Traditional toxicity documentation of Chinese Materia Medica--an overview
| Autor: | Albert Y. Leung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions 040301 veterinary sciences Alternative medicine Materia medica Traditional Chinese medicine Documentation Toxicology 030226 pharmacology & pharmacy Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Medicine Chinese Traditional China Molecular Biology Folk medicine Medical education Toxicity data Traditional medicine business.industry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Cell Biology Chinese herbs Materia Medica business Drugs Chinese Herbal |
| Zdroj: | Toxicologic pathology. 34(4) |
| ISSN: | 0192-6233 |
| Popis: | Documentation of Chinese materia medica (CMM) dates back to around 1,100 BC when only dozens of drugs were first described. By the end of the 16th century, the number of drugs documented had reached close to 1,900. And by the end of the last century, published records of CMM have reached 12,800 drugs. The recorded traditional information includes toxicities, incompatibilities, cautions, precautions and contraindications. Thus, contrary to a general misconception, toxicity data on Chinese herbs exist and are not meager. If consulted properly before embarking on a study of CMM, it will save researchers much time and efforts and the frustration of not obtaining consistent or expected results. The history of documentation is reviewed with examples of major classic and contemporary works highlighting and emphasizing the manner in which CMM toxicities have traditionally been documented through clinical experience as opposed to most modern toxicity data that are based on animal experimentation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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