Potential benefits of Chinese Herbal Medicine for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases

Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM), as the most common form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been playing an important role in the treatment of elderly cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in China. In this paper, we briefly discuss on the potential benefits of CHM for elderly patients with CVDs. Ini...

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Autores principales: Luo, Jing, Xu, Hao, Chen, Ke-Ji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2013
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454321
http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-5411.2013.04.001
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description Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM), as the most common form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been playing an important role in the treatment of elderly cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in China. In this paper, we briefly discuss on the potential benefits of CHM for elderly patients with CVDs. Initially, we summarize the characteristics of CVDs in the elderly, the present treatment of CVDs in the elderly, and the clinical applications of CHM for CVDs. Secondly, in addition to introducing the features of CHM, we discuss the differences between CHM and Western medicine. Lastly, the potential benefits of CHM are presented. We came to a conclusion that as mutual complementary, Western medicine and TCM together shall benefit the elderly patients with CVDs.
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spelling pubmed-38889102014-01-21 Potential benefits of Chinese Herbal Medicine for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases Luo, Jing Xu, Hao Chen, Ke-Ji J Geriatr Cardiol Perspective Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM), as the most common form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been playing an important role in the treatment of elderly cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in China. In this paper, we briefly discuss on the potential benefits of CHM for elderly patients with CVDs. Initially, we summarize the characteristics of CVDs in the elderly, the present treatment of CVDs in the elderly, and the clinical applications of CHM for CVDs. Secondly, in addition to introducing the features of CHM, we discuss the differences between CHM and Western medicine. Lastly, the potential benefits of CHM are presented. We came to a conclusion that as mutual complementary, Western medicine and TCM together shall benefit the elderly patients with CVDs. Science Press 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3888910/ /pubmed/24454321 http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-5411.2013.04.001 Text en Institute of Geriatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, which allows readers to alter, transform, or build upon the article and then distribute the resulting work under the same or similar license to this one. The work must be attributed back to the original author and commercial use is not permitted without specific permission.
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Potential benefits of Chinese Herbal Medicine for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases
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title_short Potential benefits of Chinese Herbal Medicine for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases
title_sort potential benefits of chinese herbal medicine for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24454321
http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-5411.2013.04.001
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