Department Introduction

Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine | Our Speciality

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The studies conducted by the center combine big data-bench-bedside research, including TCM empirical study and immunoregulation study.  Through the combination of clinical and basic research, it increases international visibility of TCM research, integration of Western medicine and TCM, and promotes public health and welfare.

As immune disorders have become an important issue of human health, these diseases, including allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, infectious or inflammatory diseases and even cancer—the common cause of death in Taiwan, are closely bound up with the immune system. However, biomedicine has limitations in the treatment for immune diseases. TCM for regulating the immune system has been documented in the literature, such as qi- or blood-supplementing herbs,. For example, Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi decoction, Yu-Ping-Feng powder, astragalus, ganoderma, Chinese yam, and atractylodes have been reported to have the ability to regulate the immunit. Therefore, the study of TCM in immunology is an area that has great potential for development.

 

中醫藥研究中心

The research center implements clinical translational studies supported by basic research in stages, and works together with clinicians of the TCM department and western medicine-related departments. Stage 1 covers from the epidemiological study of clinical cases, clinical symptom, TCM syndrome differentiation, to analyze the current status and summarize the unmet needs. In Stage 2, it collaborates with clinical Chinese and Western medicine physicians in collecting clinical specimens, analyzing the inflammatory or immune response in the patient's body. In Stage 3, it promotes TCM translational clinical trials assisted by basic research, supporting TCM clinical research through the basic research of cellular and molecular immunology.
 
The TCM immunoregulation study is a key area for the research center, especially in the field of adaptive immunity. From the perspective of TCM, the research center probes deeply into TCM immunotherapy and immunoregulation efficacy and mechanisms. Immunoregulation is one of the possible mechanisms of TCM in the treatment of diseases. Although clinical use of TCM to treat immune disorders can achieve good results, it remains to be seen whether the balance of the immunity can be precisely harnessed and scientific evidence-based research can support clinical observation.  The research center applies scientific evidence-based research, combining TCM, molecular biology, and immunology research methods, in order to investigate TCM clinical efficacy and therapeutic mechanism for immune disorders.
 
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