"My ignorance has harmed myself. I no longer believe that Chinese medicine is safe and there are no adverse reactions!"
Uncle Liu is 62 years old this year. Because he pays more attention to health, his health has always been good. Some time ago, he always felt thirsty, fatigue, and urine a lot. At the beginning, Uncle Liu thought it was because he had drunk too much water recently. Therefore, in the next few days, Mr. Liu began to control his water drinking.
Surprisingly, although Mr. Liu controlled the amount of water he drank, the above symptoms still did not relieve. At this time, Mr. Niu began to realize that there might be something wrong with his body. In desperation, Uncle Liu had to go to the hospital for treatment.
After arriving at the hospital, the outpatient doctor gave him a blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin after fully understanding Mr. Liu's condition. After the examination results were released, the preliminary diagnosis was diabetes . Afterwards, the doctor told Mr. Liu that he might need to take medicine for life if he had diabetes, and he could not add or stop taking hypoglycemic drugs without authorization.
Uncle Liu was not happy after listening to the doctor's statement. After all, taking medicine for a long time will have adverse reactions, so Mr. Liu pinned his hopes on Chinese medicine. After returning home, Uncle Liu took out the Chinese medicine books at home and strictly followed the advice in the book to buy medicine.
Unconsciously, more than 2 months have passed. Not only did Mr. Liu's blood sugar not be controlled well, but he also had symptoms of eyelid edema and fatigue. In order to figure out what the situation was, Mr. Liu went to the hospital to seek help from the doctor. After , the doctor prescribed some examinations for Mr. Liu. After the examination results are released, it indicates renal failure. When the doctor told Mr. Liu that kidney failure was related to drinking Chinese medicine, he suddenly felt regretful, so he talked about the problem at the beginning of the article.
Speaking of this, you may feel strange. Didn’t it mean that Chinese medicine is safer and there are no adverse reactions? Then why did Mr. Liu suffer from kidney failure by drinking Chinese medicine? In order to give everyone more understanding and understanding of traditional Chinese medicine, today the doctor will have a good idea to talk to you about the relevant knowledge.
1. Relatively speaking, traditional Chinese medicine is indeed very safe, but this is not because it has no adverse reactions!
Many friends think that Chinese medicine is based on nature, so it has no adverse reactions. In fact, this view is one-sided and even wrong.
Objectively speaking, most drugs have some adverse reactions. Take vitamin E as an example. It belongs to a vitamin . In theory, it should have few adverse reactions. However, if you look at the instructions for vitamin E capsules, you will find that there are many adverse reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, allergies, breast enlargement, flu-like symptoms , etc.
Chinese medicine can be roughly divided into three categories: the first category is for diet therapy, we can regard them as food, such as yam; the second category is that there are certain adverse reactions, mainly some Chinese medicines we commonly use, such as Bupleurum , mulberry leaf , ginkgo, etc.; third category is highly toxic Chinese medicines, such as scorpion, realgar , arsenic, etc.
I have to say that the safety of traditional Chinese medicine is indeed high. However, as non-professionals, we must not take Chinese medicine on our own. Before using traditional Chinese medicine, we need professionals to conduct dialectics before we can prescribe reasonable prescriptions based on this.
Take Raw Grass For example, it is a Chinese medicinal material itself, but it is relatively toxic. Research has found that 1 gram of raw grass turmeric can cause death. However, if raw grass is properly matched with other Chinese herbal medicines, it can reduce toxicity and it can also treat corresponding diseases.
In addition, there is another medicine that is safe, but if taken is strong, it will also bring some adverse reactions. We all know that traditional Chinese medicine takes effect slowly. In order to make the Chinese medicine work quickly, some friends may increase their strength. Doing so may not have the corresponding effect, but may also increase adverse reactions to traditional Chinese medicine.
2. These three Chinese medicines have been banned by the National Pharmacopoeia. They are not only nephrotoxic, but also have a risk of carcinogenicity!
In fact, in 2005, the three Chinese medicines were banned from the National Pharmacopoeia. Their names are Guanmutong , Guangfangji , and Aoki Xiang .
Speaking of this, many friends probably find it strange, why are these three Chinese medicines announced to be banned? The root cause is mainly because these three Chinese medicinal materials contain a substance called aristolochic acid .
Survey shows that the incidence of liver cancer in my country is much higher than that in European and American countries. The reason for this phenomenon is mainly related to the fact that most patients with hepatitis in my country are related to . However, an article was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, which mentioned that toxic herbs containing aristolochic acid and derivatives are likely to be an important cause of liver cancer in Asia (mainly China).
At the same time, in 2008, International Cancer Research Institute had listed aristolochic acid as a first-class carcinogen, which means there is conclusive evidence that aristolochic acid is carcinogenic.
Many friends think that boiling Chinese medicine is very simple, you just need to put the medicinal materials into the pot and cook them. In fact, it's not that simple.
When boiling medicine, there may be many details, such as the time of boiling medicine, the order of boiling medicine, the heat of boiling medicine, etc. Before boiling the medicine, be sure to consult the doctor's relevant precautions, otherwise the efficacy of the medicine may be greatly reduced.
Many friends believe that folk remedies treat serious diseases. In fact, many folk remedies may have certain problems themselves.
For example, there is a folk remedy that uses poison to fight poison, but this method may have certain risks. If not done properly, it may cause irreversible damage to the person taking the medicine. #Health 2022#
