title: [Research actuality and expectation on embryo toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine].
abstract: Traditional Chinese medicine with embryo toxicity has been named as abstinence medicine in cyesis in ancient times. Embryo toxicity is one of the key theories of traditional Chinese medicine. Based on history retrospective study and rhodern research, the paper expounded that the developing course of embryo toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine is from cyesis abstinence to inheritance toxicity and reproductive development toxicity, and overviewed the research of active components of traditional Chinese medicine in the domains of inheritance toxicity and reproductive development toxicity. Meanwhile, it pointed out that the main problem in the domain is about the definition of conception and category of traditional Chinese medicine with embryo toxicity and the foundation of relative assessment system. In the end, some suggestions were given to solve the problem including the control of poisonous traditional Chinese medicines, right processing, reasonable compatibility, extensional application, and utilizing modem science and technology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Madica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China. linna888@163.com
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jian-ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000187:drug effects*; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D019216:Metals, Heavy