Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Systems Biology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:956967. doi: 10.1155/2013/956967. Epub 2013 Nov 21.
Acupuncture is an efficient therapy method originated in ancient China, the study of which based on ZHENG classification is a systematic research on understanding its complexity. The system perspective is contributed to understand the essence of phenomena, and, as the coming of the system biology era, broader technology platforms such as omics technologies were established for the objective study of traditional chinese medicine (TCM). Omics technologies could dynamically determine molecular components of various levels, which could achieve a systematic understanding of acupuncture by finding out the relationships of various response parts. After reviewing the literature of acupuncture studied by omics approaches, the following points were found. Firstly, with the help of omics approaches, acupuncture was found to be able to treat diseases by regulating the neuroendocrine immune (NEI) network and the change of which could reflect the global effect of acupuncture. Secondly, the global effect of acupuncture could reflect ZHENG information at certain structure and function levels, which might reveal the mechanism of Meridian and Acupoint Specificity. Furthermore, based on comprehensive ZHENG classification, omics researches could help us understand the action characteristics of acupoints and the molecular mechanisms of their synergistic effect.
针灸是一种源于中国古代的高效治疗方法,其研究基于辨证分类,是对其复杂性的系统研究。系统观点有助于理解现象的本质,随着系统生物学时代的到来,建立了更广泛的技术平台,如组学技术,用于客观研究中医(TCM)。组学技术可以动态确定各个层次的分子成分,通过找出各种反应部分的关系,实现对针灸的系统理解。在回顾了通过组学方法研究针灸的文献后,发现以下几点。首先,借助组学方法,针灸可以通过调节神经内分泌免疫(NEI)网络来治疗疾病,而这种变化可以反映针灸的整体效果。其次,针灸的整体效果可以在某些结构和功能水平上反映辨证信息,这可能揭示经络和穴位特异性的机制。此外,基于综合辨证分类,组学研究可以帮助我们了解穴位的作用特点和其协同作用的分子机制。
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