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Chinese medicine aconite

References on traditional Chinese medicine indicate that alcohol should not be consumed with Sichuan aconite, as the absorption of the toxic constituents of Sichuan aconite will be greatly enhanced (Bensky et al. 2004 Chen and Chen 2004). [Pg.5]

Both prepared and unprepared Sichuan aconite are available commercially. Sichuan aconite contains aconitine, a toxic alkaloid that affects the heart and the central nervous system (Bensky et al. 2004). Due to aconitine content, the unprepared root is highly toxic and is the primary herb associated with serious adverse events in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in Hong Kong (Chan 2002 Chan et al. 1994a, 1994c Poon et al. 2006). Processing of Sichuan aconite root greatly reduces the content of aconitine (Chen and Chen 2004). The prepared root, that has been processed to reduce toxicity, is the subject of this entry. [Pg.5]

A text on traditional Chinese medicine notes that while prepared Sichuan aconite is recognized to be toxic, if the appropriate dosage of the prepared root is combined with other appropriate ingredients such as ginger and licorice, and the patient is carefully instructed on the method of proper decoction, little likelihood of toxicity exists (Bensky et al. 2004). [Pg.6]

Perhaps the earliest written record of the use of medicines is the Ebers papyrus, from about 1500 B.C., which describes more than 800 recipes, some of which contain substances today known to be toxic, including hemlock, aconite (ancient Chinese arrow poison) opium, and metals, including lead, copper, and antimony (6). Use of mercury in medicine in ancient Greece was described by Dioscorides, and by the Persian Ibn Sina of Avicenna (980-1036), with use against lice and scabies. He also reported observations of chronic mercury toxicity (7). [Pg.4]


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