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For decades, researchers have sought ways to reduce or eliminate type 2 diabetes, for which the exact cause is not known, and there is no cure. Chinese herbal medicine has a long history of successful treatment of diabetes. Long term consumption of food products containing Chinese herbs with hypoglycemic properties could be a viable treatment solution for diabetic patients. The purpose of this study was to develop a process for manufacturing a new bread product that contains Chinese herbs with hypoglycemic properties. Different fractions of the herbal formula were added into the dough to determine a maximum dosage that would produce bread that is palatable, shelf-stable, and retains desirable organoleptic properties of bread. Results demonstrated little variation in moisture between the control sample and the samples with herbs. With increasing amounts of herbs, the acidity of the bread increased and the porosity decreased. Organoleptic characteristics, such as appearance and internal structure of the baked samples with herbal formula did not demonstrate significant changes. It was concluded that the addition of the herbal formula, regardless of the dosage, improved shelf life, slowed the staling process and improved the microbiological stability of bread.

Traditional Chinese medicine in the 20th century, and with its acupuncture, really took off in France. Nguyen Văn Nghi is one of the most important carriers of Chinese medical knowledge outside of China. A doctor of Western training but able to read oriental texts, he contributed to the dissemination of this knowledge in France and in Europe. He left a rich legacy to French acupuncturist physicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2006, the Ontario government passed the Traditional Chinese Medicine Act, which granted Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners and Acupuncturists (TCM/A practitioners) self-regulatory status under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991. The goal of the legislation was to create a new regulatory college that would set and enforce high standards of care and safety in order to enhance public protection and access to a range of traditional and alternative therapies. In April 2013, the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario was officially launched. Several factors account for the government’s decision to delegate self-regulatory authority to TCM/A practitioners through the creation of a regulatory college. In particular, the government’s decision seems to have been influenced by lobbying of some practitioners, greater public acceptance of alternative medicines, patient safety concerns related to acupuncture cases in the media, and the precedence of self-regulatory status being granted to these practitioners in other provinces. The degree to which the legislation has achieved its goals is difficult to determine given the short period of time the regulatory college has existed. However, the fact that the college has developed standards of practice to guide TCM/A practitioners and has a process in place to address public complaints is an early indication of movement toward achieving the policy’s goals. Le gouvernement de l'Ontario a fait voter en 2006 la Loi sur les praticiens en médecine traditionnelle chinoise, qui accorde aux praticiens en médecine traditionnelle chinoise et aux acupuncteurs (praticiens en MTC/A) le statut de profession autonome dans le cadre la Loi sur les professions de la santé réglementées de 1991. Le but de la Loi était de créer un ordre professionnel capable d'établir et appliquer des normes de qualité et de sécurité des soins, ceci dans le but d'améliorer la protection du public et l'accès à un éventail de thérapies traditionnelles et alternatives. L'Ordre des praticiens en médecine traditionnelle chinoise et des acupuncteurs de l'Ontario a été officiellement créé en avril 2013. Cette décision du gouvernement de déléguer l'autorité de la régulation aux praticiens en MTC/A à travers un Ordre peut s'expliquer de plusieurs manières. Entre autres, la décision du gouvernement semble avoir été influencée par la pression exercée par certains groupes de praticiens, l'acceptation croissante par le public des médecines alternatives, des cas de mise en danger de la santé de patients d'acupuncteurs relatés dans la presse, et l'autonomie professionnelle accordée à ces professions dans d'autres provinces. Il est encore trop tôt pour évaluer le succès de cette Loi et de l'Ordre. Cependant, le fait que l'Ordre ait développé des normes de pratiques pour guider les praticiens en MTC/A et ait mis en place un protocole pour traiter les réclamations du public est un signe de progrès en direction de ces objectifs.

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The holistic system of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is reflected by the integrity of the ingredients contained in herbal medicines, which creates a challenge in establishing quality control standards for raw materials and the standardization of finished herbal drugs because no single component contributes to the total efficacy. Thus, the chromatographic fingerprinting technique of TCM has proved to be a comprehensive strategy for assessing the intact quality of herbal medicine, since the origin of the herbal medicines could be identified and classified based on so-called phytoequivalence. On the other hand, chromatographic fingerprinting is essentially a high-throughput technique and an integral tool to explore the complexity of herbal medicines. In order to further control the comprehensive quality of TCMs, some strategies are proposed to trace the chemical changes of chromatographic fingerprints both in product processing and/or after their administration by modern chromatographic techniques and chemometrics. Combined with the techniques developed in systems biology, it seems also possible to reveal the working mechanism of TCMs and to further control their intrinsic quality.

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Resumo O colonialismo ocidental influenciou, a partir do século XIX, o encontro entre saberes tradicional e moderno, resultando na sobreposição da medicina ocidental como modo privilegiado de conhecimento. Em 1958 oficializou-se, sob o nome de medicina tradicional chinesa, a hibridização entre as medicinas chinesa e ocidental e, por meio do desenvolvimento da pesquisa biomédica sobre a acupuntura, cresceu o distanciamento do saber tradicional. Este ensaio aborda mudanças históricas sofridas pela medicina chinesa/acupuntura e discute, sob a óptica pós-colonial, os efeitos de sua absorção pela racionalidade médica moderna. Concluiu-se que o cientificismo na medicina chinesa não ampliou seu potencial terapêutico e resultou na perda de sua autoridade epistemológica.