Scientific view of traditional Chinese medicine adverse reaction

Hu Jingshan Jiangsu huaian huaiyin district of food and drug administration

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        In our country, used for several thousand years of traditional Chinese medicine for its security favored by the world, but also because of its adverse reactions triggered criticism. Almost all drugs can cause adverse reactions, just reaction degree and the frequency of such differences, Chinese medicine has good curative effect, but also has some side effects, although it is true that Chinese medicine adverse reaction than western medicine small and light, but since Chinese medicine belong to drugs are still exists adverse reactions. What about Chinese medicine adverse reaction, is both the academic significance, also has the practical significance question, must be attention.

        There is no denying the fact that traditional Chinese medicine adverse reaction

        Drugs has two sides, Chinese traditional medicine is no exception, has both positive effects of promoting health, curative effect, also have a breach of negative health effects, adverse drug reactions. Once touted "Chinese medicine is natural drugs without toxic and side reaction of hype is for business purposes, to mislead the patient, now the trend has put the brakes on, but" Chinese medicine without adverse reactions "point of view in the understanding of the many still exist, should be correct. Traditional Chinese medicine theory is that, in terms of the nature and role, and no drugs not partial, no medicine is not poison, biased can correct deviation of human physiological disorders, namely therapeutic effect; Biased if lead to partial victory, also can damage the human body physiology, has the partial of disorder, namely, adverse reactions, which fully shows that drug effect of two sides. Our ancestors would have realized that Chinese traditional medicine toxic. "Shennong tasted grass bouquet... in seventy poison in a day" of almost all over the folk legend. "Shennong materia medica" records 365 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, its drug classification is according to the drug has non-toxic, and the main functions of the prevention and treatment of disease and may take long serve to distinguish, according to the quantity of divided into under the doctrine, which, to taste 120 kinds, for you, can be nourished, non-toxic, can be more suit for clothing; In 120, for, can cure tonify deficiency, non-toxic or toxic, consider using; Low grade 125 kinds, for zc, cure to the disease, can not evil to break the accumulation, more poison, not for a long time. This illustrates the ancestors have to drug therapy effect and side effects have a more profound understanding of, in terms of drug prescription compatibility, put forward the phase, phase, phase fear, slay, contrary to the principle, summarizes the eighteenth and nineteenth fear song, to increase effectiveness and reduce side effects and safety provides a theoretical basis for the rational use of drugs.

        Chinese herbal medicines, even single herbs, because contain ingredients are complex, and its function and attending are various, might not only one. Chinese medicine cure, often using only its various functions and attending one or a small part of the other has not been used part is belong to "has nothing to do with the purpose of", its biased inevitably bring bad effects. According to the meaning of adverse drug reactions, these "has nothing to do with the purpose of" "harmful effects" is an adverse reaction of traditional Chinese medicine. Ephedra, for example, modern Chinese medicine pharmacology research thinks, ephedra is sweating, antipyretic, and asthma, antitussive and expectorant, diuresis, resistance to the effect such as kidney failure, according to the provisions of the "Chinese pharmacopoeia" 2010 version a, the function of ephedra and attending to "sweat, promote lung, cold water swelling. Used to chill cold, bosom frowsty asthma cough, feng shui dropsy, bronchial asthma", made no mention of considerations and taboo, because the ephedra can effects on cardiovascular, make the heart excited, vasoconstriction, blood pressure, ephedra containing ephedrine was the main effective components, can effect the central nervous system, the large treatment quantity can excited the brain cortex and the subcortical central, cause insomnia, nervousness, anxiety and tremors and other symptoms. So, even if qualified ephedra use under normal usage and dosage, may also appear the above some or certain kinds of adverse reactions.

        Traditional Chinese medicine adverse reaction should not be bigger

        Due to various reasons, traditional Chinese medicine adverse reaction was expansion of the phenomenon is very common, the main reason is that will be a lot of originally do not belong to Chinese medicine cases of adverse drug events, including not qualified Chinese medicine but fake Chinese medicine to cause, caused by the misuse of other varieties of traditional Chinese medicine, misuse, abuse or does not belong to the normal range of application, or beyond the normal dosage of tampering. Tea in Belgium events occurring in recent years, for example, in fact, tea event is inappropriate use of Chinese herbal medicine (such as super dose, long-term use, etc.). And as Japan will small bupleurum decoction is widely used in the treatment of various hepatitis, and long-term use, the results appeared interstitial pneumonia, and in our country, according to the TCM theory of syndrome differentiation and treatment application small bupleurum decoction for nearly two thousand years, still safe, effective and are often used.

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