步入21世纪，中药药理研究进入了一个崭新的时期，各地大力加强规范化药理实验室的建设，尤其是国家科技部在中药现代化项目中启动了规范化中药药理实验室建设专项，在规范化建设的基础上建立新的方法、新的模型，保证数据客观准确，提高中药研究的整体水平。
Entering the 21st century, the pharmacological research of traditional Chinese medicine has entered a brand-new period. Everywhere has vigorously strengthened the construction of standardized pharmacological laboratories. In particular, the Ministry of Science and Technology has launched the special project of standardized pharmacological laboratories of traditional Chinese medicine in the project of modernization of traditional Chinese medicine. On the basis of standardized construction, new methods and new models have been established to ensure that. The data are objective and accurate to improve the overall level of TCM research.
现代化的中药药理研究表现为多学科的配合，从数学、生物物理、生物化学、分子生物学、免疫学、现代心理学等学科角度研究中药作用机理，用现代科技术语阐明中药方药的传统功效。许多创新性关键技术被陆续应用于中药药理研究中，许多实验室可以在整体、器官、细胞和分子水平上以及系统调控等方面，进行中药药理研究。
Modern pharmacological research of traditional Chinese medicine is manifested in the cooperation of many disciplines. The mechanism of action of traditional Chinese medicine is studied from the perspectives of mathematics, biophysics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, modern psychology and other disciplines, and the traditional efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine is clarified in terms of modern scientific and technological terms. Many innovative key technologies have been applied in pharmacological research of traditional Chinese medicine. Many laboratories can conduct pharmacological research of traditional Chinese medicine at the level of whole, organ, cell and molecule, and system regulation.