China
to Compile Guidebook on Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese
experts plan to compile a guidebook for clinical application of ready-made
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for treating infectious diseases.
The project will be carried out by
scholars from the State Administration of TCM, China Press of TCM and China
Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, according to a statement at a conference
held in Hangzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province, which was attended by
more than 100 experts.
The compiling and publishing of the
book is aimed at standardizing the use of TCM, which helped Chinese people
overcome plagues in ancient times and has proved effective in treating modern
diseases including SARS and H1N1 influenza in recent years, said Yang Hongjun,
vice director of TCM institute under the China Academy of Chinese Medicine
Sciences.
Prepared TCM is ready-made in pill,
capsule, tablet, oral liquid or granule form to be taken after being mixed with
water.
Wang Guiqiang, director of the
infectious disease department under Peking University First Hospital, said it
is important to establish a quantification model for assessment in the use of
TCM in treating infectious diseases.
It will help combine the advantages
of both TCM and Western medicine and promote innovation to contribute to the
world's disease prevention and treatment, Wang said.
A research center on clinical
assessment of infectious diseases was also established at the conference.
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