Overview of studies on detoxification effect of smilacis glabrae rhizoma on mercury poisoning
Xu, X.; Chen, H.; Ye, M.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 37(6): 750-753
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-5302 PMID: 22715715 Document Number: 662144
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.