中药药性的临床研究进展

Clinical research progress on properties of traditional Chinese medicine

文章对建国以来中药药性理论的临床研究工作进行了系统回顾,此项研究在中枢神经系统、植物神经系统、内分泌系统、基础代谢、抗感染作用、血液流变学等方面取得了一些初步结论,但存在许多问题。笔者对中药药性的临床研究思路和方法进行了深入思考,提出中药药性临床研究必须与中医证的寒热本质研究及实验研究相结合,建立中药寒热药性的客观评价方法和指标体系,根据疾病的动态变化对中药药性进行动态研究。

This article systematically reviews the clinical researches on properties of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） since the building up of our country. There are a lot of problems in this subject although preliminary conclusions have been obtained from the researches on properties of TCM in the fields of central nervous system, endocrine system, energy metabolism, immune system and hemorheology. Through deep thoughts of the ideas and methods on clinical researches, it is suggested by the author that the clinical researches on properties of TCM should be integrated with the researches on essence of coldness and hotness of syndrome and integrated with experiments. We also need establish the system of objective evaluation methods and indexes, and proceed dynamic researches on properties of TCM according to the dynamic changes of diseases.