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== | ==Background== | ||
*Traditional Chinese medicine has become increasingly popular in the US and other Western countries, and has remained extremely popular in China and Hong Kong.<ref name="Kam">Kam PC1, Liew S. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine and anaesthesia. Anaesthesia. 2002 Nov;57(11):1083-9.</ref> | |||
*Although generally marketed as "natural" and "herbal" in nature, many contain contaminants in the form of heavy metals or conventional western medications.<ref name="Kam" /> | |||
**Studies have found, among others, cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, lead, zinc, and mercury in traditional Chinese medicines<ref name="Kam" /><ref name="Chan">Chan K. Some aspects of toxic contaminants in herbal medicines. Chemosphere. 2003 Sep;52(9):1361-71.</ref> | |||
== | ==Common Toxic Herbs== | ||
===Aconitine Group=== | |||
''These are the most common group of herbals<ref name="Kam" /> | |||
*Activates sodium channels → cardiac and neurotoxicity | |||
*[[Paresthesia]]s, [[nausea/vomiting]], [[arrhythmias]], [[hypotension]] | |||
===Podophyllin Group=== | |||
*Neurotoxicity ([[seizure]] + [[coma]]) | |||
===Anticholinergic group=== | |||
*[[Tachyarrhythmias]] + [[altered mental status]] | |||
===[[Digoxin]]-like agents=== | |||
*[[Tachyarrhythmias]] | |||
*[[Heart block]] | |||
[[Category: | ==See Also== | ||
[[Category: | *[[Toxicology (Main)]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Pharmacology]] | |||
[[Category:Toxicology]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:06, 23 September 2019
Background
- Traditional Chinese medicine has become increasingly popular in the US and other Western countries, and has remained extremely popular in China and Hong Kong.[1]
- Although generally marketed as "natural" and "herbal" in nature, many contain contaminants in the form of heavy metals or conventional western medications.[1]
Common Toxic Herbs
Aconitine Group
These are the most common group of herbals[1]
- Activates sodium channels → cardiac and neurotoxicity
- Paresthesias, nausea/vomiting, arrhythmias, hypotension