Prospect for study on treatment of AIDS with traditional Chinese medicine.

In this paper, studies on single Chinese medicinal herbs, composite prescriptions, and their active principles, which have been used against HIV both in China and abroad, are highlighted; and the results from clinical treatment of 158 HIV infected patients performed by a China-Tanzania Coordinating Group are also reported. Six of the patients displayed seronegative conversion and remained so in the follow-up for 10 to 15 months. The author assumes that the prescriptions and drugs strengthening the patients' resistance could enhance the efficacy of AIDS treatment.