Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Wu Fei |
Publication | The China Journal |
Issue | 54 |
Pages | 7-27 |
Date | Jul., 2005 |
ISSN | 13249347 |
Short Title | "Gambling for Qi" |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/20066064 |
Accessed | Mon Oct 12 23:47:35 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jul., 2005 / Copyright © 2005 Contemporary China Center, Australian National University |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Deborah Dysart Gale |
Author | W M Gorman-Yao |
Publication | Journal of Cultural Diversity |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 124-127 |
Date | 2003 |
Journal Abbr | J Cult Divers |
ISSN | 1071-5568 |
Short Title | Falungong |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15000055 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 12:46:51 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 15000055 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sun Nov 13 21:55:40 2011 |
Transcultural nursing literature provides a rich picture of prominent Chinese health-related beliefs derived from the traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. However, these traditional beliefs are being challenged and modified in response to public discussion of a new spiritual movement, Falungong (also spelled Falun Gong). This movement calling for personal and social renewal has arisen in reaction to significant political and economic upheavals in Chinese society. This paper presents an overview of the Falungong movement and the health beliefs it advances. Implications for U.S. nursing practice are discussed.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | T. J. Hinrichs |
Publication | Osiris |
Volume | 13 |
Pages | 287-325 |
Date | 1998 |
Series | 2nd Series |
ISSN | 03697827 |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/301886 |
Accessed | Tue Oct 13 00:08:33 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Issue Title: Beyond Joseph Needham: Science, Technology, and Medicine in East and Southeast Asia / Full publication date: 1998 / Copyright © 1998 The University of Chicago Press |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Type | Book |
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Author | Huanguang Jia |
Date | 1997 |
Short Title | Chinese medicine in post-Mao China |
Library Catalog | Open WorldCat |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Wei-Feng Li |
Author | Jian-Guo Jiang |
Author | Jian Chen |
Publication | Archives of Medical Research |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 246-251 |
Date | Feb 2008 |
Journal Abbr | Arch. Med. Res |
DOI | 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.09.011 |
ISSN | 0188-4409 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/18164973 |
Accessed | Tue Nov 3 01:16:24 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 18164973 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sun Nov 13 21:56:46 2011 |
As a typical naturally derived drug, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has developed for several thousands of years and accumulated abundant human pharmacological information and experience to form an integrated theory system. However, the problems of lower product quality, substandard codes and standards, and under-enhancement of fundamental research have restricted its further development and acceptance internationally. In this review, we explain the origin and developmental history of TCM, species involved in TCM, and their distributions in biotaxy. According to the status and problems, it is concluded that TCM modernization has become necessary and urgent. Modernization of TCM means the combination of TCM with modern technology, modern academic thoughts, and modern scientific culture, in which the most important point is to elucidate the active component of TCM, especially the material foundation of compound prescriptions and their pharmacodynamic mechanisms. Technology of analytical chemistry (HPLC, HPCE, HSCCC, etc.) and molecular biology (patch clamp, gene clamp, gene chip, fluorescent probe, DNA TUNEL assay, in situ hybridization, etc.) are useful tools to realize the modernization of TCM. Based on those studies and achievements and coupled with computer technology, all TCM products will achieve digitalization and normalization. TCM modernization will provide the world with useful reference information on traditional medicines.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Dennis Normile |
Publication | Science |
Volume | 299 |
Issue | 5604 |
Pages | 188-190 |
Date | Jan. 10, 2003 |
Series | New Series |
ISSN | 00368075 |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/3833313 |
Accessed | Mon Oct 12 23:49:07 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jan. 10, 2003 / Copyright © 2003 American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Paul Posadzki |
Author | Samantha Jacques |
Abstract | The aim of this article is to review the literature on Tai Chi and meditation. A coherent construct is developed that includes a comparative analysis and conceptual synthesis of existing theories. The authors discuss a set of assumptions that justify this synthesis; they also argue that this construct would facilitate greater understanding of Tai Chi from the perspective of meditation. Such synthesis may bring "additional" benefits to Tai Chi practitioners as they could recognize that this mind-body technique holds the essence of meditation. Within the scope of this article, the evidence shows a majority of common features when concerning Tai Chi and meditation. These mutual similarities should be taken into account when performing this type of mind-body medicine by patients and/or therapists. Finally, the authors suggest that this inspiring compilation of movements and mindfulness can be used for practical purposes. |
Publication | Journal of Holistic Nursing: Official Journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association |
Volume | 27 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 103-114 |
Date | Jun 2009 |
Journal Abbr | J Holist Nurs |
DOI | 10.1177/0898010108330807 |
ISSN | 0898-0101 |
Short Title | Tai chi and meditation |
Accessed | Tue Feb 22 19:08:07 2011 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19443697 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:07:00 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:07:00 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Volker Scheid |
Publication | Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |
Volume | 583 |
Pages | 136-159 |
Date | Sep., 2002 |
ISSN | 00027162 |
Short Title | Remodeling the Arsenal of Chinese Medicine |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/1049693 |
Accessed | Tue Nov 10 01:25:17 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Issue Title: Global Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine / Full publication date: Sep., 2002 / Copyright © 2002 American Academy of Political and Social Science |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sun Nov 13 21:57:14 2011 |
The discourse on alternative medicine assumes that medical practices exist as distinctive medical systems that compete with each other in plural health care systems. Anthropological and historical research clearly demonstrates, however, that this is not so. Many so-called traditional medicines are revealed as inventions of distinctly modern regimes of knowledge and institutional practice, while the political needs of healers and the epistemological desires of researchers converge in the construction of distinctive medical practices for description, classification, and comparison. This article draws on genealogy as a possible way out of this impasse. It shows how different generations of physicians of Chinese medicine employed the same four core concepts to reflect on their practice, imbuing them with ever new meanings to relate them to the changing demands of clinical and political practice. Examining these core concepts reveals something about the essence of Chinese medicine without reducing our analysis to a misguided search for cultural essences.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jian Xu |
Publication | The Journal of Asian Studies |
Volume | 58 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 961-991 |
Date | Nov., 1999 |
ISSN | 00219118 |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/2658492 |
Accessed | Mon Oct 12 23:53:25 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Nov., 1999 / Copyright © 1999 Association for Asian Studies |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Mei Zhan |
Publication | Cultural Anthropology |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 453-480 |
Date | Nov., 2001 |
ISSN | 08867356 |
Short Title | Does It Take a Miracle? |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/656646 |
Accessed | Mon Oct 12 23:51:19 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Issue Title: Anthropology and/in/of Science / Full publication date: Nov., 2001 / Copyright © 2001 American Anthropological Association |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Daqing Zhang |
Author | Zhifan Cheng |
Publication | The Hastings Center Report |
Volume | 30 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | S8-S12 |
Date | Jul. - Aug., 2000 |
ISSN | 00930334 |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/3527656 |
Accessed | Mon Oct 12 23:52:19 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jul. - Aug., 2000 / Copyright © 2000 The Hastings Center |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
The value system of medical ethics in China has a long tradition that can be traced back to ancient times. Those values are reflected in the (Confucian) precept that “medicine is a humane art.” That is, medicine is not only a means to save people’s lives, but also a moral commitment to love people and free them from suffering through personal caring and medical treatment. Although this precept has been well accepted as the basic principle of professional ethics as general principle that emphasizes doctors’ self-accomplishment and self-restraint, there has never been a universally accepted professional code and binding principles in Chinese medicine comparable to the Hippocratic Oath in western medicine.