Research progress on toxicity of Chinese medicines and its evaluation
With the rapid development of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)modernization,the application of TCM has attracted more and more attention in the world.Accurate understanding of the toxicity of TCM and distinguishing the toxic components from the effective components of TCM is the key to effective clinical application of TCM.Many ancient Chinese classics graded the toxicity of TCM.But so far,its application to human body is affected by various factors due to the complexity of the composition of TCM.The concept of the toxicity classification of TCM is still vague.Without no clear standard,the toxicity classification of TCM still needs further exploration.With the rapid modernization and internationalization of Chinese medicine,the safety of Chinese medicine has been attached great importance by the state.Therefore,the establishment of evaluation methods on scientific toxicity is the bottleneck of Chinese medicine to meet the needs of the international market.This paper analyzes the toxicity of Chinese medicine and related concepts,briefly introduces the classification of Chinese medicine toxicity,and takes the renal toxicity of Chinese medicine as an example to review the toxicity evaluation of Chinese medicine,in order to deeply understand the related contents of Chinese medicine toxicity.
traditional Chinese medicinestoxicitytoxicity evaluation