Traditional Chinese medicine : scientific basis for its use / edited by James David Adams, Jr., Eric J. Lien.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The traditional and scientific bases for traditional Chinese medicine : communication between traditional practitioners, physicians and scientists / James D. Adams, Jr. and Eric J. Lien -- Structure-activity relationship analysis of plant-derived compounds / Eric J. Lien, Linda L. Lien and James D. Adams -- Huang Di Nei Jing and the treatment of low back pain / Minchen Wang (Vince) -- Understanding ch'i : the life-force energy that determines vitality, health and wellbeing / Marcia R. Babcock -- When modern computational systems biology meets traditional Chinese medicine / Calvin Yu-Chian Chen -- Modern drug discovery from Chinese materia medica used in traditional Chinese medicine / Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Susan L. Morris-Natschke, Joshua Brattlie, Jingxi Xie and Eileen Belding -- PI3K-AKT signaling in cell growth and metabolism / Yang Li, Anketse Kassa and Bangyan L. Stiles -- The scientific evidence for using astragalus in human diseases / William C.S. Cho -- Traditional Chinese medicine : anti-inflammation for cancer prevention / Constance L. L. Saw, Chee L. Saw and Lita S.T. Chew -- Treatment of stroke with Dan Shen, Salvia miltiorrhiza / James David Adams, Jr. -- Drug discovery from traditional Chinese medicine for neurogenesis : implications for stroke and neurodegenerative diseases / Jiangang Shen and Xingmiao Chen -- Medicinal uses of seaweed in traditional Chinese medicine / Eri Oshima -- The preventive effect of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs on type 2 Diabetes mellitus / Zhijun Wang, Patrick Chan and Jeffrey Wang -- Translational approach to treating diabetes using acupuncture or electroacupuncture / Philip V. Peplow and G. David Baxter.