Research progresses of pharmacokinetics of traditional Chinese medicine

With the deepening of modernization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and continuing emergence of new theories, methods and techniques, a very rapid and significant development has been achieved in the pharmacokinetics (PK) of TCM.  This paper reviews the main research progresses of PK of TCM, including integrated PK of multiple effective components of TCM, fingerprint PK of TCM, novel dosage form PK of TCM, polysaccharide PK of TCM and drug interactions of TCM; and further sets up the prospects.