ABSTRACT
Chinese medicine is the treasure of China. It has been the safe guard of health in China for thousands of years. Processing of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an important process of removing crude extracts from natural products and achieving pharmacological properties of TCM. The connotation and norms of herbal preparation in the past dynasties have been improved gradually, and have been included in the code system since the Tang Dynasty. The process of legislative evolution is closely related to the fate and development of TCM. In the era of full-scale rejuvenation of Chinese medicine, with the development of Chinese medicine industry to 4.0, the perfection of the standards and standard system with the construction of quality standardization of Chinese medicine as the core, especially under the Pharmacopoeia system, is the important support and guarantee for the promotion of the whole industry, which is also an important part of the rejuvenation of the entire Chinese medicine industry.
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China , Drug Industry , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , Plant PreparationsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:To analyze the renal lesions induced by oral preparations of traditional Chinese medicines so as to provide theoretic basis for clinical rational drug use.METHODS:The CNKI full-text database between January 1991 and December 2008 were retrieved for clinical reports of renal lesions induced by oral preparations of traditional Chinese medicines.And the pertinent literature was sorted,analyzed and compared.RESULTS:176 reports(totaled 619 cases)were collected.Repeated long-term medication and overdosing etc were the major factors accountable for the renal lesion.CONCLUSION:Importance should be attached to the nephrotoxicity of oral preparations of traditional Chinese medicines,and which should be used rationally in the clinic and periodic examination of patients' renal function should be performed in taking oral preparations of traditional Chinese medicines.