Chinese herbal medicines revisited: a Hong Kong perspective

Chan, T. Y. K.; Chan, Juliana C.N.; Tomlinson, Brian; Critchley, J. A. J. H.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)80091-1

Cited by 153 publications

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“…Adulteration of Chinese herbal medicine with mefenemic acid has produced acute interstitial nephritis (25). One Chinese herbal medicine, Nan Lien Cui Fong Toukuwan, which is used to treat rheumatism, arthritis, and other pains, was adulterated with >10 different types of Western medicine (26). Even heavy metals were detected.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chinese-herb nephropathy

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1999

The Lancet

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Chinese-herb nephropathy

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1999

The Lancet

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“…Batches of Chinese herbal preparations have been shown to contain toxins such as heavy metals and to have been adulterated with western drugs such as corticosteroids. 35,36 These experiences show the potentials and dangers of phytotherapeutic products that, contrary to popular belief, do not represent harmless natural remedies. In rational medicine, plant products have been in use for centuries, eg, digitalis in internal medicine and psoralens in dermatology.…”

Section: Chinese Herbal Medicinementioning

confidence: 96%

Atopic Eczema Between Rationality and Irrationality

Ruzicka¹

1998

Arch Dermatol

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topic eczema is one of the most common chronic inflammatory skin diseases. Its treatment is a matter of intensive controversy between rational academic medicine and irrational alternative complementary medicine more than any other skin disease. Rational therapy is based on a sound pathophysiological foundation. The complex pathophysiology of the disease includes interactions between genetic predisposition and exogenous provocation factors, and treatment necessitates an integrated holistic approach. Despite excellent therapeutic results with the methods of conventional medicine, which uses mostly drugs of natural origin such as glucocorticosteroids, patients with atopic eczema and their parents frequently seek complementary treatments that use unproven and unvalidated diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Treatments based on simplistic theories and irrational ideologies cause unnecessary long-term suffering to patients and are harmful because they withhold effective treatment modalities.

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“…Aconite poisoning, characterised by limb and perioral numbness, arrhythmia, hypotension and gastro-intestinal disturbances, is the most common cause of severe herbal poisoning locally. 5 Our group has previously summarised the clinical features of 52 cases of aconite poisoning. 1 Concerning the three cases reported here, overdose was the cause of poisoning in two cases, whereas the use of herbs without prior decoction accounted for poisoning in the third one.…”

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confidence: 99%