中医药治疗艾滋病的现状及展望

General Introduction and Prospect of Treating AIDS by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in China

艾滋病目前尚不能治愈,西医抗逆转录病毒高效联合疗法(HAART)疗效肯定,但只能控制和缓解病情。十几年前已经开始了中医药治疗艾滋病的研究,进行了大量的基础研究,发现多种中药具有抑制艾滋病病毒的作用。临床试验表明,中药在稳定和提高免疫功能、消除和缓解症状、改善生活质量方面均具有较好的效果,但对于降低病毒载量的作用有限。中医药具有起效慢、作用平和而持久、毒副作用小、价格便宜、适合国情、依从性好、能够长期服用等特点。

Although the HAART(Highly Active Antiretrovirus Therapy) can not completely cure HIV/AIDS, it makes the fatal disease into the chronic and controllable disease with reducing mortality and morbility throughout the world. TCM has been used in the research of HIV/AIDS and treating HIV/AIDS for many years.Many Chinese herbs have some effect on inhibiting HIV thought the basic research. TCM can enhance immune function, improve symptoms-signs, not reduce viral loading according with the Clinic research. In a word, TCM have some advantages, such as improving the clinical symptoms, enhancing immune function,good adherence,low cost and so on.