Objective: To review the progresses in the study on the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on gene expression.
Method: Consulting more than 20 domestic relevant documents of recent years and summarizing several representative kinds of TCM.
Result and conclusion: The curative effect of TCM has something to do with its bioactive composition that promotes the regulation of gene expression; and the continued study on this mechanism of regulation may contribute to the modernization of TCM theory.