Analysis and discussion on standards of cinnabar and its preparations in Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2015 edition
NIE Li-xing
DAI Zhong
YAO Ling-wen
MA Shuang-cheng
Abstract：Standards of cinnabar and its preparations in Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2015 edition,volume I,were studied in this paper.Ingredients,procedure,action,indications,maximum daily dose of cinnabar,precaution and items for quality control were summarized and analyzed.Dosage of cinnabar ranges from 0.1 g to 0.5 g.Among 70 preparations containing cinnabar,the amount of cinnabar accounts for 0.08％ to 44.39％ of the total amount of all ingredients,and the maximum daily dose of cinnabar are between 3 mg and 493 mg.Processing method of cinnabar,precaution and item for quality control relating to cinnabar were lack in 6,27 and 24 standards of preparations containing cinnabar,respectively.We suggest to specify the processing method of cinnabar,and to implement the identification,assay and precaution in standards.
Keywords：cinnabarChinese Pharmacopoeiastandard
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：10( 2251-2260 )