Improvement of the Quality Standard of Toxic Traditional Chinese Medicines / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:Suggest to improve the quality standard of toxic traditional Chinese medicines.METHODS:The"content determination"and"limit test"of 72 toxic traditional Chinese medicines recorded in Chinese pharmacopoeia(2005 edition) were briefly introduced.RESULTS:Only 11%of the total 72 toxic traditional Chinese medicines had the items of both"content determination"and"limit test".CONCLUSION:The quality standard of toxic traditional Chinese medicines should be improved to achieve quality control in accordance with the standard of"low toxicity but high effectiveness"so as to ensure safe and effective drug use in the clinic.