Open AccessQuality Control and Complication Screening Programme of Chinese Medicinal Drugs at the First German Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine - A Retrospective Analysis
Author(s) -
Dieter Melchart,
Stefan Häger,
Jingzhang Dai,
Wolfgang Weidenhammer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
complementary medicine research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2504-2106
pISSN - 2504-2092
DOI - 10.1159/000444983
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , nausea , traditional chinese medicine , traditional medicine , complication , alternative medicine , pathology
The use of drugs derived from plants is a cornerstone of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Yet, too little is known about risk and safety of Chinese medicinal drugs (CMD). Therefore, the TCM hospital Bad Kötzting has developed a quality control and complication screening programme in order to ensure a safe administration of TCM drugs to their patients.