[A review of experimental designs of compound compatibility law of traditional Chinese medicine].
The paper discussed a variety of experimental designs of compound compatibility law of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM): study of whole formula and different ingredients of formula. The latter includes study of single ingredient, study of functional ingredient group, orthogonal design, clustering analysis, homogeneous design, factorial analysis and so on. It was proposed that experimental designs of formula should be based on the theory of TCM, and combined with modern sciences.
Song
Xiao-Li
XL
Department of Physiology, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China. songxlbao@sina.com.cn
Gao
Yan-Qing
YQ
Niu
Xin
X
Si
Yin-Chu
YC
D002681:China; D005569:Formularies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends