Traditional Tibetan medicine in China: A systematic overview of randomized clinical trials
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Clinical research in TTM in China shows that TTM might have potential benefit for the management of many diseases and more efforts should be made to improve the quality of RCTs in China and support TTM's further clinical applications.About:
This article is published in European Journal of Integrative Medicine.The article was published on 2015-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 19 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Randomized controlled trial & Cochrane Library.read more
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Natural Medicines Used in the Traditional Tibetan Medical System for the Treatment of Liver Diseases.
TL;DR: The present paper summarized the natural Tibetan medicines that have been used in Tibetan traditional system of medicine to treat liver diseases by bibliographic investigation of 22 Tibetan medicine monographs and drug standards.
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Below the radar innovations and emerging property right approaches in Tibetan medicine.
TL;DR: It is argued that beyond the usual complex medical science and technology led—innovations, the pathways of cumulative processes and creative additions through informal experiential learning platforms, where the transfers of knowledge become part of livelihood and social benefits is ubiquitous in Tibetan medicine.
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Contested Issues of Efficacy and Safety between Transnational Formulation Regimes of Tibetan Medicines in China and Europe.
TL;DR: This paper conceptualises three distinct formulation regimes of Tibetan medicines, offering a heuristic model for transnational comparison-a classical, an industrialised or reformulated, and a polyherbal regime.
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Randomized trials published in some Chinese journals: how many are randomized?
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The health transition, global modernity and the crisis of traditional medicine: the Tibetan case
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