What are the main side effects of traditional Chinese medicine?

Most of the traditional Chinese medicines are natural medicines, and the active ingredients are relatively complex, such as alkaloids, saponins, tannins, volatile oils, etc. Since it is a medicine, most of them will have different degrees of ***. Generally speaking, the *** of traditional Chinese medicine is smaller than that of synthetic Western medicine, but there are also some drugs that are more toxic, such as red arsenic, white arsenic, mercury, cantharid, green lady, red lady, raw garcinia cambogia, etc.

The less toxic ones are: white aconite, raw aconite, shengchuan wu, shengcao wu, shengbanxia, strychnine, croton, shengtiannanxing, shenggansui, naoyanghua, tianxianzi, toad, earthwood turtle, luzon fruit, cloud axis, maple eggplant, maple eggplant, raw sulfur, croton cream, white pill, poppy husk, etc. When using these drugs, we must be cautious, such as maple flower soaked in wine, oral can ** rheumatoid arthritis, too large a dose, often cause poisoning death.

Therefore, toxic Chinese herbs must be taken under the guidance of a physician.

So, Banxia, Aracea, Aconite, Chuanwu, Caowu, etc. are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, so why is poisoning not occurring? On the one hand, it is due to the concoction of these drugs, such as raw banxia oral administration can cause vomiting. Tingling of the lips and tongue.

Hoarseness, etc., and after raw banxia is processed with ginger juice, alum, salt, etc., its toxicity is greatly reduced. On the other hand, it is also necessary to master the correct way to use it, such as mercury can only be used externally when it is used as the main drug for **** cancer and cervical cancer, and it is strictly forbidden to take it internally, otherwise mercury poisoning will occur.

Although some Chinese herbal medicines are mildly toxic, if used in excessive doses, they will produce serious toxicity***. If Mutong has a lactation effect, if it is cooked with a large dose (50 grams) and pig trotters, kidney damage will occur after taking it. Another example is ginkgo seeds, because they contain trace amounts of hydrocyanic acid, in excess of it, there will be fever, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, convulsions, limb rigidity, bruising, dilated pupils, weak and chaotic pulse, and even unconscious and other poisoning phenomena.

When it is necessary to use some toxic Chinese herbal medicines, you should first be cautious, observe closely, and pay attention to whether the dosage is appropriate, and the former should be slightly longer. Secondly, it can be compatible with some drugs to reduce toxicity. For example, the ten jujube pills used for ascites in liver cirrhosis are compatible with jujube to alleviate Chinese herbs such as Gansui, Euphorbia, and Coriander that have a strong laxative effect, and play a role in reducing toxicity.

For some toxic Chinese herbal medicines, licorice is often used to alleviate toxicity. It has been proved that the glycyrrhizin contained in licorice does have a detoxification effect in pharmacology, which confirms the correct conclusion that licorice "relieves a hundred medicinal poisons" recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Traditional Chinese medicine says: There is a disease, and the use is medicine. The key is to get the symptoms right. If the symptoms are not correct, it can lead to exacerbations.

Traditional Chinese medicine has the following aspects:

1. Some traditional Chinese medicines themselves are toxic, such as aconite, Shou Wu have certain toxicity, Guan Mutong causes kidney toxicity, all of which have been clinically reported, and now there is no need for particularly obvious toxic drugs, but sometimes short-term use has a certain effect, because the time is particularly short, there is no accumulation effect, and the toxicity is not too obvious;

2. The drug itself does not have *** or is a normal drug for some diseases, but for a certain patient, it may be ***, it is a hot disease, and if you take hot drugs, there will definitely be ***;

3. Some drugs will have other effects at the same time as the disease, such as laryngitis, sore throat, and sore throat may use drugs to clear heat and detoxify, these drugs may cause diarrhea, and heat clearing and detoxification may cause diarrhea.

In recent years, there have been more and more studies on traditional Chinese medicine, especially in foreign countries on cell activity, heavy metals, etc., which have been studied more systematically, and now we are paying more attention. Do not take drugs for a long time, especially for toxic drugs, do not take them for a long time, take them for a short time, unless you are a few people, and the general problem is not big. There are great differences between individuals in traditional Chinese medicine, some patients may have no problem after taking the medicine, and there is no problem after taking the medicine, and some patients may have a reaction after eating more than a dozen pairs, which varies from person to person.