Family medicine cabinet: Five Principles for safe consumption of Chinese patent medicine

In our life, we are most exposed to several kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, such as cold, fire dispelling, tonic, etc., which are just the most seriously abused and misused Qiu Hengwen said that Chinese patent medicine is made of a variety of effective substances extracted or decocted from traditional Chinese medicine Hundreds of ingredients in several kinds of traditional Chinese medicine are mixed together At last, it directly affects the human body with chemicals Once there is an adverse reaction due to abuse and misuse, it is difficult to find out which substance caused it So, the more we use it, the more we should pay attention to it Traditional Chinese medicine also has a shelf life Many people like to keep ginseng, donkey hide gelatin and other traditional Chinese medicines at home for a long time They think that the longer they put them, the better the nourishing effect In fact, this approach is wrong Once most of the traditional Chinese medicine has passed the shelf life, not only the effect will be greatly reduced, but also whether it can be used will become a problem Take ginseng as an herbal medicine The longer you stay in the field, the better the effect But once it is dug out and made into pieces, the efficacy will decline with the passage of time, and the shelf life is generally no more than 2 years The same thing happened with woody drugs Angelica, wolfberry and so on contain a large number of fat oil, mucose ingredients, although it is not easy to be moth eaten, but it is very easy to "drain oil" for a long time, and oil like substances will appear on the surface Peppermint, agastache, perilla and other volatile ingredients stored for too long, the fragrance will be emitted, thus reducing the efficacy As for the molecular formula of mineral medicinal materials such as keels and nitrates, which are relatively stable, it is not a big problem to put them for a long time Generally speaking, the storage time should not exceed 10 years All of the above are traditional Chinese medicine that should not be used for a long time Is there a Chinese medicine put longer, but the better efficacy? There are six kinds of traditional Chinese medicine "LIUCHEN", which refers to six kinds of traditional Chinese medicine with better effect, i.e tangerine peel, Pinellia ternate, Fructus aurantii, ephedra, wolf venom and Evodia rutaecarpa In addition to "six Chen", most traditional Chinese medicine must be properly preserved to extend its shelf life For example, red flowers, Cordyceps and other easily discolored, moth eaten, moldy herbs can be packed in ceramic cans, filled with a layer of lime outside and buried underground Those medicinal materials that are damaged by insects due to improper preservation may not be discarded If it is observed that the moth is not serious after breaking the medicine, it can be used as soon as possible after baking and disinfestation But if serious mildew, oil and other phenomena occur, it can not be continued to take In case of vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and other symptoms, seek medical advice immediately to prevent poisoning.