Herbal Medicine

Chinese Weight-Loss Herb Causes Hepatitis in Woman

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 16th, 1996

University of Missouri researchers report the first incidence of acute hepatitis associated with the use of the Chinese herbal product, ma-huang.

"Our report and others in the literature indicate that the clinician should consider herbal medicines as a cause of unexplained liver injury," researcher Abdul Nadir and colleagues wrote ("Acute Hepatitis Associated with the Use of a Chinese Herbal Product, Ma-huang," The American Journal of Gastroenterology, July 1996;91(7):1436-1438).

"This is particularly important, because many patients do not reveal the use of such medicines until specifically asked. A prompt cessation of the potential hepatotoxin is...

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