[Zheng Classification in Chinese Medicine: from Its Integration with Disease Diagnosis to Clinical Effectiveness Assessment and Combinational New Drug Discovery].
As the core of traditional Chinese medicine theory, Zheng (syndrome, or pattern) classification will promote personalized medicine by changing the clinical diagnosis into a more precise mode when integrating Zheng classification with disease diagnosis approaches. The author adopted rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as a disease model, to explore the scientific fundamentals of Zheng classification based on disease diagnosis using systemic biological approaches and evidence-based medicine design, as well as developed novel approaches on the methodology of clinical effectiveness evaluation on Chinese medicine and R&D of combinational drugs design based on Fu Fang (Chinese herbal formula). Some unique research design and methods are herein introduced.
Ai-ping
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D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D055808:Drug Discovery; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000145:classification*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D044623:Nutrition Therapy; D057285:Precision Medicine; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal