太赫兹技术在中医药领域中的应用进展

Application Progress of Terahertz Technology in Traditional Chinese Medicine

太赫兹科技被评为"改变未来世界的十大技术"之一,生物医学领域是其重要的研究方向之一。太赫兹技术在医药学检测和成像方面的运用较为广泛,利用其辐射效应进行治疗也取得了诸多进展,已显示出广阔的运用前景。中药及其成分鉴定是太赫兹技术目前在中医药领域的主要应用方向,揭示中医传统理论、创新发展中医传统疗法也为太赫兹技术在中医领域的应用提供了探索方向,太赫兹技术有望成为中医药现代化发展新的技术手段。

Terahertz technology has been regarded as one of ＂The ten major technologies to change the future world＂, one of its im- portant research direction is biomedical field. It has been widely used in medical imaging and pharmaceutical detecting, and the explo- ration of its radiation effect has also been processing. In the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine （ TCM）, terahertz technology has mainly for identifying traditional herbs and their components. It has been preliminary applied to discover the traditional theoretic basis and promote the traditional treatment strategy of TCM. These studies provides some new technical methods or advisable ideas for the fu- ture exploration progress of TCM.