title: [A review of experimental designs of compound compatibility law of traditional Chinese medicine].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China. songxlbao@sina.com.cn
authors.forename: Xiao-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yan-Qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Yin-Chu
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Si
mesh_terms: 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