Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) are new infectious diseases

with no clear record of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). Through nearly 30 years of clinical practices

TCM doctors have made remarkable clinical achievements

developed a lot of effective prescriptions

but still lagged behind in research and development of new TCM. Currently

the only new TCM for treating AIDS is Tangcao tablets

which restricts the role of TCM in prevention and control of AIDS to a certain extent. Through the analysis of the current research on TCMs in treatment of AIDS

the author explored the bottlenecks restricting new AIDS TCM research and development

such as the lack of ideal animal model

and the large number of confounding factors for AIDS TCM clinical research. Therefore

the author paid attention to the TCM compound mechanism research on the basis of in-depth research on animal models

especially screening of in vitro antivirus and immune regulating active ingredients

so as to provide the basis for better developing HIV/AIDS TCMs.