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ReviewChinese herbal medicines2025

Prevention and treatment of radiation injury by traditional Chinese medicine: A review.

Lixue He, Shixing Edi, Jun Ma, Zilin Kong, Chunguang Dai, Linfang Huang, Rui Zeng, Kaijun Gou

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Review in Chinese herbal medicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Radiomitigators: Breakthroughs in Post-Radiation Recovery.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lixue HeSchool of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610225, China.
Shixing EdiSchool of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610225, China.
Jun MaSchool of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610225, China.
Zilin KongSchool of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610225, China.
Chunguang DaiSchool of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610225, China.
Linfang HuangKey Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Resources Conservation of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
Rui ZengSchool of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610225, China.
Kaijun GouKey Laboratory of Research and Application of Ethnic Medicine Processing and Preparation on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610225, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear radiation exposure events and tumor radiotherapy are highly susceptible to a range of psychological, physiological and other health problems, which can seriously affect patients' quality of life. It has been shown that 87.5 % of tumor patients are exposed to varying degrees of radiation injury during radiotherapy. The treatment of radiation injury (RI) in modern medicine is limited to drug therapy, cell therapy, etc. Among them, the most chemical drugs cause many adverse reactions including fatigue, nausea, vomiting, etc., and there are very few drugs dedicated to the treatment of RI. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a rich natural medicinal resource, which has a wide range of pharmacological activities, multiple targets of action and minimal toxic side effects. Many studies have demonstrated that TCM and its compound preparations have enormous potential in the treatment of radiation induced comprehensive diseases. However, TCM is limited in clinical application due to its slow onset of action, complex active ingredients, and low bioavailability. Therefore, the article reviews the application, molecular mechanisms, and new dosage forms of TCM in the prevention and treatment of RI. On this basis, we will focus on discussing the development advantages and application prospects of the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine to achieve highly efficient treatment of RI. This review aims to provide scientific and effective drug delivery strategies and basic theoretical support for the clinical effective treatment of RI with TCM, and further promote the innovative development of TCM.

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combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicinenew dosage formsradiation injurytraditional Chinese medicine

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PMID40256708
PMCPMC12009072

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