title: The bright future of Chinese herbal medicine: only after a twisty road.
abstract: This article discusses the fundamental theory and history of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) and points out that a series of problems and debates arise about CHM. In order to solve these problems, we need to answer the following three questions for the future development of CHM: Is CHM safe? Is CHM effective? Which ingredient is effective or noxious? Meanwhile, we need to properly handle the relationship between inheritance and innovation during the development of CHM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D017277:Drug Approval; D015195:Drug Design; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D011786:Quality Control; D012449:Safety
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal