讲座题目：中药质量控制的回顾、现状及前景

主讲人: 谢培山教授, 澳门科技大学药物及健康应用研究所

时间: 2012年4月25号（星期三）下午2:30-4点

地点: B303

摘要:

Quality of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is the fundamental priority for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) modernization. When herbs of questionable origin or unreliable quality are used in a research project for any chemical analyses, pharmacology or clinical observation, it is highly unlikely that the results can be repeated and scientifically validated, the vain efforts would certainly not only waste time but also mislead to the other investigators, let alone curing effectively disease. Therefore CHM standardization should be a crucial task. Standardization means species authentication, consistent ingredients composition as well as safety, consequently the proper efficacy could be ensured. A figurative argument had it that the western medicine using one single chemical substance to attack disease, like silver bullet whose potency pinpointed the pathogenic agent; Contrarily, Chinese medicine often administered a group of agents (herbal medicines) like shotgun to tackle the problem of human body. CHM was nurtured by Chinese ancient philosophy and long historical accumulated practice formed its unique features, simply, integrity in therapeutic principle, flexibility in composition of herbal formula. The question is: how to effectively assess the quality for such complex herbal entity? An overview on the status quo and perspective on quality control of Chinese herbal medicine was recounted in this presentation.