Systems Pharmacology & Botanical Medicine

W + E =
WE Medicine

Beyond the Single Target

The future of medicine lies at the convergence of Western molecular pharmacology and Eastern botanical tradition — two paradigms that were always moving toward each other. This is where that conversation happens.

W WESTERN E EASTERN WE MEDICINE
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Latest Research
Research Topics
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The Paradigm
WE Medicine, reductionism's limits, and the convergence of W + E
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Systems Pharmacology
Network targets, multi-compound action, polypharmacology
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Botanical Science
Mechanism-based quality control, herbal pharmacokinetics
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Research Methods
Clinical trial design, omics technologies, pattern diagnosis
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Unmet Needs
Aging, chronic disease, cancer adjuvant therapy
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The Future
Where network pharmacology and botanical medicine are heading

"The most effective approach for developing future medicine should be the melting of W and E into WE Medicine."

— Yung-Chi Cheng, Yale School of Medicine, 2019

Past W → E Parallel, separate traditions
Present W ⇌ E Dialogue and exchange beginning
Future WE Full convergence — the new paradigm

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