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Enlightenment about using TCM constitutions for individualized medicine and construction of Chinese-style precision medicine: research progress with TCM constitutions

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TCM constitution is a new branch of TCM. It provides enlightenment on individualized medicine, including the development of new models of individualized research based on nine constitutions, the acquisition of comprehensive health information for individuals, and establishment of a consistent individualized diagnosis and treatment system. Further, we propose a Chinese-style “precision medicine” based on individualization using the TCM constitutions.

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This work was supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (81730112 to Qi Wang), Beijing Science and Technology New Star Project (Z201100000820027 to Lingru Li), and Innovation Team Project of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (2019-JYB-TD010 to Lingru Li).

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  1. Center for Studies in Constitution Research of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China

    Lingru Li, Zhenyu Wang, Ji Wang, Yanfei Zheng, Yingshuai Li & Qi Wang

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Li, L., Wang, Z., Wang, J. et al. Enlightenment about using TCM constitutions for individualized medicine and construction of Chinese-style precision medicine: research progress with TCM constitutions. Sci. China Life Sci. 64, 2092–2099 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1872-7

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