Liver Injury by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hanshirento, Zenshikunshito, and Ninjin'yoeito in a Patient with Lung Cancer: Probable Causality Assessed by the Updated Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method.
Haruki FunakoshiKenji MomoAyaka KashimaHitomi IdaYoshito MiyataHironori SagaraTadanori SasakiPublished in: Integrative cancer therapies (2021)
TCM are known to be metabolized by the resident bacteria in the small intestine, but the specific metabolic processes are not well understood. Cancer patients sometimes try TCM from their own research to stay healthy. However, as with our case, TCM rarely induces liver injury, which is not well known to TCM users. Medical staffs need to be vigilant with their drug histories, including TCM, if patients have liver injuries.