Traditional Chinese medicine prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis under the new situation of prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis

The prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis is an important embodiment of the characteristic advantage of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis. The release of Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis, 2016-2021 and Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Control Plan of China (2017-2020) brings opportunities to TCM prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis. There are still challenges in the research on TCM prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis, including how to improve the outcome of liver fibrosis and the research and development of more effective TCM new drugs for liver fibrosis. With the purpose of improving the clinical effect, we will start from the different stages of the development and progression of liver fibrosis, use the advantages of TCM syndrome differentiation-based treatment, provide early intervention, conduct clinical and basic research with the combination of precision medicine and TCM management of chronic diseases, and further establish and promote the application of the guidelines for clinical diagnosis and treatment of liver fibrosis and the TCM management guidelines for chronic diseases, which are the important contents of TCM prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis in future