When many people feel unwell, the first thing they think of is not to seek help from a doctor, but to go to the pharmacy to buy some Chinese medicine and take it back. Some people even buy it not from regular places, but from friends or from relatives’ fields. Digged back. I thought my symptoms would be relieved after taking it, but I didn’t expect it to go off track.
Treat the disease when it is sick, and prevent it when there is no disease?
Some unscrupulous merchants will exaggerate the efficacy of notoginseng , claiming that it can cure more than a dozen diseases, and also encourage the elderly to stop taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor and stop spending money in vain. In the future, they can only take notoginseng powder purchased from them. , you can quickly lower your blood pressure.
These words make the elderly feel very excited. Wouldn’t it be great if they could spend a little money to cure their diseases? But, can panax notoginseng powder really cure diseases? What diseases can it treat? And can it play a role in preventing diseases?
First of all, many patients communicate with each other and think that Panax notoginseng powder can lower their blood pressure. In fact, this can only be regarded as a personal experience and is not suitable for large-scale promotion to all hypertension patients. Doctor Treatment follows guidelines, pharmacology, and experimental research data. If it is only useful in animals or a few people, it cannot be applied to clinical treatment.
Secondly, some people do feel more comfortable after taking Panax notoginseng powder, and their blood pressure has dropped, but it cannot be said that it is definitely not Panax notoginseng powder that plays a role. Antihypertensive drugs and lifestyle should also be considered. , healthy eating plays a role. In other words, if Panax notoginseng really had antihypertensive ingredients, it would have been extracted and developed into drugs long ago. Therefore, it is still recommended that everyone take antihypertensive drugs in a regulated manner and not stop taking them casually.
Finally, Can Panax notoginseng powder prevent diseases? The currently known drug to prevent heart disease or stroke is aspirin. However, aspirin has now stepped down from the "sacred altar". Further research by scientists has found that healthy people, patients with lower risk, and patients with high risk of bleeding are all It is not recommended to take aspirin for prevention.
You must know that aspirin has been used in clinical medicine for many years. It is not recommended for healthy people to take it casually, let alone Panax notoginseng powder. If your own risk of cardiovascular events is very small and your living habits are good, then there is no need to take Panax notoginseng. seven. Even if you need to take medicine, you should do it under the guidance of a doctor instead of taking it casually.
Panax notoginseng, known as "gold cannot be exchanged for money", what is the use of it?
What everyone knows about Panax notoginseng is that its roots can be used as medicine, but in fact, other parts of it also have medicinal properties. Its functions are mainly reflected in dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, traumatic swelling and pain, clearing away heat and reducing inflammation, etc.
If you have blood in the stool, vomiting blood, falls, swelling and pain, blood stasis, etc., you can use it to treat. However, it is not recommended for pregnant women, children, allergic constitutions, and people with heavy menstrual flow.
It can be seen from this that traditional Chinese medicine does not say that it can lower blood pressure, and there is no relevant research and data in Western medicine. If you take Panax notoginseng powder under the guidance of a doctor, you may experience side effects such as itching, insomnia, nausea, and in severe cases, liver damage. Let’s look at the case of one woman.
A woman takes a spoonful of Panax notoginseng powder every day. Not only does she suffer from bloating but also hiccups . What’s going on?
Ms. Li's taste has not been very good recently, and she feels no energy. She is either lying on the bed or lying on a chair with her head resting on her arms. She only eats a little rice porridge and pickles every time she eats. Later she heard that Panax notoginseng can regulate the body, so she bought some Panax notoginseng. After taking it for a period of time, she felt her complexion improved a lot.
Later, when she returned to her hometown, she saw that her brother was also taking Panax notoginseng, so she talked about it. The brother said that the Panax notoginseng he took was grown at home, and asked Ms. Li to take some home to eat, and said that it would definitely be better than hers. A good buy.Ms. Li was very grateful to her brother and did not refuse.
But after eating the panax notoginseng powder given by her brother, she always felt abdominal distension and chest congestion. She also kept hiccups and patting her belly with her hands was like patting a small drum. She didn't know what was wrong with her, so she went to the hospital for a check-up. Based on her symptoms, the doctor suspected that she had a bad spleen and stomach, so he prescribed medicine to regulate the spleen and stomach.
However, after taking medicine for a while, the symptoms were still not relieved. Ms. Li came to the hospital again. The doctor also felt strange and did a detailed examination for her. This time, she made an unexpected discovery. The results showed that Ms. Li had liver damage, but it was not a viral infection. Could it be related to the Panax notoginseng I took?
After inspection, the that Ms. Li got back from her brother was a powder made from ground Panax notoginseng. It was not the same variety as the one she had bought before. Zhu Qingjun, director of the Traditional Therapy Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that Panax notoginseng contains monocrotaline, which can damage liver function if taken for a long time. Doctors generally do not use it to treat patients.
If Ms. Li had taken Panax notoginseng under the guidance of a doctor, her current situation might not have occurred.
There are 2 consequences of abusing Panax notoginseng powder.
It may cause allergies.
People who are allergic to ginseng and American ginseng should not take Panax notoginseng casually. The probability of allergic reactions is very high. In addition, people with a history of allergies should not take Panax notoginseng. Be cautious and it is best to try a small amount first.
You may take it by mistake
Taking traditional Chinese medicine has a high risk of drug-induced liver injury, there are 10-20 cases in every 100,000 people. There are a lot of related news, so be careful not to eat the wrong Panax notoginseng. . Many traditional Chinese medicines are toxic in themselves, and should not be eaten indiscriminately, such as realgar, polygonum multiflorum, santogen, and Radix Polygoni multiflorum, etc.
The abuse of traditional Chinese medicine is very common in our country. Most of the reasons are due to lack of relevant knowledge and the belief that it is a purely natural plant, so they do not pay attention to it. In addition, many Chinese herbal medicines can be grown and harvested by oneself, so it is easy to believe in folk remedies and take them at will. We remind everyone that if there are abnormalities such as poor appetite, nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, yellow urine, etc., the liver should be checked in time.
Reference:
[1] Indiscriminate consumption of Panax notoginseng powder may cause liver damage. Dr. Wang Yan from the Fifth Hospital of the City: Protect your "liver" in this way!·Red Star News.2018-12-21
[2] Panax notoginseng powder health care There are contraindications, be careful of adverse reactions if you use too much·Health News.2019-01-07
[3] Can Panax notoginseng and Salvia miltiorrhiza prevent blood clots?· The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University.2022-01-25
