Treating older patients with AIDS using Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined with Conventional Western Medicine in China

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic and incurable disease. People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) require lifelong care. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has played an important role in AIDS treatment since the year 2004. TCM offers many advantages including a rich resou...

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Autor principal: Liu, Zhibin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JKL International LLC 2021
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8612604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34881074
http://dx.doi.org/10.14336/AD.2021.0925
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Sumario:Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic and incurable disease. People with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) require lifelong care. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has played an important role in AIDS treatment since the year 2004. TCM offers many advantages including a rich resource of Chinese herbs, lower cost and fewer side effects. In addition to the widespread use of antiviral therapy, TCM offers unique humanistic care and holistic adjustment of the body system. To date, more and more patients are benefiting from TCM not only in China. In this article, we describe the feasibility of treating AIDS with TCM.

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