1.Traditional Chinese medicine phenomics research on glycolipid metabolism disorder: a review
Xinyi FANG ; Linxuan MIAO ; Yanjiao ZHANG ; Yuxin ZHANG ; Runyu MIAO ; Huifang GUAN ; Jiaxing TIAN
Digital Chinese Medicine 2025;8(1):49-58
Abstract
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has demonstrated unique advantages in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases such as glycolipid metabolism disorder. However, its widespread application has been hindered by the unclear biological essence of TCM syndromes and therapeutic mechanisms. As an emerging interdisciplinary field, phenomics integrates multi-dimensional data including genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and microbiome. When combined with TCM's holistic philosophy, it forms TCM phenomics, providing novel approaches to reveal the biological connotation of TCM syndromes and the mechanisms of herbal medicine. Taking glycolipid metabolism disorder as an example, this paper explores the application of TCM phenomics in glycolipid metabolism disorder. By analyzing molecular characteristics of related syndromes, TCM phenomics identifies differentially expressed genes, metabolites, and gut microbiota biomarkers to elucidate the dynamic evolution patterns of syndromes. Simultaneously, it deciphers the multi-target regulatory networks of herbal formulas, demonstrating their therapeutic effects through mechanisms including modulation of insulin signaling pathways, improvement of gut microbiota imbalance, and suppression of inflammatory responses. Current challenges include the subjective nature of syndrome diagnosis, insufficient standardization of animal models, and lack of integrated multi-omics analysis. Future research should employ machine learning, multimodal data integration, and cross-omics longitudinal studies to establish quantitative diagnostic systems for syndromes, promote the integration of precision medicine in TCM and western medicine, and accelerate the modernization of TCM.
2.Curative Effect and Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treatment of Diabetic Gastroenteropathy: A Review
Ruiyang YIN ; Yuxin ZHANG ; Yanjiao ZHANG ; Xinyi FANG ; Runyu MIAO ; Huifang GUAN ; Jiaxing TIAN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(17):239-247
Diabetic gastroenteropathy is a serious chronic complication that accompanies the progression of diabetes mellitus, severely impacting patients' quality of life and overall health. Nearly half of diabetic patients experience symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, early satiety, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain, which increases their anxiety and depression, prompting frequent medical visits and further burdening the healthcare system. In-depth research into the pathogenesis of diabetic gastroenteropathy has identified several core mechanisms, including hyperglycemia, autonomic and enteric nervous system dysfunction, abnormal secretion of gastrointestinal hormones, macrophage polarization, brain-gut axis dysregulation, microRNA deficiency, and oxidative stress-induced damage and apoptosis of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). Current clinical treatments mainly rely on prokinetic and antiemetic drugs. However, their notable adverse effects and diminishing efficacy with long-term use remain pressing issues. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), with its unique theoretical framework and extensive practical experience, potent in prescription formulation and acupoint selection guided by holistic concepts and syndrome differentiation, has gradually become an important option for treating diabetic gastroenteropathy. Numerous studies have confirmed that mechanisms include improving gastrointestinal hormone secretion, repairing ICC damage, regulating the nervous system, reducing oxidative stress, and modulating the brain-gut axis. These findings provide new insights into the treatment of diabetic gastroenteropathy. This article summarized the pathogenesis of diabetic gastroenteropathy and reviewed recent research on Chinese medicine and acupuncture-moxibustion therapy in improving gastrointestinal motility for diabetic gastroenteropathy treatment, aiming to offer clinical treatment insights and highlight the need for further research to explore comprehensive and individualized treatment approaches, providing better strategies for managing diabetic gastroenteropathy.
3.Exploration of Modern Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Model:from Target to State
Lili ZHANG ; Chongxiang XUE ; Ling ZHOU ; Runyu MIAO ; Linhua ZHAO ; Ye LEI ; Jiliang FANG ; Yaoping TANG ; Juexian SONG ; Shipeng SUN ; Xiuyang LI ; Xiaolin TONG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2023;64(22):2269-2274
It is the current confusion encountered by integrated Chinese and Western medicine that how to find the breakthrough direction of integrating Chinese and Western medicine, from crossover to integration to innovation, and open up a new horizon of integrated Chinese and Western medicine. The progress of Chinese medicine lay in expanding the scope of diagnosis and treatment with the help of modern diagnostic and therapeutic equipments and developing “micro” identification, while the progress of Western medicine lay in looking at “macro” and developing systemic medicine and integrated medicine, both of which are in the direction of each other. The “state-target identification and treatment” may become an important way to build a modern diagnosis and treatment system of integrated Chinese and Western medicine, and the thinking mode of “from target to state” is a further refinement and development on the basis of the theoretical system of “state-target identification and treatment”, which provided a clearer solution for the current stage of the integrated Chinese and Western medicine model, and pointed out the important development direction for the future integrated Chinese and Western medicine. From the perspective of strategic level and diagnosis and treatment practice, it integrated the “target-state” thinking mode into the modern diagnosis and treatment model of the integrated Chinese and Western medicine, i.e., “Western medicine as the basis and treating with Chinese medicine; Chinese medicine as the basis and treating with Western medicine”. On the one hand, Western medicine should strengthen the reference to the traditional theories and holism of Chinese medicine, and advocate a higher level of education on the integrated Chinese and Western medicine under the guidance of the traditional theories of Chinese medicine. On the other hand, the “from target to state” mode of thinking should be applied to guide the establishment of diagnostic and treatment strategies and clinical selection of medicines in clinical practice, so as to locate the target and adjust the body state in a gradual and orderly manner, and to provide practical methods for the modern clinical work of the integrated Chinese and Western medicines. Chinese and Western medicine systems can learn from each other, combine organically, give full play to their respective strengths, and form an internal law, so as to make breakthroughs and innovations in the integrated Chinese and Western medicine model.