traditional-medicine

Governing Difference: Traditional Peoples’ Rights and the Institutionalization of Traditional Medicine in South America Pedro Crepaldi Carlessi, Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido, and Islândia Maria Carvalho de Sousa   Abstract Since the 1970s,…

Modern acupuncture is usually presented as a technical medical procedure: channels, points, qi flow, diagnosis, needle manipulation. Yet classical and later Chinese medical sources preserve a stranger and more spiritually charged picture. In these texts, healing is not always performed through needles alone, but through a combination of intention, visualisation, sacred speech, incantation, ritual…

Tourism in high-altitude areas and high-altitude outdoor activities have seen a significant increase, and health threats centered around high-altitude pulmonary edema and high-altitude pulmonary hypertension have become increasingly prominent. Hypoxia, as the primary pathogenic trigger, initiates a cascade linking inflammatory responses, oxidative stress, and vascular dysfunction, culminating in …

Sepsis is a life-threatening systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by dysregulated host responses to infection, which frequently progresses to multiple organ dysfunction and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Conventional Western medicine has limited efficacy in controlling inflammation and protecting target organs. In contrast, DCQD, a classical traditional Chinese medicin…

Membranous nephropathy (MN), an autoimmune glomerulopathy driven by podocyte antigens, is a leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, its pathogenic mechanisms remain incompletely understood. This knowledge gap results in significant physical and psychological burdens for patients worldwide and poses substantial challenges for clinical management. Current conventional treatments f…