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[Fecal Microbiota Transplantation:Traditional Chinese Medicine Meets Western Medicine]
- Source :
- Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae. 44(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a therapy of transplanting the functional flora from the feces of a healthy donor into the gastrointestinal tract of a patient to reconstruct the normal flora.The application of FMT in western medicine dates from the 1950s.After decades of development,the efficacy of FMT has been proven in a variety of diseases.The record of FMT in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) dates early from the 3rd century A.D.,and relevant theories have been recorded in many TCM works in the past dynasties.FMT as a therapy that has been written into guidelines has been accepted by some countries and regions such as the United States and the United Kingdom in the treatment of
Details
- ISSN :
- 1000503X
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........858cf8e420c433727ee05532fdd59e66