A review of experimental designs of compound compatibility law of traditional Chinese medicine
- Author:
Xiaoli SONG
;
Yanqing GAO
;
Xin NIU
;
Yinchu SI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2003;1(3):177-9
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The paper discussed a variety of experimental designs of compound compatibility law of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM): study of whole formula and different ingredients of formula. The latter includes study of single ingredient, study of functional ingredient group, orthogonal design, clustering analysis, homogeneous design, factorial analysis and so on. It was proposed that experimental designs of formula should be based on the theory of TCM, and combined with modern sciences.
