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Editorial Modern Tools of Traditional Oriental Medicine Gihyun Lee , 1 Kyung-Hwa Jung, 2 Sang-Hoon Shin , 3 and Hanbing Li 4 1 Dongshin University, Naju, Republic of Korea 2 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 3 Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea 4 Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China Correspondence should be addressed to Gihyun Lee; [email protected] Received 30 December 2018; Accepted 31 December 2018; Published 3 February 2019 Copyright © Gihyun Lee et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Decades ago, Oriental Medicine doctors could use just traditional tools including acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal medicine despite its long history. However, technology improves and modern medical devices are invented to assist the Oriental Medicine doctors in performing diagnosis and treatment. Now, they can use exclusive medical devices such as pulse meter, tongue diagnosis, and face system with their own sensors and diagnostic skills to get information of body and disease from patients. ey also can use modern therapeutic tools including electroacupuncture, pharmacop- uncture, and electric-moxibustion as well as traditional ones. Experimental and translational studies on these new tools are underway. For this special issue, we invited manuscripts with the following topics: improvement of tools in oriental medicine, pharmacopuncture (Chinese medicine injection), electroacupuncture and electric-moxibustion, validation of treatment efficacy, development of pulse meter and tongue diagnosis system, and experimental and translational studies on modern device of Oriental Traditional Medicine. We received manuscripts from various labs for six months and manuscripts were accepted for publication. Here we highlight some of the key ongoing challenges published in this special issue. e efficacy of medical devices using radiofrequency is demonstrated in the papers “Moxibustion-Simulating Bipo- lar Radiofrequency Suppresses Weight Gain and Induces Adipose Tissue Browning via Activation of UCP and FGF in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity” and “Short- Term Efficacy of Pulsed Radiofrequency ermal Stimulation on Acupoints for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Study of a Randomized, Single-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial”. Granule, one of modern forms of herbal medicine, is used in the studies “Study of the Treatment Effects of Compound Tufuling Granules in Hyperuricemic Rats Using Serum Metabolomics” and “Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- Controlled Study of Modified Erzhi Granules in the Treat- ment of Menopause-Related Vulvovaginal Atrophy”. e article “Cinobufacini Injection Improves the Efficacy of Chemotherapy on Advanced Stage Gastric Cancer: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis” reviews the literature on the efficacy comparison between Cinobufacini injection (one of Chinese medicine injections) combined with chemother- apy and chemotherapy solely used in advanced gastric cancer treatment. e protective effect of patches on acupoints against electromagnetic fields is shown in “Evaluation of the Effec- tiveness of Protective Patches on Acupoints to Preserve the Bioenergetic Status against Magnetic Fields”. e clinical application of the low voltage Meridian Energy Detection System is evaluated in assessing the elec- trodermal activity in the “e Development and Applica- tion Evaluation of Meridian Energy Detection System in Traditional Oriental Medicine: A Preliminary Study” and the safety of auto manipulation device for acupuncture which can help Oriental Medicine doctors is shown in the “Safety Assessment of the Auto Manipulation Device for Acupuncture in Sprague-Dawley Rats: Preclinical Evaluation of the Prototype”. Different face diagnosis system is used in “An Herbal Medicine, Yukgunja-Tang is more Effective in a Type of Hindawi Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2019, Article ID 1642739, 2 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1642739
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EditorialModern Tools of Traditional Oriental Medicine
Gihyun Lee ,1 Kyung-Hwa Jung,2 Sang-Hoon Shin ,3 and Hanbing Li4
1Dongshin University, Naju, Republic of Korea2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA3Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea4Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
Correspondence should be addressed to Gihyun Lee; [email protected]
Received 30 December 2018; Accepted 31 December 2018; Published 3 February 2019
Copyright © 2019 Gihyun Lee et al. �is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Decades ago, Oriental Medicine doctors could use justtraditional tools including acupuncture, moxibustion, andherbal medicine despite its long history. However, technologyimproves and modern medical devices are invented to assistthe Oriental Medicine doctors in performing diagnosis andtreatment. Now, they can use exclusive medical devices suchas pulse meter, tongue diagnosis, and face system with theirown sensors and diagnostic skills to get information ofbody and disease from patients. �ey also can use moderntherapeutic tools including electroacupuncture, pharmacop-uncture, and electric-moxibustion as well as traditional ones.Experimental and translational studies on these new tools areunderway.
For this special issue, we invited manuscripts withthe following topics: improvement of tools in orientalmedicine, pharmacopuncture (Chinese medicine injection),electroacupuncture and electric-moxibustion, validation oftreatment efficacy, development of pulse meter and tonguediagnosis system, and experimental and translational studieson modern device of Oriental Traditional Medicine. Wereceived 105 manuscripts from various labs for six monthsand 22 manuscripts were accepted for publication. Here wehighlight some of the key ongoing challenges published inthis special issue.
�e efficacy of medical devices using radiofrequency isdemonstrated in the papers “Moxibustion-Simulating Bipo-lar Radiofrequency Suppresses Weight Gain and InducesAdipose Tissue Browning via Activation of UCP1 and FGF21in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity” and “Short-TermEfficacy of Pulsed Radiofrequency�ermal Stimulationon Acupoints for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Preliminary
Study of a Randomized, Single-Blinded, Placebo-ControlledTrial”.
Granule, one of modern forms of herbal medicine, is usedin the studies “Study of the Treatment Effects of CompoundTufuling Granules in Hyperuricemic Rats Using SerumMetabolomics” and “Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Modified Erzhi Granules in the Treat-ment of Menopause-Related Vulvovaginal Atrophy”.
�e article “Cinobufacini Injection Improves the Efficacyof Chemotherapy on Advanced Stage Gastric Cancer: ASystemicReview andMeta-Analysis” reviews the literature onthe efficacy comparison between Cinobufacini injection (oneof Chinese medicine injections) combined with chemother-apy and chemotherapy solely used in advanced gastric cancertreatment.
�e protective effect of patches on acupoints againstelectromagnetic fields is shown in “Evaluation of the Effec-tiveness of Protective Patches on Acupoints to Preserve theBioenergetic Status against Magnetic Fields”.
�e clinical application of the low voltage MeridianEnergy Detection System is evaluated in assessing the elec-trodermal activity in the “�e Development and Applica-tion Evaluation of Meridian Energy Detection System inTraditional Oriental Medicine: A Preliminary Study” andthe safety of auto manipulation device for acupuncturewhich can help Oriental Medicine doctors is shown in the“Safety Assessment of the Auto Manipulation Device forAcupuncture in Sprague-Dawley Rats: Preclinical Evaluationof the Prototype”.
Different face diagnosis system is used in “An HerbalMedicine, Yukgunja-Tang is more Effective in a Type of
HindawiEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative MedicineVolume 2019, Article ID 1642739, 2 pageshttps://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1642739
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Functional Dyspepsia Categorized by Facial ShapeDiagnosis:APlacebo-Controlled,Double-Blind, RandomizedTrial” and“Difference between Right and Le Facial Surface Elec-tromyography in Healthy People”.
In this special issue, there are more valuable manuscriptsbesides above. We hope the readers will be interested inimprovement of diagnostic and remedial tools of OrientalMedicine.
Conflicts of Interest
�e guest editorial team declare that no member of the teamhave any possible conflicts of interest or private agreementswith companies. In case, the guest editor has a conflict with amanuscript, he will refuse to handle the manuscript.
Gihyun LeeKyung-Hwa JungSang-Hoon Shin
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