Book Series: Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine

Charlie Changli Xue (RMIT University, Australia)
Email: charlie.xue@rmit.edu.au

Chuanjian Lu (Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China)
Email: luchuanjian888@vip.sina.com

The publication of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine (29 in total) is a major milestone in international development of Chinese medicine as a form of evidence-based healthcare. We have chosen the conditions that are commonly treated by Chinese medicine practitioners as our priorities and adopted a "Whole Evidence Assessment" approach. Evidence described in classical Chinese medicine textbooks are reviewed, many of which are inaccessible to non-Chinese speaking Chinese medicine practitioners. Contemporary clinical and experimental evidence has been evaluated rigorously, with the outcomes of clinical trials analyzed and synthesized using the internationally recognised Cochrane-GRADE approach. Updates will be conducted every five years to ensure currency of evidence.

Chinese medicine practitioners can refer to the books for guidance on which Chinese herbal medicine formulas, specific herbs, and acupuncture points can best treat their patient, and be confident there is evidence which supports their use. These publications are also of significant value for students of evidence-based Chinese medicine and for academics involved in teaching or in clinical studies of Chinese medicine.

Books in this series include:

• Acne Vulgaris
• Adult Asthma
• Allergic Rhinitis
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Atopic Dermatitis
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Chronic Urticaria
• Colorectal Cancer
• Diabetic kidney Disease
• Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
• Insomnia
• Post-Stroke Shoulder Complications
• Post-Stroke Spasticity
• Psoriasis Vulgaris
• Unipolar Depression
• Vascular Dementia