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Traditional Chinese medicine + western medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine + western medicine has been studied in 1 paper since 2024: none in people yet, 1 review. No study of it in people or animals has been published yet. The newest paper, Jul 15, 2024: “Drug Interactions between Traditional Chinese Medicines and Cardiovascular Drugs”.

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What did studies of Traditional Chinese medicine + western medicine find?

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Studies of Traditional Chinese medicine + western medicine measured 3 outcomes; the most studied are heart function (1 study), blood pressure (1) and cardiac function (1).

Heart function

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Traditional Chinese medicine + western medicine improves heart function in humans.

    “Integrative medicine can reduce the level of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, delay cardiac remodeling and improve heart function and quality of life for patients with heart failure with high safety levels.”

    Reviewin heart failure

    Drug Interactions between Traditional Chinese Medicines and Cardiovascular Drugs

    European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

Blood pressure

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Traditional Chinese medicine + western medicine decreases blood pressure in humans.

    “In the treatment of hypertension, integrative medicine can more steadily reduce blood pressure and levels of serum inflammatory factors and improve hemodynamic indexes and exercise tolerance”

    Reviewin hypertension

    Drug Interactions between Traditional Chinese Medicines and Cardiovascular Drugs

    European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

Cardiac function

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Traditional Chinese medicine + western medicine improves cardiac function in humans.

    “In the treatment of arrhythmia, TCM combined with western medicine can more effectively regulate patients' cardiac electrophysiological characteristics, reduce the onsets of premature beat and heart rate variability, lower the levels of QT interval dispersion and serum inflammatory factors, alleviate clinical symptoms and TCM syndromes, and improve cardiac function with good safety levels.”

    Reviewin arrhythmia

    Drug Interactions between Traditional Chinese Medicines and Cardiovascular Drugs

    European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

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