Efficacy and safety of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a meta‐analysis

Q Xing, L Fu, Z Yu, X Zhou - Evidence‐Based Complementary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. Integrated therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine
(WM) has gradually been applied to the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recently …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs combined with Chinese herbal medicines for rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta …

R Han, HC Ren, S Zhou, S Gu, YY Gu, DM Sze… - Journal of traditional and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) remains a major global public health challenge. Disease-
modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are standard therapeutic drugs for RA …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional Chinese medicine on treating active rheumatoid arthritis: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

L Zhang, Z Cao, Y Yang, X Tan, J Mao, L Su - Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease
associated with progressive joint damage and disability. There is a lack of effective methods …

Systemic review and meta‐analysis of the clinical efficacy and adverse effects of Zhengqing Fengtongning combined with methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis

X Chen, R Huang, Q Huang, Y Chu… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chinese medicines are gaining wider acceptance. They have been used for treating
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for thousands of years, and the need to investigate the interaction …

Evidence-based Chinese medicine for rheumatoid arthritis

C Zhang, M Jiang, A Lü - Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Chinese medicine (CM) has long been adopted for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
CM approaches RA as it does for other diseases by holistic treatment, focusing on the whole …

Traditional Chinese medicine: potential for clinical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

KD Moudgil, BM Berman - Expert review of clinical immunology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic debilitating autoimmune disease affecting people
worldwide. Increasing numbers of RA patients in the west are resorting to various …

Differential effect on symptoms treated with traditional Chinese medicine and western combination therapy in RA patients

Y He, A Lu, Y Zha, I Tsang - Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study is designed to compare the therapeutic effects and safety of
traditional Chinese medicine (CM) therapy and western combined therapy (WM) in the …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional Chinese medicine as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis: from empirical practice to evidence-based therapy

HD Pan, Y Xiao, WY Wang, RT Ren, ELH Leung, L Liu - Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune condition with an elusive etiology.
Conventional and biological disease-modifying drugs sometimes fail or produce only partial …

[HTML][HTML] A traditional Chinese medicine versus Western combination therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: two-stage study protocol for a randomized …

C Zhang, M Jiang, A Lu - Trials, 2011 - Springer
Background The common randomized controlled trial design has distinct limitations when
applied to Chinese medicine, because Chinese medicine identifies and treats' Chinese …

Traditional Chinese medicine versus western medicine as used in China in the management of rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized, single-blind, 24-week study

Y He, A Ou, X Yang, W Chen, L Fu, A Lu, X Yan… - Rheumatology …, 2014 - Springer
This study is designed to compare the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine
(TCM) with western medicine (WM) in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This is a …