矽肺是对工人健康危害较大的常见职业病,为了寻找治疗矽肺的有效药物,我们遵循毛主席“中国医药学是一个伟大的宝库,应当努力发掘,加以提高”的教导,于一九七二年六月开始进行了中草药对实验性矽肺的筛选工作,截至目前为止,共筛选中草药654种,初步发现一些药物对治疗矽肺有苗头,其中汉防己、小蘖胺等效果较好。现将汉防己总硷对大鼠实验性矽肺的治疗情况小结如下: In order to find effective medicines for the treatment of silicosis, we follow Chairman Mao’s teaching that “Chinese medicine is a great treasure trove, we should make every effort to find and improve it.” In 1972, Since June, Chinese herbal medicine screening of experimental silicosis has been carried out. So far, a total of 654 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines have been screened, and some drugs have initially found signs for the treatment of silicosis. Among them, Han Fang Ji et al. Now Han Fang total alkali on the experimental treatment of silicosis in rats are summarized as follows: