Safety Concerns of Traditional Chinese Medicine Injections Used in Chinese Children

Figure 3

Distribution of reports of serious ADRs/AEs induced by TCM via four administration routes. The 2016 and 2017 annual reports on ADRs from the CFDA are compared to find the different distribution of serious ADRs/AEs induced by TCM via intravenous administration, other injection routes, oral administration, and other administration routes of injection. ADRs: adverse drug reactions, AEs: adverse events, TCM: traditional Chinese medicine, CFDA: China Food and Drug Administration, ADR: adverse drug reaction.