Patanjali Research Foundation, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar 249405, Uttarakhand, India.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2014;2014:495635. doi: 10.1155/2014/495635. Epub 2014 Jun 12.
Traditional medicine (TM) is being used more frequently all over the world. However most often these are choices made by the patient. Integrating TM into mainstream health care would require research to understand the efficacy, safety, and mechanism of action of TM systems. This paper describes research done on TM and difficulties encountered in researching TM, especially when an attempt is made to conform to the model for conventional medicine. The research articles were PubMed searched and categorized as experimental, quasiexperimental, reviews, descriptive, historical, interviews, case histories, and abstract not available. The last part of the report provides suggestions to make research on TM more acceptable and useful, with the ultimate goal of integrating TM into mainstream healthcare with sufficient knowledge about the efficacy, safety, and mechanism of action of TM systems.
传统医学（TM）在全世界的应用越来越频繁。然而，这些通常是患者的选择。将 TM 融入主流医疗保健需要进行研究，以了解 TM 系统的疗效、安全性和作用机制。本文描述了对 TM 的研究以及在研究 TM 时遇到的困难，特别是在试图符合传统医学模式时。研究文章在 PubMed 中进行了搜索，并分为实验、准实验、综述、描述性、历史性、访谈、病例报告和不可用摘要。报告的最后一部分提供了使 TM 研究更具可接受性和有用性的建议，最终目标是将 TM 融入主流医疗保健，充分了解 TM 系统的疗效、安全性和作用机制。
