Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2020, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 453-456.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2020.03.038

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Chinese herbal and western medicine combination in treatment of patients with autoimmune liver disease

Zhu Bukun, Li Gang, Zhang Wei.   

  1. Department of Hepatology, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
  • Published:2020-05-27

Abstract: Objective The morbidity of autoimmune liver disease (AILD) is increasing year by year, and it is one of the hotspots in research on liver diseases. Western medicine has definite curative efficacy, while it combines with traditional Chinese herbal medicine might benefit patients more by improving the efficacy, reducing side effects, improving patient's quality of life, and prolonging survival time. This article reviews the current progress on herbal and western medicine combination in treatment of patients with AILD.

Key words: Autoimmune hepatitis, Primary biliary cholangitis, Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Herbal medicine, Therapy