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Editorial

Connecting West and East

by
Ming Zhang
1,
Mohamed Moalin
1,2 and
Guido R.M.M. Haenen
1,*
1
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
2
Zuyd University of Applied Science, 6200 AN Heerlen, The Netherlands
*
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(9), 2333; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092333
Submission received: 23 April 2019 / Accepted: 7 May 2019 / Published: 11 May 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Traditional Medicine: Connecting West and East)
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Abstract

Despite their similarities, Western medicine and Eastern medicine are very different because they are built on different fundamentals. The general idea has arisen that we will benefit by connecting Western and Eastern medicine. First, both the merits as well as the limitations of both types of medicine are discussed. It was concluded that to create a bridge, we should focus on similarities that inspire the further unravelling of the molecular mechanism of the mode of action and toxicity of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is suggested that the energy perspective provides a basis to integrate Eastern and Western medicine.
Keywords: Western medicine; Eastern medicine; traditional Chinese medicine; paradigm; energy; redox modulation Western medicine; Eastern medicine; traditional Chinese medicine; paradigm; energy; redox modulation
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Zhang, M.; Moalin, M.; Haenen, G.R.M.M. Connecting West and East. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 2333. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092333

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Zhang M, Moalin M, Haenen GRMM. Connecting West and East. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(9):2333. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092333

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Zhang, Ming, Mohamed Moalin, and Guido R.M.M. Haenen. 2019. "Connecting West and East" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 9: 2333. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092333

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Zhang, M., Moalin, M., & Haenen, G. R. M. M. (2019). Connecting West and East. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(9), 2333. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092333

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