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Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a comprehensive medical system, developed over more than two millennia, that approaches health and disease through holistic concepts of bodily balance and the flow of qi, organised around theories such as yin and yang and the five phases. Its principal modalities include herbal …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 30× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a comprehensive medical system, developed over more than two millennia, that approaches health and disease through holistic concepts of bodily balance and the flow of qi, organised around theories such as yin and yang and the five phases. Its principal modalities include herbal formulae composed of multiple constituents, acupuncture and moxibustion, dietary therapy, manual techniques, and mind-body exercise, applied with attention to individualised pattern differentiation. Contemporary research seeks to characterise the active components and mechanisms of TCM interventions, evaluate their efficacy and safety, and integrate them with conventional care, increasingly using network pharmacology, molecular target prediction, and experimental validation to address the multi-component, multi-target nature of herbal therapy. Such approaches aim to place traditional practice on an evidence-based footing while preserving its systemic perspective. Research published in this area by the journal addresses these themes, including network-pharmacology prediction of plant-compound therapeutic targets, the nanomedicinal features of traditional Ayurvedic and herbal preparations, exploration of complex essential-oil formulations for anxiety and dermatological conditions through network pharmacology and experimental validation, traditional manual techniques applied to hyperuricaemia, herbal-centre care preferences among stroke survivors, and phytochemical and antioxidant studies of medicinal plants. These contributions span the pharmacology, mechanism, and clinical application of traditional and complementary therapies, reflecting efforts to evaluate herbal and mind-body practices within a scientific framework.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

The Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): A Narrative Review

Rezapour BarataliCorresponding author
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Assistant Professor, PhD in Health education and promotion, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
Exact topic International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3373

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 30 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Alternative Medicine and Mind Body Practices.

Journal editorial board
Akiko Tokinobu · Japan Ulrike Halsband · Germany Bruno Bordoni · Italy

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