Project description:As a traditional martial art in China, Tai Chi Chuan has excellent health benefits along with its combat function.Studies have shown that Tai Chi as an exercise prescription can significantly reduce the incidence of cancer, but the complexity of Tai Chi Chuan routines, poor disease targeting, and the lack of traditional internal mental and physical training method limit the healing of tumours and other diseases. For this reason, we have established the Medical Tai Chi Exercise Healing System(MTCEH), which integrates Tai Chi exercise, traditional Chinese internal mental and physical training method, rehabilitation medicine and sports medicine methods, on the basis of evidence-based medicine and with the aim of targeting different tumour treatments. With the characteristics of easily learning, internal and external training, and individualised treatment of tumours, this series of routines effectively combines traditional oriental Tai Chi martial arts with tumour treatment, which opens up a beautiful and mysterious oriental healing journey for integrative medicine.
Project description:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide, occurring in the colon or rectum portion of large intestine. With marked antioxidant, anti-inflammation and anti- tumor activities, Camellia nitidissima Chi has been used as an effective treatment of cancer. The azoxymethane/dextran sodium sulfate (AOM/DSS) induced CRC mice model was established and the prevention effect of Camellia nitidissima Chi extracts on the evolving of CRC was evaluated by gross examination, histopathological inspection, serum biochemistry analysis, combined with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics and correlation network analysis. The results showed that Camellia nitidissima Chi extracts could significantly inhibit AOM/DSS induced CRC, relieve the colonic pathology and ameliorate the serum biochemistry, and could significantly reverse the disturbed metabolism towards the normal state. Moreover, the butanol fraction showed a better efficiency than the water-soluble fraction of Camellia nitidissima Chi. The study pave the way for further development of Camellia nitidissima Chi extracts as a potent CRC inhibitor. In this work, rats were divided into control group, carcinoma group, and two drug groups of JHC and CNC. The acronyms JHC means the water-soluble fraction of Camellia nitidissima Chi. The acronyms CNC means the butanol fraction of Camellia nitidissima Chi.