Many supplements are toxic to the liver now. Eating them will damage our liver health. Abuse of Chinese herbal medicine will damage the health of the liver. Many people often eat traditional Chinese medicine that is harmful to the liver to treat diseases. So what harm does Chinese medicine do to the liver?
Traditional Chinese medicine is harmful to the liver
1, Toosendan Fructus has the effect of calming the liver, benefiting qi and relieving pain. Modern pharmacological studies show that azadirachtin in neem and neem bark has toxic effects on liver. Normal dose can lead to drug-induced hepatitis, jaundice, hepatomegaly and elevated transaminase.
2. Xanthium sibiricum and Tripterygium wilfordii are commonly used to treat rhinitis, headache and nephropathy. Toxic protein and glycosides in Fructus Xanthii can cause liver injury and even liver failure.
Tripterygium wilfordii polyglycoside tablets or tripterygium wilfordii polyglycoside tablets can cause reversible transaminase elevation and hepatomegaly, and can also cause severe hepatitis. The combination of phenytoin sodium and carbamazepine with Xanthium sibiricum and Tripterygium wilfordii can aggravate liver injury. Senile patients should use Xanthium sibiricum and Tripterygium wilfordii with caution.
3. In the Notice of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration, Polygonum multiflorum Thunb suggested that oral administration of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb and its formula may cause the risk of liver injury, and excessive and long-term continuous use may increase the risk of liver injury.
Don't believe the propaganda of drugs such as "pure nature" and "pure plants". Don't think that all Chinese herbal medicines have no side effects. When prescribing Chinese medicine, you must go to a regular hospital or the Chinese medicine department of the hospital. Don't blindly believe in folk remedies, folk remedies, etc. And don't go to an informal small clinic.
As the old saying goes, drugs are toxic in three ways. Regardless of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine, we should carefully choose all kinds of drugs.