title: [Impact on evaluation of clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine for level in soft targets of processing technology].
abstract: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a very practical subject, which has its unique theoretical system and clinical characteristics. In the course of clinical practice, the exact clinical efficacy is the key of existence and development. But the existing evaluation system is difficult to objectively evaluate the clinical efficacy of TCM. Therefore, how to objectively evaluate the clinical efficacy and get definitive evidence is the focus of the evaluation of clinical efficacy of TCM. Relative to modern medicine, TCM is more concerned about the changes of feelings and clinical symptoms of the patient in the course of the evolution of the disease. Soft targets mainly used for the evaluation of the clinical efficacy of symptoms and functional activity of the disease. The level in soft targets of processing technology is often used methods in clinical evaluation. But it has often produced the phenomenon which the results of the evaluation is mutual contradiction, which will ultimately affect the effect of evaluation of clinical efficacy of TCM. In order to better evaluate the clinical efficacy of TCM, in the process of adoption of soft targets, it clearly identify it's role, highlighting the characteristics of interventions on disease, and as much as possibly avoid the level in soft targets of processing technology to real assess clinical efficacy of TCM.
authors.forename: Ming-Yi
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Bo-Hua
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D004358:Drug Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D012107:Research Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal