For the treatment of viral hepatitis, which has a high prevalence in China, the combined work of Chinese and Western medicine has become more common, with in-depth research on antiviral and transaminase lowering, and immune and biochemical indicators corroborating the role of Chinese medicine. Professor Cui Zhenyu of Beijing Ditan Hospital said that Ditan Hospital has been carrying out combined Chinese and Western medicine treatment of viral diseases for more than 50 years. In the 1950s, when Beijing had an epidemic of B-brain, Ditan Hospital invited the famous veteran Chinese doctors Pu Fu Zhou and Yue Meizhong to participate in the treatment, and the combination of Chinese and Western medicine achieved remarkable results in the treatment of viral diseases. Practice has proven that the combination of Chinese and Western medicine is an effective way to treat viral diseases, including hepatitis. Professor Zhang Junfu from the First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine said that only by understanding the whole process of viral hepatitis can we overcome this difficult problem. Combining the methods of Chinese medicine to support the root and detoxify heat with the anti-viral treatment of modern medicine can improve the efficacy and reduce the adverse effects of western medicine, truly reflecting the complementary advantages of Chinese and western medicine. It is the trend to use the objective indexes of Western medicine to study the evidence of Chinese medicine and evaluate the efficacy of Chinese medicine. Professor Wang Chengbai of PLA 302 Hospital has participated in the national “6th Five-Year Plan”, “7th Five-Year Plan”, “8th Five-Year Plan” and other scientific and technological research projects on liver diseases, and has achieved many scientific research results with remarkable achievements. He has made a number of scientific research achievements with remarkable results. He combined his experience in treating chronic heavy hepatitis and intrahepatic cholestasis and pointed out with deep feelings that the combination of Chinese and Western medicine can achieve very good results in treating critical liver diseases, and the clinical must grasp the principles: firstly, to save life, secondly, to restore liver function, and thirdly, to remove the virus, which should be carried out step by step and in stages. He cited several cases to describe the ideas and prescriptions of clinical diagnosis and treatment. Prof. Chen Deyong of PLA 302 Hospital said, “We have been following Prof. Wang Chengbai for decades in the treatment of liver disease with the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, and the most profound experience is to study the classics diligently, to inherit but not to mud the ancient, to carry forward but not to deviate from the tradition, and to be brave in innovation. For example, the prescription based on Yin Chen mainly treats acute jaundice type hepatitis which belongs to Yang Huang, but it is not effective for Yin Huang. The combination of Huanglian in Yinjianhuang injection can make the tannin of rhubarb precipitate, avoiding the side effects, which shows the high wisdom of the prescription; we have also accumulated many experiences in practice, such as the treatment of silt and bile type hepatitis reusing red peony to cool the blood and activate the blood with good effect. TCM can cure liver disease, but it is also necessary to keep up with the times, to combine the idea of discriminatory evidence with the pathology and immunology of Western medicine, and to use some indicators to illustrate the efficacy of TCM, but it must maintain the characteristics of TCM.” Professor Wang Baoyen from Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University summarized three experiences from years of clinical and scientific research practice of combining Chinese and Western medicine: First, in the work of combining Chinese and Western medicine, we should worship Chinese medicine as the teacher, pay attention to the inheritance learning of Chinese medicine theory and classics, and combine Chinese and Western medicine to complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses organically in order to achieve success. Second, we give full play to the strengths of Chinese medicine in the rescue treatment of critical emergencies such as multiple organ failure, and the organic combination of Chinese and Western medicine to improve the clinical efficacy. Third, we should summarize our experience and find out the rules in time. In the process of learning from old Chinese medicine doctors, we found that Chinese medicine can solve some acute diseases that western medicine can do nothing about, and the effect is fast and effective, so we chose to combine Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of multiple organ failure and other critical emergency research, and the results proved to be very effective. Professor Weng Weiliang of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine pointed out that the combination of Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of liver disease, firstly, must inherit the experience of the old Chinese doctors, should inherit the experience of the old Chinese doctors in individualized diagnosis and treatment by inviting them to give lectures, check-ups and follow up consultations in different ways, and organize and sublimate the experience of the mature academic thinking of the old Chinese doctors. Secondly, we should focus on the study of ancient and modern literature of liver disease, but this sorting should be selective to remove the coarse, extract the fine, remove the false and keep the true. The third is that clinical efficacy is the source of vitality of TCM, and clinical research must be given high priority. The urgent need for re-evaluation of existing TCM for liver diseases after they are marketed should be based on the efficacy of the instructions, and the principles of evidence-based medicine should be followed for screening and elimination. The fourth is the safety evaluation of the use of Chinese medicine. The hepatotoxicity of Chinese medicines has been reported repeatedly, and research on the pharmacogenic liver disease of Chinese medicines should be carried out, starting from the literature. The fifth should be the active clinical innovation work of combining Chinese and Western medicine. The combination of TCM and Western medicine should be used to enhance the strengths and avoid the weaknesses, such as the application of TCM to prevent viral mutation and rebound after antiviral of nucleoside drugs, and the modification of dosage form of TCM to achieve the purpose of increasing the effectiveness and reducing the toxicity. Problems in combining Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of liver disease While affirming the achievements of combining Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of liver disease, the experts also pointed out the problems that exist. According to Prof. Xu Daozhen from Beijing Ditan Hospital, although the treatment of liver disease has made great progress, there are still many problems that cannot be solved in clinical practice. For example, in the antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B, the nucleoside analogues “suppress but not kill” the virus and the regulation of human immunity during the treatment, various types of intractable jaundice such as cholestatic jaundice, residual jaundice of cirrhosis, spleen and stomach regulation of portal hypertensive gastrointestinal diseases, prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis, etc., Chinese and Western medicine can complement each other. Prof. Wang Chengbai said that standardization and standardization is an urgent issue in the treatment of liver diseases by combining Chinese and Western medicine, and this work can be carried out in phases through our efforts. The combination of Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of liver disease should be based on innovation. For example, the treatment of jaundice is recorded in the Nei Jing, and the Treatise on Typhoid Fever discusses the causes, pathogenesis, course, symptoms, and prescriptions of jaundice, so we should not only inherit the valuable experience of ancient physicians, but also understand these diseases from a higher perspective, incorporate the latest research advances, and combine evidence and disease to truly improve the efficacy and innovation. Prof. Chen Deyong pointed out that in some current propaganda, there are problems such as not being factual, and it is necessary to correct the problems of excessive and exaggerated propaganda of liver disease treatment. Professor Zhang Junfu said that as the research of Chinese and Western medicine on viral hepatitis deepens, we still face the problem of breakthrough, such as how to combine the effective methods of Chinese medicine and Western medicine to solve the problems of rebound and virus mutation after using interferon, and how to combine Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment with Western medicine to improve the antiviral effect. The combination of Chinese and Western medicine, the combination of Chinese and Western medicine to improve the efficacy and the objectification of Chinese medical evidence is the direction of future research and development. Regarding the cultivation of talents, Prof. Wang Baoyen pointed out that an urgent issue now is to cultivate a group of people who are interested in TCM. Prof. Qian Ying from the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Capital Medical University encouraged TCM practitioners to be familiar with the classics, diligent in clinical evidence, and integrate new knowledge. They should adhere to the characteristics of TCM and the principles of Chinese before Western and being able to be Chinese without being Western, and make theoretical innovations on this basis. The problem of clinical abuse of proprietary Chinese medicines without evidence identification was also discussed and reminded that attention should be paid to it. The traditional diagnosis of TCM should not be lost, and the tendency of treating liver diseases with one medicine in clinical practice must be abandoned. Professor Cui Zhenyu said that nowadays there are more and more viral diseases, and the clinical treatment is still very difficult, although there are many therapies, but more than satisfactory, so our task is still very heavy, and in the future we should not only expand the clinical treatment, but also strengthen scientific research, including basic research, experimental research and drug research, etc. Su Gangqiang, deputy director of the Science and Technology Department of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out that liver disease is a major disease that affects the people’s livelihood, and that research on the combined treatment of liver disease by TCM and TCM should seize the key in basic and clinical aspects, raise problems in the clinic to carry out scientific research, promote the clinic with scientific research, and apply the correct scientific method at the same time. Ma Jing, Director of Science and Technology Department of Beijing Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in Beijing has a strong foundation and should make use of the rich resources of disease sources and expert groups to build research bases in key disciplines of infectious diseases and promote the academic development of liver diseases. In addition, cultivating a high-level talent team is the key to the existence and development of the discipline of infectious diseases in Chinese and Western medicine. Professor Wang Rongbing said that Beijing Ditan Hospital has the advantage of having a large number of Chinese and Western medical talents and rich clinical resources in Beijing. We need to strengthen academic ties and create an academic platform, so that the clinical and scientific research of combined Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of liver diseases can reach an advanced level. President Mao Yu of Beijing Ditan Hospital said that we should take advantage of the source of nearly 70,000 hepatitis patients every year, and as always, we should support the key disciplines of combined Chinese and Western medicine and strengthen the internal construction of the disciplines. In this long history of infectious disease specialist hospital to train and forge a group of active thinking, open-minded Chinese and Western medicine combination of infectious disease talent, for the combination of Chinese and Western medicine treatment of infectious disease to provide a good development environment.