Xu Ling, Jiao Li-jing, Li Chun-jie
Department of Oncology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2010 May;8(5):401-5. doi: 10.3736/jcim20100501.
With the progress and development of science and technology, biomedical technology has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research. However, TCM and Western medicine developed and came into being at different times and from different cultural backgrounds. Their targets are to study and explore the objective laws of human life activities from different angles and by different means. To study and evaluate TCM simply by the diagnosis and treatment standards of Western medicine cannot truly reflect the characteristics of TCM. Lots of clinical phenomena in the diagnosis and treatment in TCM cannot be revealed scientifically. It might be a significant pattern to combine the study of TCM with Western medicine, based on double-screening model of combining disease with syndrome types, following up evidence-based medical research steps, and making use of systematic review and data mining to analyze the inherent laws of TCM symptoms.
随着科学技术的进步与发展，生物医学技术已广泛应用于中医药研究。然而，中医与西医在不同时期、不同文化背景下发展形成。它们的目标是从不同角度、通过不同方法研究和探索人类生命活动的客观规律。单纯以西医的诊疗标准来研究和评价中医，无法真正体现中医的特色。中医诊疗中的诸多临床现象难以得到科学揭示。基于病证结合的双重筛选模式，遵循循证医学研究步骤，利用系统评价和数据挖掘来分析中医症状的内在规律，将中医与西医研究相结合，可能是一条重要途径。
