The development of traditional Chinese medicine should not be complacent

"Internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine is ushering in the best opportunity period." Zhang Boli, academician of Chinese Academy of engineering and President of Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, is full of confidence in the development of Chinese medicine industry With the change of human disease spectrum, many western medicine turn to Oriental medicine to seek holistic treatment The importance of traditional medicine, or complementary medicine, alternative medicine and natural medicine, is increasingly prominent According to statistics, 75 countries, including European and American countries, have offices in charge of traditional medicine management, and 92 countries have issued laws and regulations on herbal medicine 34 countries have national pharmacopoeia of herbal medicine, 85 countries have registration system of herbal medicine, 16 countries have registered more than 1000 herbal products, and 22 countries have included herbal medicine in the national basic drug catalog The statistics may be updated at present For China, deepening medical reform brings opportunities for the development of traditional Chinese medicine, and the development of traditional Chinese medicine provides an important driving force for medical reform Many concepts of traditional Chinese medicine are not backward Traditional Chinese medicine has definite curative effect on lifestyle diseases, degenerative diseases, senile diseases and so on, and it still plays an irreplaceable role Zhang Boli believes that TCM research and development should be widely cooperated and never be complacent At the same time, policy support should be strengthened for TCM to go global "The results of phase II study of Fuzheng Huayu tablet in the United States have many implications." Zhang Boli said that first of all, we should highlight our advantages from the dominant diseases For example, liver fibrosis is an early pathological process of the development of chronic liver disease into liver cancer Fuzheng Huayu tablet can prevent the progress of liver fibrosis The market demand is strong and the industry prospect is very bright Secondly, the research methods should be scientific and rigorous The advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in clinical efficacy, however, clinical efficacy needs to be expressed with scientific data Third, multidisciplinary cooperation at home and abroad is the basis for success Clinical research of traditional Chinese medicine needs not only the professional knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, but also the methods and technologies of epidemiology, statistics, data management and other disciplines to ensure the scientificity and feasibility of the research.