Awareness and ability of paradigm shift are needed for research on dominant diseases of TCM

Traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） is the summary and sublimation of the clinical experience of the people in disease prevention and treatment, rehabilitation and health care in the course of long-term struggle with diseases, and it has played a tremendous role in promoting the evolution of medical models and social development. With the multidisciplinary integration of modern life sciences, natural sciences and convergent for the research in TCM,