Current Situation and Reconsideration on the Study of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Andrology.
10.1007/s11655-018-3022-2
- Author:
Bao-Fang JIN
1
;
Wen-Tao YANG
2
;
Da-Lin SUN
1
;
Hong-Jun LI
3
Author Information
1. Andrology Department of Integrative Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
2. Department of Andrology, Ruikang Hospital Affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, 530011, China.
3. Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China. hongjun63@163.com.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
andrology;
chronic prostatitis;
integrative medicine;
late-onset hypogonadism;
male infertility
- MeSH:
Andrology;
trends;
Humans;
Male;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
trends;
Periodicals as Topic;
Research Design
- From:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
2020;26(5):388-392
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The development of Chinese medicine and Western medicine andrology is based on different social background and academic systems, either Chinese medicine or Western medicine andrology has their limitations, therefore, integration of Chinese and Western medicine (ICWM) andrology is in a great need. After more than 30 years of development, andrology has made great achievements in the construction of specialized academic association, holding academic conferences and publication of academic monographs, and the research progress on this field is mainly in the combination of disease and syndrome, microdifferentiation of symptoms and signs and basic research development. However, the comprehensive theoretic system of ICWM andrology has not yet established, and the related studies are still on the primary stage. In the future studies, great efforts still need to be made to expand the methods for the investigation of ICWM, and make innovations in the field of andrology.
