摘要
Introduction Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has continued through centuries to this day since the ancient times and has contributed greatly to the well-being maintenance and disease treatment in China.[1-3]Before the ushering in of Western medicine into China in the 19th century,TCM had been the major healthcare and medical modality in Chinese communities.[4]This ancient art of healing has not diminished over time;conversely,it is now widely accepted by patients both in China and around the world owing to the shift of the disease spectrum and the rise of the“return to nature”paradigm.Moreover,TCM is attracting increasing attention from research circle worldwide.[5]At present,TCM is used in approximately 45%of the world’s countries,and a large amount of Chinese medicine raw materials is exported from China,and some of these Chinese medicines are collected directly from the wild.[6,7]Owing to the popularity of Chinese medicine around the world,the natural resources required for Chinese medicine production can hardly meet the rapidly increasing demand.Wild herbal resources are decreasing by approximately 30%every year.[5,8,9].
作者简介
Corresponding author:Prof.Hong-Xi Xu,School of Pharmacy,Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shanghai 201203,China.Engineering Research Center of Shanghai Colleges for TCM New Drug Discovery,Shanghai 201203,China.E-mail:xuhongxi88@gmail.com,ORCID:0000-0001-6238-4511;Corresponding author:Prof.Zhi-Xiu Lin,School of Chinese Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR 999077,China.Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR 999077,China.E-mail:linzx@cuhk.edu.hk,ORCID:0000-0003-2840-6179。
