[Research and prospect on reducing the toxicity and enhancing the efficacy of Tipterygium wilfordii by combined use of Chinese medicine].

Researches in recent close to dozen years concerning Tripterygium wilfordii (TW) toxicity-reducing and efficacy-enhancing by combined use of Chinese medicine in treating intractable diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, nephropathy, psoriasis etc. were summarized in this paper. Furthermore, the therapeutic mechanisms and adverse reaction of TW were elaborated and how to arrange properly the TCM hebal drugs used in combination was analyzed.