The studies conducted by the center combine big data-bench-bedside research, including TCM empirical study and immunoregulation study. Through the combination of clinical and basic research, it increases international visibility of TCM research, integration of Western medicine and TCM, and promotes public health and welfare.
As immune disorders have become an important issue of human health, these diseases, including allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, infectious or inflammatory diseases and even cancer—the common cause of death in Taiwan, are closely bound up with the immune system. However, biomedicine has limitations in the treatment for immune diseases. TCM for regulating the immune system has been documented in the literature, such as qi- or blood-supplementing herbs,. For example, Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi decoction, Yu-Ping-Feng powder, astragalus, ganoderma, Chinese yam, and atractylodes have been reported to have the ability to regulate the immunit. Therefore, the study of TCM in immunology is an area that has great potential for development.
