[The application of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry/mass spectrometry in the trace elements and speciation analysis of traditional Chinese Medicine].

A review on the content and speciation analysis of trace element in traditional chinese medicine (TCM) by ICP-AES/MS was presented. The study is mainly focused on the following subjects: sample digestion techniques; determination and speciation analysis of trace elements. The development trend of this area in the near future is briefly introduced. 58 references are cited. The results show that the microwave digestion techniques is a idea pretreatment method of sample for tradition chinese medicine; ICP-AES/MS and all kinds of hyphenated techniques for atomic optical/mass spectrometry/chromatography are very useful for the determination and speciation analysis of trace elements in TCM.