中药毒性及其内涵辨析

基于中医理论与临床运用经验为背景的中药毒性有自身特殊内涵。本文从历史与逻辑的角度，在追溯中医“药毒”概念内涵的基础上，分析比较了西医和中医关于药毒的不同理解，提出中药在运用中涉及诸多调控要素和中药成分及作用的复杂性，中医关于中药毒性的认识与西医对药物毒性的认识有所不同，简单套用现代药毒的概念和研究思路来研究中药毒性是不适宜的。药毒的相对性决定了将有更多的中药毒性被发现。现代中药毒性的研究应在药毒内涵界定的基础上，更加重视中药性能与毒性、中药配伍与毒性、方药毒性与病证关系的研究。

Analysis of toxicity of traditional Chinese herbal medicine and its connotation

Based on traditional Chinese medicine drug toxicity has its own special connotation. theory and clinical experience, traditional Chinese herbal From the perspective of history and logic, the different comprehension of toxicity between Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine was discussed after retracing the meaning of ＂drug toxicity＂ in traditional Chinese medicine. The authors suggest that it＇s not feasible to study the Chinese medicine coping mechanically and applying indiscriminately the concept and the research idea about modern drug toxicity since there is different understanding of ＂drug toxicity＂ between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Many control elements are involved in the use of traditional Chinese herbal drugs, and Chinese drug components and actions are complex as compared with Western drugs. More and more drugs with toxicity will be found due to the relativity of drug toxicity. Currently, the study of Chinese drug toxicity should pay more attention to the relation between the toxicity and Chinese drug nature, compatibility and the corresponding disease or syndrome pattern after making definition of Chinese drug toxicity and its connotation.