药食同源是古人在食物和药物之间发现总结的智慧结晶。虽然药食同源中药的活性成分、药理作用已有大量文献报道，但有关其安全性方面的报道相对较少。古代本草，尤其是食物类本草著作记载了大量的药食同源中药，并对来源、品种、功效、禁忌、用法与用量等进行了系统的概述。通过系统地查阅和整理相关文献资料，对药食同源中药的安全性或不良反应进行了综述，为其食疗和保健研究提供了宝贵的依据。

The medicine and food homology of Chinese materia medica (CMM) is the wisdom crystallization found and summarized by the ancients in food and medicine. Although the active ingredients and pharmacological effects of medicine and food homology of CMM has been widely reported in the literatures, there are relatively few reports on their safety. Ancient herbal medicines works, especially food-based herbal medicines, recorded a large number of the medicinal edible Chinese herbs, and systematically summarized the sources, varieties, efficacy, taboos, usage and dosage, etc. By systematically consulting and sorting out the relevant literatures, this paper summarized the safety or adverse reactions of medicine and food homology of CMM, which provided valuable basis for dietary therapy and health care.

江西省教育厅科学技术研究重点项目（GJJ160806）；江西省教育厅科学技术研究重点项目（GJJ170699）；江西中医药大学"健康江中"工程科研专项（2016JK001）