Traditional Chinese medicine inheritance need more innovation

Time: 2016-12-13

Source: People's Daily overseas edition

Author: Peng Xunwen

Rui-chao Lin Fujian quanzhou, professor, France in medicine. The Beijing university of Chinese medicine, dean of the school of Chinese medicine, doctoral supervisor, traditional Chinese medicine quality evaluation, director of the Beijing municipal key laboratory; The world health organization (who) traditional medicine consultants and experts; France's national medicine academy of sciences, foreign academicians; National pharmacopoeia committee, director of the executive committee and proprietary Chinese medicine professional committee members. An associate professor at the university has served as Dijon, the Beijing municipal government adviser, director of China society; China's food and drug verification research institute chief expert, Chinese materia medica offices shall, director of the national medicine.

On December 6, the Chinese government issued a white paper on "China's traditional Chinese medicine". China WaiWenJu foreign communication research center's the fourth time this year the Chinese national image global survey results show that compared with the first survey in 2012, the first is regarded as the most representative of traditional Chinese medicine of Chinese elements, ratio of 50%. Traditional Chinese medicine has become China's overseas a beautiful card.

However, the quality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) the good and bad are intermingled, let "concern" of traditional Chinese medicine may be dead in the day, some Chinese medicine abroad because of the so-called "toxic" or even side effects are restricted or banned imports. The December 9th, our reporter interviewed the world health organization (who) consultants, Beijing university of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine, dean of the school of traditional medicine rui-chao Lin.

How to standardization of Chinese medicine development?

Grab from medicinal materials production source

Chinese traditional medicine quality and medication safety has long been a concern for people, standardization production is considered to be one of the key measures to solve the problem. Just released white paper mentioned China's traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine standards system has been initially formed, the standard number of 649 items.

Why TCM standardization, industrialization development important?

"This is China's rapidly growing population scale." Rui-chao Lin said that in 1949 from 450 million to 1.3 billion, the growing demand for traditional Chinese medicine, wild medicinal materials of some varieties has been difficult to meet the public demand, so you have to carry out the standardized cultivation and production of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

The standardization of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) standard production is started early. Starting in the 1990 s, countries in view of the traditional Chinese medicine research and development and production for many of the specification. For example, the standard drug preclinical research and development of the pharmaceutical non-clinical research and the quality management standard "(hereinafter referred to as GLP, 1999), standardized herbs grown" Chinese herbal medicine production quality management norms "(hereinafter referred to as GAP, 2002), etc.

"Now, we emphasize the standardized production of Chinese traditional medicine to grab from medicinal material production that source. For wild medicinal materials, are normalized harvest, completes the surrounding ecological environment management; for the cultivation of medicinal materials, to standardization planting, harvesting, processing, transportation, middle pass processing, processing into slices, can be used as a medicine." Rui-chao Lin said the drug is made with the progress of science and technology and the development and continuous specification.

"It was overrun by traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine"?

The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine should be working together

Pesticide residues, heavy metal content exceeds bid, efficacy decline... Traditional Chinese medicinal materials quality directly affect the image of traditional Chinese medicine, industry and even fear "is likely to die in traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine".

"This is completely understandable, because there is a good doctor, no good medicine is also very NanZhiBing." Fears rui-chao Lin said, "you may be dead in traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine", mainly concerns the quality of traditional Chinese medicine is uneven; But there's also a question - can not all the doctors are prescribing a good, so the problem cannot be completely attributed to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

"In general, traditional Chinese medicine as a whole. The requirements of traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine should be meet as far as possible, the connotation of traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine should also try to understand. Only in this way can our Chinese traditional medicine quality, excellent curative effect to ensure good, security to be brought up." Rui-chao Lin said.

So, how to ensure that the Chinese medicine industry "good medicine, good medicine, good medicine"?

"Beijing colleague has a motto: 'will dare to omit artificial concocts although numerous, taste, though you will not reduce material resources'. This fully shows the' up 'this traditional pharmaceutical theory and technology for the necessity and importance of drug quality." Rui-chao Lin pointed out that the world traditional medicine four main sources: ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, ancient India, ancient China. Chinese medicine not only survive and development, this is the result of traditional Chinese medicine has its own theory of medical and pharmaceutical.

"Sexual flavour to the Chinese traditional medicine, processing and other traditional Chinese medicine is unique, is ancestors and predecessors developed through thousands of years of clinical practice, the essence of many is along with the advancement of science and came to be known." Rui-chao Lin, for instance, monkshood class medicine contains a double ester alkaloids, is toxic, but through processing after processing, double ester alkaloids get degradation, become nontoxic yinpian and medicine.

Rui-chao Lin said that Chinese medicine manufacturing to adhere to the "ancient instead of mud in the ancient" principle, not only to inheritance, carry forward the good wine, insist on continuous innovation.

Who learn Chinese and western medicine?

The key to see the clinical curative effect

With the development of modern industry, research and development of Chinese medicine technology has changed a lot, technology and standards play an important role in modern medicine.

Rui-chao Lin thought to this, the theory of Chinese and western is different, but all roads lead to Rome. "Said I was traveling with the French medicine, traditional Chinese and western medicine should firmly believe that good medicine have a good health, should learn from each other, complement each other."

In fact, traditional Chinese medicine in the process of development, has always insisted that all rivers run into sea. "Traditional Chinese medicine of frankincense and myrrh, China does not produce, they come from Africa, for thousands of years of traditional Chinese medicine as a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in use." Rui-chao Lin believes that the ultimate goal of Chinese and western medicine research and development are the health benefits and clinical curative effect. "For the Chinese medicine industry, should be based on this, with the aid of advanced western medicine research and development technology and method, to speed up the function mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine cure and material base of research."

Traditional Chinese medicine is overseas question "toxic"?

Use different experience and theory

It is important to note that in recent years, traditional Chinese medicine in overseas two very different situation. On the one hand, Chinese scientists tu with "artemisinin research won the Nobel Prize," cool Chinese medicines, such as big popular abroad. On the other hand, some herbs containing aristolochic acid, to animals, such as the centipede and minerals (e.g., realgar, cinnabar) part of the Chinese traditional medicine in overseas is restricted or prohibited.

Rui-chao Lin said: "there are different medication experience and theory, some medicines are poisonous side effect, but it is very good also." He said that Chinese medicine source plant, animal, mineral categories, now medicine are ancestors and predecessors after thousands of years based on the needs of clinical prevention needs, based on the cure.

"Animals such as reptiles have a lot of, why choose snake, centipede, black tip over other? Because they are able to cure. As for how much they are toxic, or toxicity, met with the scientific progress gradually. The mainly chemical medicine, history only hundreds of years. So, in science and technology is not developed hundreds of years ago, human beings rely on what cure? Still have to rely on these animals, plants, minerals." Rui-chao Lin said.

Rui-chao Lin said that the contrast of understanding of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) overseas is understandable, that means we need to attach importance to Chinese traditional medicine international communication, deepen the overseas public understanding of traditional Chinese medicine. "Is a typical example, arsenic arsenic, is toxic, but extract ingredients can treat some leukemia, has also been made into injection. Chinese approval for production, not only the United States food and drug administration (FDA) has approved for clinical treatment. As a result, many considered toxic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is also subject to we take a positive attitude to develop, knowledge, rather than a bamboo pole killed."

Internationalization of Chinese medicine how?

The first is good craftmanship

Traditional Chinese medicine how to polish the Chinese business card?

Internationalization of Chinese medicine, rui-chao Lin first recommend should practice good internal work. Why do Chinese traditional medicine can cure, learning to know the why. The government, enterprises, social, scientific research and education should not be impetuous, should be solid support to carry out the basic research of traditional Chinese medicine.

Second, traditional Chinese medicine research and development technology should be progress with the development of modern medicine. "Such as winning the Nobel Prize of artemisinin research, the experience of predecessors is used in wring juice with fresh medicine, inspired, combined with modern technology, using the organic solvent extraction. This shows that for some of the research and development of traditional Chinese medicine can promote comfort, experience of traditional Chinese medicine, we should combine the modern technology to speed up the pace of research."

Moreover, to fully to the international publicity, introduces the characteristics of TCM. "For example for treating cervical spondylosis, kind rheumatism, western medicine there is no special effects, however, were have corresponding treatment technology and method of traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, many overseas people to this lack of awareness, spread the word we need to put these things."

"Chinese medicine international propaganda to be practical and realistic, are strengths will be bold to say that like some surgical weaknesses is admitted, impartial, for a long time for work, traditional Chinese medicine can truly become an important part of the international medical." Rui-chao Lin said.

The traditional Chinese medicine is popular overseas

Cooling oil contains the composition such as camphor, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, heat, cool refreshing refreshing, pain relieving itching.

Wind has anti-inflammatory analgesic, cool antipruritic effect, is the summer tourist regular health care medicine at home.

It upright water Commonly used to treat cold dampness caused by diarrhea, vomiting, gastrointestinal type cold.

Yunnan baiyao have very good curative effect on injuries, trauma, bleeding, which is well received in the central and eastern European countries.

Ma yinglong haemorrhoid creams Main ingredients of borneol, calamine, artificial bezoar, borax, artificial musk, pearls, amber, etc, has the effect of qingrejiedu, go saprophytic muscle, swelling is mainly used for hemorrhoids, anal fissure pain.