Sihaiwang: in general, both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine can play a very good medicinal effect, but if they are not taken properly, they will easily have side effects. So what are the side effects of traditional Chinese medicine? Let's take a look at it in detail!
The side effect of traditional Chinese medicine and Western Medicine
Side effects of traditional Chinese medicine or Western Medicine
Although most of the traditional Chinese medicine are plant and animal drugs, compared with the chemical synthetic western medicine, the nature is peaceful and the toxicity is low, but any medicine has the dual nature of therapeutic effect and adverse reactions. If the medicine is not used properly, the patient's constitution is allergic, or the dosage is too large, the same can produce different degrees of adverse reactions, poisoning phenomenon, and even lead to death.
Why traditional Chinese medicine has toxic and side effects
For the generation of toxic and side effects of traditional Chinese medicine, the following aspects can be understood:
1. It is related to the toxic components of the drug itself, such as Croton, cantharidin, aconitine and other toxic traditional Chinese medicine, mainly including croton oil, cantharidin, aconitine and other components with strong toxicity.
2. It is related to the allergic constitution of patients. It is not uncommon for Chinese herbal medicine to cause allergic reactions in the process of application, most of which are anaphylactic shock and drug eruption.
3. It has something to do with the excessive dosage or taking for a long time. For example, Mutong, a traditional Chinese medicine, has no toxic reaction when it is used in general dosage, but when the dosage exceeds 60g at a time, it may lead to acute renal failure; for example, liquorice is a commonly used drug of peace, but if it is taken too much for a long time, it may also lead to hypokalemia, high blood pressure, adverse urination, edema and other toxic symptoms.
What are the causes of side effects of traditional Chinese Medicine
1. Lack of understanding of toxic traditional Chinese medicine or lax use control, the more common ones are Aconitum, cantharides, toad, Strychnos, light powder and other toxic traditional Chinese medicine. Ingestion of such drugs by mistake can often cause poisoning or even death.
2. Confusion in drug varieties or differences in drug quality: the quality of traditional Chinese medicine is very complex. Many drugs have confusion such as the same name and different substance, the same name and different medication in different regions.
3. Overdose or long-term medication: clinical medication must be taken in accordance with the prescribed amount and course of treatment. Overdose or long-term medication, even for drugs with low toxicity, can easily lead to side effects.
4. Improper choice of drug dosage form: due to the change of dosage form, the physicochemical properties, efficacy and toxicity of drugs will also be different. For example, aconitine, a toxic component contained in aconitine, can be hydrolyzed and its toxicity will be eliminated or weakened by long-term decoction. If swallowed with powder, the toxicity will not be reduced because aconitine is not hydrolyzed.
5. Neglect of processing: toxic traditional Chinese medicine can only be used after processing, such as Chuanwu, Caohu, Fuzi, nux vomica, etc., which is very easy to cause poisoning when used. If the processing of other drugs is inconsistent, it will increase the toxicity.
6. If the decocting or medicine decocting apparatus is improper, the decocting time will also affect the drug properties; if the decocting apparatus is improper, if the Chinese medicine is decocting with iron or aluminum apparatus, it will cause harm to the body due to the chemical reaction between the apparatus and the medicine.
Symptoms of side effects of traditional Chinese Medicine
1. Mild side effects, only nausea, dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, drug eruption, dermatitis, mucosal ulcer.
2. * acute poisoning is fierce, rapid development, sickness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsion, coma, swallowing, urinary retention, varying degrees of digestive tract injury, and even life-threatening.
How to deal with the side effects of taking traditional Chinese Medicine
Treatment of mild toxic and side effects
Stop the medicine in time, observe the aftereffect, look for the sensitizing medicine, and stop taking it; record the sensitizing medicine in the anaphylaxis, so as to prevent taking it by mistake in the future; those who return to normal after stopping the medicine, do not need to be treated; those who have slightly severe symptoms, can be given antiphylaxis, antihistamine, pain relief and diarrhea and other symptomatic therapies; drink more boiled water, accelerate the drainage and diarrhea of the medicine already taken, dilute the blood concentration, reduce the side effects, and accelerate the elimination of side effects Except speed.
Treatment of acute drug poisoning
The patients with acute poisoning need to be rescued immediately, and it is often too late to make clear the diagnosis of what kind of drug poisoning, so it is particularly necessary to deal with the pathogen and symptomatic treatment. Once poisoning occurs, we should put forward the rescue measures in a timely and reasonable manner according to the specific situation of the patients and the main contradictions of the treatment.