Big data technology is an inevitable result of the information age, which not only promotes the development of biomedical science, but also opens up new paths for the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This paper introduced the application status of big data technology in the field of TCM in recent years, and put forward some thinkings and prospects so as to provide new insights and methods for the future development direction of TCM.
Drug repositioning, also known as conventional drug in novel use, is the discovery of new indications or novel use of the drug. It has received more and more attention not only in the research and development of western medicine, but also gradually become popular in the research field of Chinese medicine. The new phase of drug repositioning research is based on computer technology, and its research methods and techniques keep up with the time. Network pharmacology is playing more and more important role in the study of drug repositioning. At present, the strategies used in the study of traditional Chinese medicine repositioning include small molecules (or ligands), drug targets and network theory. In this paper, the concept, research status, application status of Chinese medicinals repositioning and application status and strategy of network pharmacology are reviewed, in order to provide references for the study of drug repositioning in Chinese medicinal.