title: A great honor and a huge challenge for China: You-you TU getting the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
abstract: Public excitement over the award of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to the Chinese medical scientist You-you TU for the discovery of a herbal anti-malarial, may mislead the Chinese people into believing that traditional Chinese herbal medi-cine can be used to cure all disease without any ad-verse effects. The aim of this paper is to explain the advantages and disadvantages of herbal traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) objectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Da
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Jun-Chao
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002681:China; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009613:Nobel Prize; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D028321:Plant Preparations
keywords: Adverse effects; Artemisinin; Herbal traditional Chinese medicine; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine