Applications of dynamical complexity theory in traditional Chinese medicine

作     者：Yan Mal Shuchen Sun Chung-Kang Peng 

作者机构：Division of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Biotechnology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centel Harvard Medical School Boston MA 02215USA Sleep CenteR Eye Hospital China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100040 China Department of Otolaryngology Guang 'anmen Hospital China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100053 China Center for Dynamical Biomarkers and Translational Medicine National Central University Chung-Li Taiwan China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Medicine》 (医学前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第8卷第3期

页      面：279-284页

核心收录：

学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 0711[理学-系统科学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 071101[理学-系统理论] 083203[工学-农产品加工及贮藏工程] 

主　　题：traditional Chinese medicine Multiscale Entropy dynamical complexity system level applications 

摘      要：Traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） has been gradually accepted by the world. Despite its widespread use in clinical settings, a major challenge in TCM is to study it scientifically. This difficulty arises from the fact that TCM views human body as a complex dynamical system, and focuses on the balance of the human body, both internally and with its external environment. As a result, conventional tools that are based on reductionist approach arc not adequate. Methods that can quantify the dynamics of complex integrative systems may bring new insights and utilities about the clinical practice and evaluation of efficacy of TCM. The dynamical complexity theory recently proposed and its computational algorithm, Multiscale Entropy （MSE） analysis, are consistent with TCM concepts. This new system level analysis has been successfully applied to many health and disease related topics in medicine. We believe that there could be many promising applications of this dynamical complexity concept in TCM. In this article, we propose some promising applications and research areas that TCM practitioners and researchers can pursue.