, hypertension and diabetes mellitus are used as examples to illustrate the applications of CTM. The notions of the "whole" and the use of "relative" rather than absolute are important concepts, which distinguish CTM from modern medicine. (C) 2000 the American College of Clinical Pharmacology.