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A Historical Overview and Concepts of Chinese Medicine Preparations and Novel Delivery Systems

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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is widely used in clinic for a long time in China, especially for certain chronic diseases with reliable clinical effects. However, there are challenges in the controllable quality, safety and efficiency, and patient compliance of TCM due to the traditional pharmaceutical approaches in preparation of Chinese medicines. During the past decades, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS) have been developed for Chinese medicines. This chapter presents the historical overview of Chinese medicines regarding the fundamental concepts, sources, characteristics, and preparation approaches. The design principles and current advancements of NDDS for Chinese medicines were also highlighted in this chapter.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [82074279, 82074031] and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [20ZR1458300].

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Zhang, Y., He, Z., He, Y., Hou, X., Feng, N. (2021). A Historical Overview and Concepts of Chinese Medicine Preparations and Novel Delivery Systems. In: Feng, N., Yang, Z. (eds) Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Chinese Medicines. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3444-4_1

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