Using the efficacy of a single medicine as an entry point, followed by data on the actual clinical use of the medicine, a literature research and relevant analyses were performed to study the multi-potency of the medicine and its interrelationships, in order to build a framework system of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) efficacy omics. Efficacy is inherent in TCM, and it is also the most important and active element in TCM, which originates from summarizing and condensing people’s long-term practical experience. One medicine with multiple functions is an important feature and general rule of TCM, because a single medicine is a multi-potency combination cluster. The efficacy of TCM is not isolated from each other, but is interrelated and influences each other. Multifunctional overall representation with multiple efficacies is the advantage and characteristic of TCM. According to the needs of clinical therapeutic use, appropriate means or measures can be taken for human intervention to regulate suitable efficacy selection and avoid unwanted effects. This is conducive to bringing into play the expertise of the efficacy of TCM, and improving the level of clinical precision in drug use. It is of great theoretical value and practical significance to strengthen the study of TCM efficacy omics.

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