Alternative therapies and medical science: Designing clinical trials of alternative/complementary medicines - Is evidence-based traditional Chinese medicine attainable?

• Main Authors: J. A.J.H. Critchley, Ye Zhang, Chuthamanee C. Suthisisang, T. Y.K. Chan, B. Tomlinson
• Other Authors: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/26326
• Institution: Mahidol University

Evidence-based traditional Chinese medicine is attainable. With good planning and a positive attitude, the remedies used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Chinese proprietary medicines can be studied at a standard acceptable to modern science. The identification of an active principal should...