The merits of integrative medicine such as\r\ntraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) combined with\r\nWestern medicine in preventing or ameliorating chronic\r\ndiseases are increasingly in the biomedical research and\r\nclinical applications. Recent researches suggest that\r\nintegrativemedicinearenotonlytheTCMplusWestern\r\nmedicine simply. They should be put together by\r\nscientifical methods or some models. This article builds\r\non a recent conceptional description that demonstrated\r\nthe benefits of three research models for integration of\r\nTCM and Western medicine, and the uses of adjunct\r\nclinicalresearchesforintegrativemedicine.
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