胡蔓藤被认为极毒植物,由来已久。汉代前后把它列为毒药,《本草经》称它为钩吻或野葛,《名医别录》叙述了它的毒性;唐代《岭表录异》及《本草拾遗》称它为胡蔓草,宋代《图经本草》及《重修政和本草》曾引用之;明代《本草纲目》谓钩吻 Hu Manteng is considered a very poisonous plant and has a long history. Before and after the Han Dynasty, it was listed as a poison. The “Ben Cao Jing” referred to it as hook-gourd or Kudzu. The name “Doctors Don’t Record” described its toxicity; in the Tang Dynasty, “Ling Table Recorded Difference” and “Herbal Supplement” called it Hu Gua Cao. , The Song Dynasty “Tutorial of Materia Medica” and “Reconstructing the Government and the Materia Medica” have been quoted; Ming Dynasty “Compendium of Materia Medica” that the hook