1.Chinese integrative medicine: inclusion of a Chinese medicine programme in a conventional medical institute.
Hai-Yong CHEN ; Yibin FENG ; Lixing LAO ; E-mail: LXLAO1@HKU.HK.
Journal of Integrative Medicine 2014;12(3):187-190
To meet community demands with optimal Chinese and conventional medical treatment, the University of Hong Kong is promoting integrative medicine by developing Chinese medicine programmes that train students of both Western and Chinese medicine. The programmes emphasize multi-disciplinary training and interaction between the two therapeutic approaches, enabling students to establish reliable, consistent, and respectful mutual cooperation in their future careers.
Education, Medical
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Humans
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Integrative Medicine
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
2.Can moxibustion, an ancient treatment modality, be evaluated in a double-blind randomized controlled trial? - a narrative review.
Bai-Xiao ZHAO ; Hai-Yong CHEN ; Xue-Yong SHEN ; Lixing LAO ; E-mail: LXLAO1@HKU.HK.
Journal of Integrative Medicine 2014;12(3):131-134
For thousands of years, moxibustion has been used for various diseases in China and other Asian countries. Despite the recent surge in Chinese herbal studies, few randomized controlled trials have been conducted on this modality, possibly due to the lacking of suitable double blinding methodology. This is a review of extant sham moxa devices and an introduction to a recently developed device that needs further validation.
Double-Blind Method
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Humans
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Moxibustion
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Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic