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Chinese herbs and acupuncture to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a variety of causes. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which includes the two main approaches of acupuncture and herbal medication, views the human body as a self-controlled system network. Fundamental theories, including “qi,” the...

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Autores principales: WuLi, Wei, Harn, Horng-Jyh, Chiou, Tzyy-Wen, Lin, Shinn-Zong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33912408
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_51_20
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description Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a variety of causes. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which includes the two main approaches of acupuncture and herbal medication, views the human body as a self-controlled system network. Fundamental theories, including “qi,” the five elements, and the theory of viscera, form the basis for classification. Diseases in humans are considered to be caused by an imbalance of “yang qi” and “yin qi” that lead to the nonhomeostasis of organs. Acupuncture is derived from 12 main meridians and 365 acupuncture points characterized by “blood and qi.” Needling of different positions corresponds to specific disease treatments to increase qi. Treatment with Chinese herbal medicines is based on syndrome differentiation characterized as “Zheng” which differs from the cause orientation approach of Western medicine. In this article, we review basic and clinical research studies that describe TCM herbs and acupuncture for the treatment of AD. Moreover, we propose that these two approaches be integrated to improve the outcomes for AD patients.
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spelling pubmed-80594672021-04-27 Chinese herbs and acupuncture to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease WuLi, Wei Harn, Horng-Jyh Chiou, Tzyy-Wen Lin, Shinn-Zong Tzu Chi Med J Review Article Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a variety of causes. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which includes the two main approaches of acupuncture and herbal medication, views the human body as a self-controlled system network. Fundamental theories, including “qi,” the five elements, and the theory of viscera, form the basis for classification. Diseases in humans are considered to be caused by an imbalance of “yang qi” and “yin qi” that lead to the nonhomeostasis of organs. Acupuncture is derived from 12 main meridians and 365 acupuncture points characterized by “blood and qi.” Needling of different positions corresponds to specific disease treatments to increase qi. Treatment with Chinese herbal medicines is based on syndrome differentiation characterized as “Zheng” which differs from the cause orientation approach of Western medicine. In this article, we review basic and clinical research studies that describe TCM herbs and acupuncture for the treatment of AD. Moreover, we propose that these two approaches be integrated to improve the outcomes for AD patients. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8059467/ /pubmed/33912408 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_51_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Tzu Chi Medical Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Chinese herbs and acupuncture to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33912408
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_51_20
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