Expert Insight | Dr. XiaoheXiao: Precision Medication – Making Traditional Chinese Medicine the Guardian of the Body’s “Chemical Factory”
The liver, as the "chemical factory" of the human body, is responsible for the synthesis and metabolism of various crucial substances, while also serving as the "detoxification center" for harmful waste and toxins. However, the liver faces numerous challenges, including external factors such as viruses, bacteria, alcohol, drugs, and internal factors like self-consumption, immune imbalance, acute and chronic liver diseases, which can disrupt the liver's tissue structure and functioning. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has rich applications in safeguarding the liver. Still, issues related to liver damage caused by Chinese herbal medicine have sparked debates about whether TCM is a "toxin" or a "guardian" for the liver. In a recent report at the 10th "Huaxia Shanghai Liver Disease Forum and Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Failure and Its Complications Forum," Dr. Xiaohe Xiao from the Fifth Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital discussed the overall situation of the safety of Chinese herbal medicine and explored practical solutions.