Traditional Chinese medicine provides potential clinical benefits and a new avenue for the future treatment of acute pancreatitis by targeting various aspects of its pathogenesis.
Does traditional Chinese medicine improve outcomes and provide pancreas protection in acute pancreatitis?
Traditional Chinese medicine offers potential clinical benefits and a promising avenue for the treatment of acute pancreatitis due to its abundance, low cost, safety, and multi-targeted mechanisms.
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one of the most common diseases. AP is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but it lacks specific and effective therapies. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is one of the most popular complementary and alternative medicine modalities worldwide for the treatment of AP. The current evidence from basic research and clinical studies has shown that TCM has good therapeutic effects on AP. This review summarizes the widely used formulas, single herbs and monomers that are used to treat AP and the potential underlying mechanisms of TCM. Because of the abundance, low cost, and safety of TCM as well as its ability to target various aspects of the pathogenesis, TCM provides potential clinical benefits and a new avenue with tremendous potential for the future treatment of AP.
Li et al. (Sun,) conducted a review in Acute pancreatitis. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was evaluated. Traditional Chinese medicine provides potential clinical benefits and a new avenue for the future treatment of acute pancreatitis by targeting various aspects of its pathogenesis.
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