Discussion on the development of traditional Chinese medicine clinical research from evidence-based medicine and translational medicine

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is the treasure of Chinese civilization. Its advantage lies in clinical practice. It takes the concept of holism and treatment based on syndrome differentiation as the guiding ideology, emphasizes the people-oriented concept, and has the dual attributes of science and humanity. The clinical efficacy reflects the vitality of TCM. In recent years, the researchers focus on the TCM clinical regnant diseases and therapies, master the evidence-based medicine method, establish new methods and technologies for clinical efficacy evaluation in line with the characteristics of TCM, integrate with the international clinical research mode so as to gain consensus and recognition.Using the ideas and methods of translational medicine, starting from the needs and efficacy, to build a clinical and basic transformation platform, improve the quality of clinical services, and promote the development of new drugs and new technologies. In general, the development of TCM clinical research should adhere to the principles of Chinese Learning, carry forward original thinking, be fully inclusive and equitable, learn mutually, collaborate with each other, and cooperate in multi-disciplinarity, so as to welcome a new era of high concepts, big data, integration of information and intelligence under the background of big science and health, grasp the hard-won development trend of TCM from integration of TCM and western medicine to placing equal emphasis on TCM and western medicine, and realize the inheritance and innovation of TCM led by us.

Keywords

• traditional chinese medicine
• clinical research
• clinical efficacy
• evidence-based medicine
• translational medicine
• narrative medicine