title: Treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with Chinese medicine in China: opportunity, advancement and challenges.
abstract: Chinese medicine (CM) has been used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) for 30 years and the demonstrated therapeutic effects of CM, such as reducing plasma HIV viral load, increasing CD4(+)T cell counts, promoting immunity reconstitution, ameliorating symptoms and signs, improving the health related quality of life (HRQOL) and counteracting against the effects of anti-retroviral drugs, were summarized and reviewed in this article. The authors point out that it had been a good opportunity to use CM for the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS in the past and also there are huge challenges ahead for CM research and clinicians to discover more effective CM and its underlying mechanisms for treatment of AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of AIDS Treatment and Research Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Bin
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui-Juan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan-Tao
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Hui-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Zi-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Li-Ran
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000188:drug therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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