Historical evolution in processing and some problems in modern research of Mylabris / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Mylabris is a traditional Chinese medicine and ethnic medicine, which has significant effects on treatment of malignant tumors and dermatophytosis and so on. It has been recorded in most historical Chinese Pharmacopoeias. However, because of its hypertoxicity in the crud forms, Mylabris needs to be furtherly processed if it is taken orally. There are various methods about how to process it in previous Materia Medica Classics, whereas the most modern approaches are mainly using cleansing technology and stir-baked with rice technology. Moreover, the technologies stipulated by local processing regulations are different from the stipulations of pharmacopoeias. This research combs through the history evolution systematically in the processing of Mylabris, and analyzed the existential issues in modern research on it, so as to provide references for the processing and the quality control of Mylabris.