Chinese Medicine Phenomics (Chinmedphenomics): Personalized, Precise and Promising

Chunchun Yuan; Weiqiang Zhang; Jing Wang; Chen Huang; Bing Shu; Qianqian Liang; Tingrui Huang; Jiucun Wang; Qi Shi; Dezhi Tang; Yongjun Wang

doi:10.1007/s43657-022-00074-x

Chinese Medicine Phenomics (Chinmedphenomics): Personalized, Precise and Promising

Phenomics. 2022 Oct 14;2(6):383-388. doi: 10.1007/s43657-022-00074-x. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Chunchun Yuan^#^{1

2

3}, Weiqiang Zhang^#^{1

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3

4}, Jing Wang^#^{1

2

3

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6}, Chen Huang^{1

2

3}, Bing Shu^{3

5

6}, Qianqian Liang^{1

2

3

5

6}, Tingrui Huang^{1

2

3}, Jiucun Wang⁴, Qi Shi^{1

2

3

5

6}, Dezhi Tang^{1

2

3

5

6}, Yongjun Wang^{1

2

3

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032 China.
² Institute of Spine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032 China.
³ Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education about Theory and Treatment of Muscles and Bones, Shanghai, 200032 China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433 China.
⁵ Academic Research Center of Shixiaoshan' Traumatology, Shanghai, 200032 China.
⁶ Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Office, Shanghai, 200032 China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

The systematicness of phenomics and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) enable these two disciplines to interlink with each other. This article discussed the similarity in theory and application between TCM and phenomics and illustrates their respective advantages in diagnosis and treatment of diseases, forming a new discipline eventually. Chinese medicine phenomics (Chinmedphenomics) is built on classic TCM, combined with phenomics technology, and the development of which needs the mega cohort with TCM syndrome and the characteristics of precision medicine as well as multi-disciplinary cooperation, which is personalized, precise and promising, providing unique scientific insights into understanding human health.

Keywords: Chinese medicine phenomics (Chinmedphenomics); Mega cohort; Multi-disciplinary association; Precision medicine.

Publication types

Review