Traditional and herbal medicines: Understanding & exploration (part II)

Abstract

Current Traditional Medicine covers all the aspects of the modernization and standardization research on the traditional medicine of the world, e.g., chemistry, pharmacology, molecular mechanism, systems biology, proteomics, genomics, metabolomics, safety, quality control, clinical studies of traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic, Unani, Arabic, and other ethnomedicine, and their practical use in the prevention and treatment of diseases. Each issue contains updated comprehensive, in-depth/mini-reviews along with high-quality original experimental research articles. Current Traditional Medicine is a leading and important international peer-reviewed journal reflecting the current outstanding scientific research progress of global traditional, indigenous, folk, and ethnologic medicine. Topics related to herbal medicine, manual wound healing methods, and other unconventional health care practices, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, are also included. It provides a bridge that connects the traditional medicine system to modern life science with the efforts of top scientists, as well as a resource to pursue the solutions for the existing common issues in traditional medicine.