Whether pregnant women take traditional Chinese medicine as tonic or poison
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Last Update: 2014-02-08
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Classification rules of traditional Chinese medicine all Chinese herbal medicines can be classified into five flavors, five natures, action parts and non-toxic characteristics The classification methods are as follows: 1 Five natures: including cold, hot, warm, cool, flat five natures It is better to take warm and hot medicine or food for cold syndrome, and cold and cold medicine or food for hot syndrome 2 Five flavors: sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty; sour into liver, bitter into heart, sweet into spleen and stomach, pungent into lung and salty into kidney 3 Action site: including five Zang Fu organs and twelve meridians 4 Non toxic: some toxic Chinese herbal medicines are not suitable for medicinal diet and can be used only under the guidance of doctors Non toxic herbal medicines can be used as common medicines for medicinal diet according to their constitution Under the condition that the taboo of traditional Chinese medicine is normal, the fetus is forming cardiovascular system, central nervous system, limbs and five senses at 4 to 12 weeks, and it is the growing period of fetus after 12 weeks However, there are many kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, which will have an impact on the mother and the fetus, and there is no certain standard to find Therefore, we will simply sort out a table of traditional Chinese medicine taboos for pregnant women, as a small reminder for all expectant mothers during pregnancy Traditional Chinese medicine has a strong effect on the catharsis of bezoar, which is easy to cause abortion of pregnant women Honghua, Chuanqi and Huoxue drugs have strong ability of removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, which is easy to cause abortion and premature delivery Achyranthes is harmful to the health of the fetus Excessive consumption of plantain (dehumidification and diuretic) can affect placental circulation Psoralen (warming Yang medicine) should be taken by pregnant women after being instructed by doctors Coix seed oil contained in coix seed (dehumidification and diuretic) will reduce the contraction of striated muscle, produce a strong effect on the uterus, and also cause the phenomenon of oligohydramnios Herb (dehumidification and diuretic) can cause pregnant women to have too little amniotic fluid Appropriate use of Bude health experts pointed out that some traditional Chinese medicine is not suitable for pregnant women (see above), and everyone will carefully avoid such drugs during pregnancy However, it is not these taboo drugs that cause the physical discomfort of pregnant women, but the general medicine that pregnant women can eat The main reason is due to the excessive intake of pregnant women themselves Therefore, Dr Zhuang specially urged the expectant mothers to know how to use the following herbs properly when taking them, so as to make them healthy and happy.
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