Advances in the experimental research on traditional Chinese medicine against liver fibrosis / 临床肝胆病杂志

Liver fibrosis is the common pathological process of chronic liver diseases caused by various etiologies such as viral hepatitis and alcoholism, and it can progress to liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer and seriously threatens human health. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has the characteristics of multiple components, targets, and pathways in inhibiting the progression of liver fibrosis and promoting the reversal of liver fibrosis and thus has unique clinical efficacy. In recent years, great progress has been made in the experimental research on the anti-liver fibrosis potential of TCM, and related studies have found a variety of compound TCM prescriptions, single TCM medicine, and their effective constituents and revealed their potential mechanism of action from the cellular and molecular levels. In order to further clarify the advances in the experimental research on the anti-liver fibrosis potential of TCM, this article systematically reviews the research advances in the past five years from the aspects of experimental animal models for the anti-liver fibrosis potential of TCM, the mechanism of action of TCM in the treatment of liver fibrosis, and TCM research from animal experiments to clinical trials, so as to provide a reference for researchers and clinicians to develop and apply anti-liver fibrosis TCM drugs.

Advances in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine diagnosis and treatment of hepatic fibrosis / 临床肝胆病杂志

Hepatic fibrosis (HF) is a key stage in the progression of chronic hepatitis to liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer, and it is a dynamic and reversible pathological change. Studies have shown that integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy has a good therapeutic effect on HF and can delay or reverse the progression of this disease. This article summarizes the pathogenesis of HF and discusses the diagnosis of HF, traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine therapies, and the path of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy, so as to provide ideas for the basic research and clinical application of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in the prevention and treatment of HF.