Traditional Chinese Medicine Zheng in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine: A Literature Analysis

Zheng, which is also called a syndrome or pattern, is the basic unit and a key concept of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory. Zheng can be considered a further stratification of patients when it is integrated with biomedical diagnoses in clinical practice to achieve higher efficacies. In an e...

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Main Authors: Miao Jiang, Chi Zhang, Guang Zheng, Hongtao Guo, Li Li, Jing Yang, Cheng Lu, Wei Jia, Aiping Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/409568