Origin and development of concept of toxicology in herbalism / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Materia medica is the traditional medicine theory under the guidance of the traditional "medicine" science collectively. The toxicity theory of Chinese materia medica (CMM) is contained in the herbal theory of herbs, and the paradigm of hermeneutics is the guideline applied in writing the herbal literature. The form of the theory of toxicity is the result of the formation of mainstream of series of materia medica such as Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica. Its formation is the condensation under the conception of Never end in the Han Dynasty, which contains the medicinal properties, toxic and side effects, compatibility, and other complex oriented. The exploration of the traditional "do not die" medicinal part should return to the four gas and odor thickness of the account; the original part of improper medicine should belong to the control of the source of medicine; Special physical adverse drug reactions should not be attributed to toxicity, due to dose or improper use of the adverse reactions should be returned to the relevant state departments under the proposed project; Toxic classification criteria must be based on modern toxicology research while strictly limiting the dose and scope of application. This will help to re-build CMM safety and maximize the characteristics of CMM to the modern herbal medicine.