钩吻,民间称为断肠草,即马钱科葫蔓藤属葫蔓藤,学名Gelsemium elegans(Gardn et champ) Benth,别名大茶药,黄花苦蔓、黄藤。其性味苦、辛、温有大毒。传统只作外用药,禁忌内服。我们参考民间草医使用剂量,经动物实验后,治疗原发性肝癌,发现对少数病人有效。现将经病理确诊,治疗后存活两年以上的3例报导如下。 Hook and kiss, the folk is called the heartbroken grass, that is, the genus of the genus Humonium of the genus Manchhiaceae, the scientific name Gelsemium elegans (Gardn et champ) Benth, alias big tea medicine, yellow bitter vine, yellow rattan. Its bitter taste, symplectic, warm poison. Traditionally only for external use, taboos are taken internally. We refer to the use of doses of folk herbal medicine, after animal experiments, treatment of primary liver cancer, found to be effective for a small number of patients. The following cases have been confirmed by pathology, and three cases that survived after treatment for more than two years are reported below.