Advantages and characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of liver fibrosis

Junhong LIU; Xinyu LI; Miaolei WANG; Boya FU; Linman LI; Hui FANG

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.02.003

Volume 39 Issue 2

Feb. 2023

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Advantages and characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of liver fibrosis

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.02.003

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Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Department of Gastroenterology, Zhang Ye People's Hospital Affiliated to Hexi University, Zhangye, Gansu 734000, China

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Regional Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81660773);

Key Talent Project of Organization Department of Gansu Province ;

Construction Project of Clinical Medical Research Center, Department of Science and Technology of Gansu Province (21JR7RA682)

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Corresponding author: LIU Junhong, Lhz8686@163.com (ORCID: 0000-0002-5784-5296)
Received Date: 2022-12-03
Accepted Date: 2023-01-14
Published Date: 2023-02-20

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Hepatic fibrosis (HF) is the common pathological process of various chronic liver diseases and is associated with the progression of liver diseases, and it is also a key factor affecting the outcome of liver diseases and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The early process of HF is reversible, but without timely intervention and treatment, HF may gradually aggravate and progress to liver cirrhosis and even HCC, which will endanger people's health. Therefore, it is of great significance to actively prevent and treat HF; however, due to the complex pathogenesis of HF, Western medicine treatment is limited and there is still a lack of effective and widely accepted anti-fibrotic drugs, and thus there is a huge demand for medical treatment. With the efforts of scholars in China and globally, traditional Chinese medicine treatment has become a hotspot and a key breakthrough point in reversing HF and preventing its progression, with the advantages of multiple targets and pathways. This article elaborates on the advantages and characteristics of TCM treatment of HF from the aspects of syndrome differentiation, method of treatment, drug compatibility, and modern molecular mechanism.
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal,
- Liver Fibrosis,
- Therapeutics,
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional

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