After several years of preparation, we are excited that Traditional Medicine Research(TMR),an electronic English international academic journal in the field of traditional medicine,is now being launched.As one of the best medicine in the world,traditional medicine is brilliant crystallization of the excellent culture of every nation.It has made outstanding contributions for the health of human beings and has a positive impact on the progress of world civilization.Traditional medicine has increasingly become popular among people of all countries in the world and is playing a role that cannot be replaced by other medicine. The establishment of Traditional Medicine Research is an attempt to create a new channel for international communication and cooperation with traditional medicine with the spirit of"people-oriented,the patient first".

Basic research on traditional medicine will be the keynote of the journal.With the rapid development of medicine and advances in biomedicine techniques,the mechanism of traditional medicine has become the focus.Efforts should be made by scientific researches to further promote the inheritance and innovation of traditional medicine.Innovation to traditional medicine will be the everlasting theme of the journal.Our journal will be dedicated to promoting the global development and progress of traditional medicine,with the goal of building up a world-class journal to integrate technicality, advancement and practicability.

Areas that are relevant to traditional medicine include recent advances in basic and clinical research of traditional medicine, herbal medicine,clinical nutrition,clinical diagnosis,acupuncture, pharmaceutics, biomedical sciences,epidemiology and psychology are of interest.We sincerely look forward to a long and successful partnership with you,and our authors and readers warmly welcome the active participation of domestic and international experts with background of traditional medicine in the production of our journal.We are eager to hear your suggestions and feedback.Please feel free to write to us at TMR2015@163.com or tmrjournal@sina.com about anything, at anytime.

Competing interests

The author declares that he has no competing interests.