The Quest for the Modernization and Internationalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
中药现代化与国际化探索作者机构:Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Tianjin 300193 China Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200031 China Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201203 China
出 版 物:《Engineering》 (工程(英文))
年 卷 期:2019年第5卷第1期
页 面:1-2页
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主 题:Traditional Chinese medicine ancient Chinese has accumulated
摘 要:Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is deeply rooted in ancient Chinese culture and has been practiced by Chinese people for thousands of years in order to maintain their health and fight against disease. This ancient Chinese wisdom has accumulated from the long struggle to cope with various diseases through hundreds or even thousands of trial-and-error practices. However, due to its empirical character, TCM has long been criticized as being deficient in scientific evidence, and is still not widely accepted by the mainstream conventional medical system. The complexity of the chemical components of TCM and the clarification of its mechanisms remain an enormous challenge in the conversion of TCM into an evidence-based medicine. Thanks to incredible progress in biomedical research, TCM has evolved at an astonishing pace in various aspects, as indicated by the 2015 Nobel Prize awarded to Professor Youyou Tu for her discovery of artemisinin.