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| 1903 | The Wright brothers obtain an airplane patent. | |
| 1909 | British Lt. Ernest Shackleton finds the magnetic South Pole. | |
| 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt begins an African safari sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society. | |
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Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2015, Pages 140–149
Open Access
Clinical application of traditional herbal medicine in five countries and regions: Japan; South Korea; Mainland China; Hong Kong, China; Taiwan, ChinaAbstractObjective
To
study the characteristics of the clinical application of traditional
herbal medicine in five countries and regions where traditional medicine
(TM) is widely used: Japan; South Korea; mainland China; Hong Kong,
China; Taiwan, China. And to analyze, from multiple angles, the
variations in the methods of TM used in each countries and regions.
Methods
Fifty
commonly used traditional herbs (TOP50) from classical formulae were
selected, and descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, and Friedman
test were used to compare methods of clinical application and dosages
in the countries and regions of interest based on a retrospective review
of randomly-selected medical records.
Results
There were significant differences in sequencing TOP50 among the five countries and regions (P < .01).
The adherence to the classical formulae, from strong to weak was Japan;
mainland China; Taiwan, China; Hong Kong, China; South Korea. There
were also significant differences in TOP50 dosing regimens (P < .01).
Overall dosages of TOP50 from high to low were: mainland China; Hong
Kong, China; Taiwan, China; South Korea; Japan. Finally, there were
significant differences in the dosage intervals (P < .01),
with dosage intervals from maximum to minimum as follows: mainland
China; Taiwan, China; Hong Kong, China; South Korea; Japan.
Conclusions
The
clinical dosages of traditional herbal medicine used in the mainland
China are relatively large compared with those prescribed in the other
four countries and regions, and the range of dosages in mainland China
is more flexible. On the other hand, clinical dosages of TOP50 are the
lowest in Japan, where the dosage range is also the narrowest,
supporting the idea that Doctors of Kampo medicine are highly cautious
and are likely to adhere strictly to classical formulae, while Hong
Kong, China and Taiwan, China are in the middle. The dosage of TOP50 in
South Korea is significantly lower than that used in the mainland China;
Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, China where the adherence to the classical
formulae was the lowest, albeit slightly higher than that in Japan. The
methods of clinical application of traditional herbal medicine in the
five countries and regions were affected by multiple factors, including
history, geography, climate, and culture.
Keywords
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