Traditional medicines in the world: where to go next?
Traditional medicines in the world: where to go next?
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10.1155/2014/739895
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2014
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Ko KM
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Pan SY;Litscher G;Chan K;Yu ZL;Chen HQ;Ko KM
根据世界卫生组织的数据，世界上65% - 80%的医疗保健实践在某种程度上涉及使用传统医学（TM），通常被称为补充和替代医学（CAM）。今天，TM已经成为我们健康管理中不可或缺的一部分。众所周知，TM涵盖了广泛的疗法和实践，这些疗法和实践因文化和国家而异。中医与传统医学在理论和实践上的区别更为重要。然而，目前几乎所有TM系统的研究和发展都遵循着CM所奠定的轨迹。这显然不适合TM的未来发展。因此，一个结构良好的研究、实践和开发战略有助于优化TM的利用，这在某些方面反映了TM相对于CM的优势。现在是时候开始思考“超觉静坐的方向是什么？”以及“超觉静坐应该如何到达目的地？”这期专刊着重从理论和实验两方面探讨了TM的发展和实践策略。NTY Leung等人发表了一篇题为“冥想治疗情感失调的潜在治疗效果”的论文。情感失调是许多精神病理的根源。这些疾病的根源似乎是前额叶皮层对不适应的皮层下情绪处理的自上而下的认知控制减弱。主流的治疗方法是抗抑郁药物和认知行为疗法。由于它强调当下的意识和接受，越来越多的研究已经探索了冥想对情感失调引起的疾病的潜在临床应用。目前的证据表明，冥想可以预防和干预情绪和其他情感障碍。越来越多的研究表明，通过冥想培养意识和接受以及非评判态度可以促进适应性情感调节。本文回顾了情感调节和冥想的概念，并讨论了冥想潜在临床应用的行为和神经证据。最近，将正念成分纳入现有心理治疗的趋势越来越明显。到目前为止，已经观察到有希望的结果。未来的研究可能会考虑探索将同情心元素融入当前心理治疗方法的可能性。
According to the WHO, 65–80% of the world’s healthcare practice involves the use of traditional medicine (TM), commonly referred to as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), in some way. Today, TM has become an indispensable part of our health management. It has been well known that TM covers a wide array of therapies and practices which vary from culture to culture and country to country. It is more important that TM differs from conventional medicine (CM) in both theory and practice. However, the research and development of almost all TM systems mostly follow the track that had been laid down by CM nowadays. It is clearly not appropriate for the future development of TM. Therefore, a well-structured strategy for research, practice, and development is instrumental to optimize the utilization of TM which reflects its superiority over CM in some ways. Now it is time for us to start thinking about “where is TM heading?” and “how should TM reach its destination?” This special issue focuses on TM development and practice strategy in the theory and experiment. NTY Leung et al. contributed a paper entitled “Potential therapeutic effects of meditation for treating affective dysregulation.” Affective dysregulation is at the root of many psychopathologies. The root of these disorders appears to be an attenuated, top-down cognitive control from the prefrontal cortices over the maladaptive subcortical emotional processing. The mainstream treatment approaches are antidepressant medication and cognitive behavioral therapy. Because of its emphasis on present-moment awareness and acceptance, a growing body of research has explored the potential clinical applications of meditation for disorders stemming from affective dysregulation. Current evidence reveals that meditation may prevent and intervene in mood and other affective disorders. Increasing research has suggested that the cultivation of awareness and acceptance along with a nonjudgmental attitude via meditation promotes adaptive affective regulation. This review examined the concepts of affective regulation and meditation and discussed behavioral and neural evidence of the potential clinical application of meditation. Lately, there has been a growing trend toward incorporating the mindfulness component into existing psychotherapeutic treatment. Promising results have been observed thus far. Future studies may consider exploring the possibility of integrating the element of compassion into current psychotherapeutic approaches.