HK gov't grants HK$10m for Chinese medicine project
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-25 20:19
HONG KONG) -- The Hong Kong Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine
(HKCGCM) Monday announced that it has secured a funding of HK$10 million (about
US$1.28 million) from the Hong Kong government for a project on modernization of
Chinese medicine.
Six local universities will cooperate in carrying out the project entitled
Modernization of Chinese Medicine: From Clinical Efficacy to Drug Production --
Two Innovative Formulae for Comprehensive Research.
Two clinical challenges, sleep disorder and post-stroke rehabilitation, are
being selected for investigation.
The project commenced in May 2006 and will be completed by April 2008. Herbal
formulae for both clinical challenges had gone through the evidence-based trial
of efficacy and the component herbs have gone through stringent tests of safety.
The next step is to establish comprehensive research by clinical trials.
According to HKCGCM, while there is a strong belief that many of Chinese
medicine formulations have therapeutic value, clinical and scientific evidence
is often poorly documented or seriously lacking. Therefore, the project will
mark an important footstep in the modernization of Chinese medicine.
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