title: [Sulfur-fumigation, maintenance method of Chinese herbal medicine-discard or inheritance].
abstract: Sulfur-fumigation processing technology is an ancient maintenance method, which plays a certain role in storage and preservation for Chinese herbal medicine. But in recent years, with the further explanation of sulfur-fumigation processing mechanism and more attention to the safety of drugs, such traditional maintenance method of Chinese herbal medicine is now being questioned by more and more people. The authors think we should have selective inheritance rather than abslute discard to this ancient processing technology after reviewing the literatures published in recent 20 years, and some suggestions are also put forward, which can supply some references for related drug supervision departments.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China. duanyu1681@sina.com
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
authors.forename: Kun-Ming
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
authors.forename: Nuo-Shu
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
authors.forename: Ya-Jing
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
authors.forename: Bao-Chang
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005651:Fumigation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D013455:Sulfur