Xiao Xiaohe, Xiao Peigen, Wang Yongyan
Institute of Chinese Meteria Medica, 302 Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100039, China.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2009 Jan;34(2):119-23.
Since the Tenth Five-Year Plan in China, the science and technology of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has gained unprecedented high attention, and at the same time, the people who have been engaging in the TCM research are bearing more and more missions and responsibilities. In order to get more significant breakthroughs and scientific achievements with great innovation, great value and great influence in the near future, the radical target and strategy for TCM research should be made out as follows: sifting out the lees, laying aside the disputes, tamping the identical opinions, and innovating to apply. In other words, the principle that "to do what can be done, not to do what can not be done; to do what should be done, not to do what should not be done, and to pay more attention to standardization than to innovation" should be recognized unequivocally. The six issues such as the evaluation and improvement of TCM efficacy, the safety evaluation and reasonable usage of TCM, the innovation and development of TCM quality evaluation and control technology, the sustainable utilization and protection of TCM resources, the elucidation and modernization of TCM basic theory, etc. should be considered as the prior and key aspects of TCM research in the following 20 years in China.
自中国第十个五年计划以来，中医药科技受到了前所未有的高度重视，与此同时，从事中医药研究的人员也肩负着越来越多的使命和责任。为了在不久的将来取得更显著的突破以及具有重大创新、重大价值和重大影响的科研成果，中医药研究的根本目标和战略应确定如下：去粗取精，搁置争议，夯实共识，创新应用。也就是说，要明确认识到“能做的做，不能做的不做；该做的做，不该做的不做，重规范甚于重创新”这一原则。中医药疗效评价与提升、中医药安全性评价与合理使用、中医药质量评价与控制技术创新与发展、中医药资源可持续利用与保护、中医药基础理论阐释与现代化等六个问题，应被视为未来20年中国中医药研究的优先和关键方面。
