Chan T Y, Chan A Y, Critchley J A
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital.
J Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Aug;95(4):296-8.
Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) are commonly used in Hong Kong. To determine the importance of adverse reactions to CHM as a cause of medical admissions in Hong Kong, all 1701 patients admitted to two general medical wards at the Prince of Wales Hospital over an eight-month period were prospectively studied. In only three patients (0.2%) was the admission attributed to the adverse effects of CHM. These were life-threatening in two cases ('dazao'-induced angio-neurotic oedema and liquorice-induced hypokalaemic periodic paralysis). Despite this low incidence of adverse reactions, in communities where CHM are commonly used, it is important that there is a continuing effort to collect new information on the safety of these compounds.
中草药在香港被广泛使用。为了确定中草药不良反应作为香港住院治疗原因的重要性，对威尔士亲王医院两个普通内科病房在八个月期间收治的1701例患者进行了前瞻性研究。仅有3例患者（0.2%）的住院归因于中草药的不良反应。其中2例为危及生命的情况（“大枣”引起的血管神经性水肿和甘草引起的低钾性周期性麻痹）。尽管不良反应发生率较低，但在普遍使用中草药的社区，持续努力收集这些药物安全性的新信息非常重要。
