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Review
. 2021 Feb;41(1):1-5.
doi: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2021.01.001.

State-target strategy: a bridge for the integration of Chinese and Western Medicine

Xiaowen Gou  1 , Zezheng Gao  1 , Yingying Yang  1 , Qingwei Li  1 , Keyu Chen  1   2 , Ye Lei  3 , Bin Song  4 , Linhua Zhao  5 , Xiaolin Tong  1
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State-target strategy: a bridge for the integration of Chinese and Western Medicine

Xiaowen Gou et al. J Tradit Chin Med. 2021 Feb.
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Abstract

The methods ofTraditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)'s diagnosis and treatment have undergone several changes. It is crucial to build a proper model which is capable to modernize TCM into a both standardized and individualized treatment. Tong xiao-lin proposed the state-target strategy to build a bridge for the integration of Chinese and Western medicine. It is a model based on modern medical disease concepts and using the method of TCM to balance the pathological states and adopting the achievements of pharmacology of Chinese medicine to focus on the disease targets, symptom targets, and biochemical indicator targets. The reconstruction of TCM diagnosis and treatment system for diabetes is a good example to demonstrate this theory. It could improve the clinical efficacy, support the scientific research, and reinforce the standardization of TCM.

Keywords: Integrative medicine; Medicine, Chinese traditional; State-target strategy; Syndrome differentiation treatment; review.

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