ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical use Chinese herbal pieces in Beijing hospital, so as to provide references for the clinical rational medication. METHODS: The clinical dose, medication frequency, herb number, herb efficacy distribution and poisonous herb usage the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescriptions in Beijing hospital were investigated, andwere contrasted with those described in Pharmacopoeia, classicalprescription and proved prescription, so as to deeply study the laws dose-effect-poisonous-ness relationship for TCM. RESULTS: There were about 500 Chinese herbal pieces, 28 poisonous herbs and 50 000 prescriptions per year in our hospital. Statistics showed that the doses some Chinese herbal pieces included poisonous herbal pieces were beyond the Pharmacopoeia regulated doses; herb numbers in some prescriptions were much larger than classicalprescription and proved prescription; tonic and antipyretic medicines were mostly used in these prescriptions. CONCLUSION: The clinical use TCM decoction pieces in our hospital were basically rational. The efficacy distribution the Chineseherbal pieces were consist with the gerontology characteristic and disease spectrum our hospital. However, there were some problems, such as large herb numbers and overdose some Chinese herbal pieces included poisonous herbal piecesin these prescriptions, should be further researched and improved.