Overview of studies on detoxification effect of smilacis glabrae rhizoma on mercury poisoning.
- Author:
Xiaofei XU
1
;
Hongfeng CHEN
;
Meina YE
Author Information
1. Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
therapeutic use;
Humans;
Inactivation, Metabolic;
Liliaceae;
chemistry;
Liver;
drug effects;
metabolism;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Mercury Compounds;
adverse effects;
pharmacokinetics;
therapeutic use;
Mercury Poisoning;
prevention & control;
Plants, Medicinal;
chemistry;
Rhizome;
chemistry;
Stomach;
drug effects;
metabolism
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2012;37(6):750-753
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Mercury-containing preparations are widely used in surgery department of traditional Chinese medicine and have made remarkable achievements. But they are toxic to human kidney, nerve, immune, etc. Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma is sweet, tasteless and neutral in nature and able to enter liver and stomach channels and detoxify mercury poisoning. This article summarizes the mercury poisoning and the detoxification effect of Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma in ancient records, pharmaceutical studies and clinical application, in order to provide ideas and methods for the safe use of mercury-containing preparations in surgery department of traditional Chinese medicine.
