Research and Evaluation of the Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Author: Wang Siwang
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book is a specialized work on the efficacy research and evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), summarizing the practical experience and achievements of numerous experts in TCM and comparative medicine over the years. The book consists of 13 chapters. First, it provides an introduction to the research on the efficacy of TCM, elaborating on the concept, objectives, tasks, and significance of such research. Then, it offers a comprehensive and systematic discussion on the efficacy research and evaluation of TCM used for treating various diseases, including cardiovascular, blood and hematopoietic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, nervous, endocrine and metabolic, tumor, orthopedics, gynecology, and dermatology. Finally, it lists commonly used biological data in TCM efficacy research for readers to reference. Additionally, it highlights the experimental design for new TCM drugs targeting different systemic diseases (mainly including the medical foundation of the disease, key design points, research progress, animal models, observation indicators, experimental items, and selection of positive control drugs) and provides research examples (relevant models, modeling mechanisms, modeling methods, observation indicators, reference results, precautions, model characteristics, applications, and practical examples). The authors of this book are highly accomplished and experienced, with detailed, up-to-date, and well-organized content, written in fluent language with a combination of text, figures, tables, and illustrations. It is a specialized work that systematically explains the efficacy research and evaluation of TCM. It is suitable for medical researchers and scientific workers, especially students and graduates of TCM universities, TCM research institutes, TCM hospitals, TCM pharmaceutical enterprises, and TCM majors.