Adjunctive traditional Chinese medicine therapy for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis: a population-based study

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung-Rong Yen ◽  
Mao-Feng Sun ◽  
Cheng-Li Lin ◽  
Fung-Chang Sung ◽  
Chen-Chi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Chronic Rhinosinusitis ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy

Adjunctive traditional Chinese medicine therapy improves survival in patients with advanced breast cancer: A population-based study

Cancer ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 120 (9) ◽  
pp. 1338-1344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Wen Lee ◽  
Ta-Liang Chen ◽  
Yu-Ru Vernon Shih ◽  
Chu-Lin Tsai ◽  
Chuen-Chau Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Advanced Breast Cancer ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Advanced Breast ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy

Use of traditional Chinese medicine in patients with hyperlipidemia: A population-based study in Taiwan

2015 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Meng Chu ◽  
Wei-Tai Shih ◽  
Yao-Hsu Yang ◽  
Pau-Chung Chen ◽  
Yen-Hua Chu
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study

scholarly journals Traditional Chinese Medicine Use among Patients with Psoriasis in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Wen Weng ◽  
Bor-Chyuan Chen ◽  
Yu-Chiao Wang ◽  
Chun-Kai Liu ◽  
Mao-Feng Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Research Database ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Chinese Herbal Formula ◽  
Chinese Herbal ◽  
White Collar Workers ◽  
Median Interval

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has long been used for patients with psoriasis. This study aimed to investigate TCM usage in patients with psoriasis. We analyzed a cohort of one million individuals representing the 23 million enrollees randomly selected from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. We identified 28,510 patients newly diagnosed with psoriasis between 2000 and 2010. Among them, 20,084 (70.4%) patients were TCM users. Patients who were female, younger, white-collar workers and lived in urbanized area tended to be TCM users. The median interval between the initial diagnosis of psoriasis to the first TCM consultation was 12 months. More than half (N=11,609; 57.8%) of the TCM users received only Chinese herbal medicine. Win-qing-yin and Bai-xian-pi were the most commonly prescribed Chinese herbal formula and single herb, respectively. The core prescription pattern comprised Mu-dan-pi, Wen-qing-yin, Zi-cao, Bai-xian-pi, and Di-fu-zi. Patients preferred TCM than Western medicine consultations when they had metabolic syndrome, hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, alopecia areata, Crohn’s disease, cancer, depression, fatty liver, chronic airway obstruction, sleep disorder, and allergic rhinitis. In conclusion, TCM use is popular among patients with psoriasis in Taiwan. Future clinical trials to investigate its efficacy are warranted.

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