Construction and consideration on a traditional Chinese medicine efficacy evaluation system for liver diseases

Qianqian NIU; Wei CHEN; Xiuhui LI

doi:10.12449/JCH260501

Volume 42 Issue 5

May 2026

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Construction and consideration on a traditional Chinese medicine efficacy evaluation system for liver diseases

DOI: 10.12449/JCH260501

Qianqian NIU¹,
Wei CHEN²,
Xiuhui LI^{3
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Department of Hepatology，Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine，Capital Medical University，Beijing 100010，China
2.
Center for Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine，Beijing University of Chinese Medicine，Beijing 100029，China
3.
Center for Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine，Beijing YouAn Hospital，Capital Medical University，Beijing 100069，China

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Corresponding author: LI Xiuhui， lixiuhui@sohu.com （ORCID： 0000-0002-6707-2693）
Received Date: 2026-03-24
Accepted Date: 2026-04-21
Published Date: 2026-05-25

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Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） has unique advantages in the management of liver diseases； however， traditional TCM efficacy evaluation is highly subjective with a lack of standardized criteria， and the evaluation criteria for modern medicine are incompatible with the characteristics of TCM interventions， leading to a marked dissociation between diseases， symptoms， and syndromes. To address the above issues， this article proposes the core principle of disease-symptom-syndrome integration and establishes a four-dimensional efficacy evaluation system including TCM syndrome efficacy， patient-reported outcomes， overall disease prognosis， and changes in biological indicators. This article systematically elaborates on the core connotation， indicator selection criteria， and quantification methods of each dimension and clarifies the implementation principles and strategies， in order to provide methodological support for high-quality clinical research and the production of high-level evidence-based data in TCM treatment of liver diseases and promote the modernization and internationalization of TCM diagnosis and treatment.
- Liver Diseases,
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy,
- Treatment Outcome

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