Asian traditional medicine (ATM): Recent progress based on scientific evidences

Issue title: Selected Proceedings of the 6th Asian Congress for Mirocirculation (ACM'05) (Tokyo, February 25 and 26, 2005)

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Niimi, Hideyuki^{; ;} | Patumraj, Suthiluk | Han, Jing-Yan^;

Affiliations: National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan | Tasly Microcirculation Research Center, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100083, China | Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand | Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: niimi@ri.ncvc.go.jp.

Abstract: Asian traditional medicine (ATM) (herbal medicine, acupuncture or moxibution) has gained some popularity among communities in Asia. Some therapies employed in ATM have been verified using modern techniques, but the significance of ATM has still remained unclear. This symposium was focused on experimental data obtained recently.

Keywords: Asian Traditional Medicine (ATM), herbal medicine, microcirculation

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 34, no. 1-2, pp. 85-88, 2006