协同创新,助力中药安全合理用药

Collaborative innovation boosting the safe and rational use of traditional Chinese medicines

国家近期推出的系列利好政策为中医药的发展注入了强大新动能,中药的安全性和有效性问题也因此备受关注。雷公藤是临床确有疗效又具安全性风险的中药之一,围绕其临床合理用药问题,国内已开展多学科协同创新研究。该专刊主要介绍近2年来该领域所取得的部分进展,内容涵盖雷公藤及其制剂的临床应用、药理毒理、药代动力学、资源与鉴定、分子生药学等方面,对保证中药安全合理用药、促进中药产业健康发展具有重要意义和示范效用。

As entering a new era,our country has introduced a series of favorable policies,which may provide the powerful and new momentum for the development of traditional Chinese medicine( TCM). However,more and more attentions have been paid to the safety and effectiveness of TCM. Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f. is one of Chinese herbs with clinical efficacy and safety risk. In recent years,accumulating groups have carried out a series of exploratory studies on the clinical rational use of T. wilfordii-related preparations. Considering this situation,the goal of this special issue is to bring together a collection of original research and review articles addressing the expanding field of T. wilfordii. The special issue covers the clinical application,pharmacodynamics,toxicology,pharmacodynamics,resource identification and molecular pharmacognosy of T. wilfordii-related preparations. It focuses on the multi-disciplinary collaborative innovation,and may provide a stimulating resource for the fascinating subject of the safe and rational use of TCM,as well as have important practical significance and promotion value for the healthy development of TCM industry.