Danggui Buxue Tang (Chinese Angelica Decoction): A Sample Trial in TCM Standardization

The major stumbling block on the internationalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is the lack of a complete set of quality standards that can be recognized and accepted by the international community through an objective and stringent validation process. That is to say, Chinese medicine needs to be standardized. Such a standardization is set by the state and the international regulation authorities who demand scientific proof on the safety, quality and efficacy of TCM. By using the simplest TCM formulation, Danggui Buxue Tang, we hereby present some existing problems and strategies to tackle this task based on the uniqueness of Chinese medicines.