Mint mint is a common medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine, as widely as other traditional Chinese medicines, but mint contains humulone, which will quickly deplete reduced glutathione in the liver. Therefore, eating too much mint or using it for a long time will affect the normal operation of liver cells, thus causing liver damage.
Therapeutic effect: Mentha in mints is called "Yindancao", which is widely used in drugs such as expelling wind, antisepsis, diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, relieving itching and strengthening stomach. Authentic mints contain a small amount of mint extract, which has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, clearing throat and relieving sore throat, penetrating rash and detoxicating, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and relieving itching, and is helpful for relieving symptoms such as cold, fever, headache, sore throat, anhidrosis, wind and fire, rubella, itchy skin, colic, diarrhea, and lymphoid tuberculosis.
Taboo: people with yin deficiency and blood dryness, hyperactivity of liver yang and hyperhidrosis should not use it. For example, in Ben Feng Jingyuan, it is said that taking more (mint) in cold weather for a long time; Do not take it if you have fever due to yin deficiency and cough and sweat. "Materia Medica from the New" says: (Mint) pungent fragrance gives up the breath, and taking too much medicine hurts the lungs, which makes people sad, and the weak stay at a distance.
Artemisia argyi is also a common Chinese herbal medicine. In clinic, Folium Artemisiae Argyi is usually used for moxibustion or directly to help women regulate menstruation. This medicine is also poisonous. People with yin deficiency and blood heat need to avoid using mugwort leaves, otherwise it may aggravate the condition and affect their physique.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the effect of warming meridians and stopping bleeding, which is very beneficial to women, but long-term use will cause liver damage.
Ginkgo biloba occasionally causes dizziness, headache, fatigue, dry mouth, dry tongue, chest tightness, stomach discomfort, loss of appetite, bloating, constipation, diarrhea and other side effects. People with a history of allergies should use it with caution.
Ginkgo biloba products are the most widely used natural drugs to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the world, but it is very dangerous to drink them directly with fresh ginkgo biloba leaves in water.
It is difficult to soak the fat-soluble effective components such as lactones and flavonoids in Ginkgo biloba leaves with water. Ginkgolic acid and ginkgolic acid are highly toxic, soluble in water, allergic, immunotoxic and cytotoxic, which are harmful to human health.
On one occasion, a mother used Ginkgo biloba leaves to boil water to soak her child's feet to treat tinea, which caused the child's whole foot skin to be allergic.
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is a commonly used medicine in prescription compatibility, which has the function of neutralizing medicinal properties, but it will also cause certain toxic and side effects if it is used wrongly or for a long time. Long-term overdose of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch will not only cause water and sodium retention reaction, but also lead to continuous increase of blood pressure, and even lead to stroke or vomiting blood.
Glycyrrhizin contained in Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch has adrenocortical hormone-like effect, which can promote water and sodium retention and increase potassium excretion. Long-term and large-scale application of licorice can lead to edema, elevated blood pressure, decreased blood potassium, weakness of limbs and other pseudo-aldosteronism, so patients with kidney disease must use licorice with caution.
Boat-fruited Sterculia is only suitable for hoarseness caused by wind-heat and pathogenic poison invading the throat. For hoarseness caused by vocal nodules, incomplete vocal cords or excessive alcohol and tobacco, boat-fruited Sterculia is invalid. Moreover, drinking boat-fruited Sterculia can cause side effects such as loose stools and chest tightness, especially for the elderly and those with spleen deficiency.
Some people like to soak boat-fruited Sterculia in water to moisten throat and eliminate phlegm, but this medicine is also toxic and cannot be taken in water for a long time. Boat-fruited Sterculia is generally used to treat sore throat and hoarseness, but after long-term use, it causes a series of digestive reactions, such as thin stool or loss of appetite, and some people even have indigestion due to long-term use of boat-fruited Sterculia.
It is nourishing Chinese medicine. Nourishing Chinese medicine refers to drugs that can replenish deficiency and enhance disease resistance. Nourishing traditional Chinese medicines can be divided into four categories according to their efficacy: qi-invigorating drugs, such as ginseng, American ginseng and pseudostellaria heterophylla; Enriching blood: such as Ejiao and Jujube; Drugs for nourishing yin: such as Cordyceps sinensis and Ganoderma lucidum; Yang-tonifying drugs: such as velvet antler and hippocampus. ?
Never confuse it with tonic. Tonics are foods that can nourish and strengthen the body and treat physical weakness. Some are both tonic and tonic, such as jujube, which has the same origin as medicine and food, and can be used as medicine and edible.
Nourishing Chinese medicine is to improve the disease resistance of human body by supplementing some shortcomings of human body in a targeted way. However, drugs are toxic in three ways, and can only be supplemented if there is deficiency syndrome. Rational drug use is beneficial to health, but abuse is counterproductive. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the fundamental reason for the occurrence and development of diseases is the imbalance of yin and yang. Therefore, it is the fundamental principle of treatment to adjust Yin and Yang, make up their deficiency, purge their surplus and restore the relative balance of Yin and Yang.