title: An assessment of traditional Uighur medicine in current Xinjiang region (China).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The main objectives of this study were to assess the current research and development of traditional Uighur medicine in Xinjiang (China), and to evaluate the promising pharmacological products of traditional Uighur medicine for further studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Traditional Uighur medicine data of medicine registry, patent, and academic publications was collected and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data showed that, among the registered and studied traditional Uighur medicine, the main therapeutic areas of traditional Uighur medicine focused on skin disease, urogenital disease, rheumatism and digestive system disease. The representative traditional Uighur patent medicine included the following: BaixuanXiatare Tablets, Kaliziran Tincture and Vernoniaanthelmintica Injection (Psoriasis and vitiligo); Xi-payimazibiziLiquid (prostatitis); KursiKaknaq (urinary tract infection); Tongzhisurunjiang Capsules (anti-rheumatism medicine); HuganBuzure Granules (digestive system disease). Moreover, ten Uighur herbs were widely used, including: ResinaScammoniae, Folium FumicisDentati, HerbaDracocephali, Semen AmygdaliDulcis, HerbaChamomillae, FructusPimpinellaeanisi, Cortex Foeniculi, FructusVernoniae, FructusApii, and Radix AnacycliPyrethri.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study concluded by indicating that traditional Uighur medicine with excellent curative effect should be screened in details for their phytochemical properties and pharmacological activity to discover new bioactive constituents.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao.
authors.forename: Zhi Qiao
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao.
authors.forename: Tian Tian
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao.
authors.forename: Mao Yu
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao.
authors.forename: Mei Wan
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao.
authors.forename: Yi Tao
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010330:Patents as Topic; D011642:Publications
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal
keywords: Traditional Uighur medicine; Traditional Uighur patent medicine; Uighur herb