Improper use of traditional Chinese medicine can also have toxic side effects, and this kind of traditional Chinese medicine is particularly toxic to the kidneys. Don't take it easily.

"It is said that it is a secret recipe of traditional Chinese medicine, but who knew it would lead to renal failure."

Ms. Zhang from Guangxi never imagined that she had "raised" herself into kidney failure because she wanted to keep fit.

A few years ago, Ms. Zhang stepped into the ranks of 6 years old and felt that her energy was not as good as before. She felt very tired after a little exercise, and it was difficult to relieve after a rest. One day, I mentioned this when chatting with my neighbor. The neighbor introduced an "old Chinese doctor" to Ms. Zhang and told her that she felt particularly energetic after taking the Chinese medicine prescribed by the old Chinese doctor.

this statement made Ms. Zhang very moved, so she asked for the address of the old Chinese doctor and rushed there the next day. The old Chinese doctor prescribed some "magic drugs" to Ms. Zhang. These drugs were ground and brewed directly when taking the medicine.

after taking traditional Chinese medicine, Ms. Zhang went home and took it for a week. Just two days after taking it, Ms. Zhang found that her symptoms had eased. However, after taking the medicine for one week, her body showed symptoms such as abnormal urination, nausea and abdominal pain. After the family found out, Ms. Zhang was urgently sent to the hospital for examination. After examination, it was found that Ms. Zhang's blood creatinine had reached 17umol/L, which was more than 1 times higher than that of ordinary people. She was diagnosed with acute renal failure.

The doctor was very sad after asking about the medical history, mostly because of acute renal failure caused by drug abuse. Examples like Ms. Zhang are common in clinic.

However, Ms. Zhang did not agree with the doctor's diagnosis. She said that her symptoms obviously eased after taking it for 2 days. How could it lead to renal failure?

Many people think that Chinese medicine is pure natural and pollution-free, and will not pose a threat to the health, so it is harmless to take it at will. As everyone knows, this idea is very wrong, and the abuse of Chinese medicine may bring some irreparable consequences.

Ms. Zhang's question is understandable. Yes, why did she have renal failure after taking it for two days?

there are two forms of TCM treatment of diseases, the first is to recuperate slowly, which is mainly aimed at sub-healthy people, and the second is to relieve symptoms quickly, which is mainly aimed at severe patients.

Ms. Zhang is obviously the latter, but this kind of traditional Chinese medicine often adds traditional Chinese medicine with relatively strong efficacy, such as arsenic, mercury, lead and other heavy metal substances, but this kind of traditional Chinese medicine is often very toxic, and the added dosage is very knowledgeable. Once it is excessive or misused, it may cause renal failure.

In addition, some unscrupulous merchants will also add some hormone drugs to traditional Chinese medicine, which can play a certain anti-inflammatory role after entering the body. Therefore, when I first took the medicine, I felt that my symptoms were obviously improved, but the symptoms were not cured. After stopping the drug, the symptoms will rebound, and the body will also have hormone dependence, causing some other complications.

and that's why Ms. Zhang obviously felt her symptoms relieved in the first two days, but she ended up with renal failure.

For many years, traditional Chinese medicine has been considered as a pure natural medicine with no toxic side effects, but as early as in Huangdi Neijing, it was said that drugs can't cure diseases without toxicity, in other words, all Chinese herbal medicines that can improve your symptoms are toxic.

and the most basic treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine is syndrome differentiation. The same disease can show different symptoms and different diseases will show the same syndrome. Before prescribing Chinese medicine, it is necessary to make clear the etiology, symptoms and development degree of the patient's condition, so as to match the drugs suitable for the patient. This is very similar to the examination in western medicine. The difference is that one is screening with instruments and the other is through consultation. If you don't take it symptomatic, your condition will not improve, and your condition will get worse and worse.

In addition, Chinese medicine pays attention to fighting poison with poison when treating some diseases. The toxic components contained in traditional Chinese medicine are often the most effective components for treatment. Using the special toxicity contained in traditional Chinese medicine to "poison" it against the inducement in the body, the toxicity in traditional Chinese medicine will naturally not pose a threat to health after it reacts with the bacteria in the body, for example, arsenic is used to treat leukemia and rhodiola is used to treat breast cancer in clinic.

All traditional Chinese medicines are toxic, and once they are abused or the medicines are not symptomatic, they will bring great harm to kidney health.

Even though Chinese medicine has toxic and side effects, what do we need to know before using Chinese medicine?

1. Uncertainty of clinical medication

As mentioned above, TCM treatment mainly pays attention to syndrome differentiation, but there is no unified standard in the choice of specific prescriptions and drugs. Take our common Mahuang decoction, which has only four kinds of Chinese medicines, as an example. Through different sources and processing methods of Chinese medicines, the medicines and efficacy obtained are completely different. It is said that Mahuang decoction is being used for treatment, but the concept of which one is specific is a bit vague.

Generally speaking, there is no fixed prescription for traditional Chinese medicine, which needs to be adjusted by professional Chinese medicine practitioners according to the patient's condition, so don't believe any prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine such as "magic medicine" and "cure all diseases".

2. Traditional Chinese medicine also has toxic and side effects

After using traditional Chinese medicine, there may be a series of side effects on the body, such as digestive tract symptoms, nervous system symptoms, urinary system symptoms, etc. Patients may have one or more side effects. Before taking medicine, it is necessary to make clear the possible side effects before deciding whether to take medicine, so as to achieve the optimal solution of drug effect.

3. Be flexible in using traditional Chinese medicine

When using traditional Chinese medicine, you need to be flexible enough. When the disease is complicated and the treatment of all diseases cannot be satisfied by a single Chinese medicine, you can choose to apply a variety of Chinese patent medicines or combine with western medicine for combined treatment. In the treatment, we should give full consideration to the possible synergistic and attenuated principles of multiple drugs to avoid repeated use of drugs with the same effect.

these three principles need to be paid great attention to when using traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, there is another problem that everyone needs to understand. Pure natural Chinese medicine is actually very toxic.

I know a wide range of knowledge points about traditional Chinese medicine, so let's talk about more toxic traditional Chinese medicine in detail, which I have encountered in my daily life. I suggest you not to use it at will.

At present, clinically, Chinese medicines with particularly high toxicity generally contain a substance called aristolochic acid.

Aristolochic acid is a biological toxin, which generally exists in plants of Aristolochiaceae such as Aristolochia and Asarum, and even has a proper term for nephropathy caused by Chinese herbal medicine containing this substance, namely "Aristolochic acid nephropathy".

As early as the 199s, some unscrupulous merchants in foreign countries added Chinese medicines rich in aristolochic acid into "pure natural" Chinese herbal medicine weight-loss bags, which led to aristolochic acid poisoning in many women and aristolochic acid nephropathy.

At present, the inducement of aristolochic acid nephropathy is not clear in clinic. Some studies have pointed out that aristolochic acid will damage renal tubular epithelial cells and lead to interstitial fibrosis after entering the body, which in turn will cause kidney damage and induce nephropathy and even renal failure. The kidney disease caused by aristolochic acid is irreversible once it happens, so what we need to do is to avoid eating Chinese medicine containing aristolochic acid as much as possible.

Common Chinese medicines containing aristolochic acid include Tripterygium wilfordii, Aristolochia manshuriensis, Trichosanthes root, Shā rotto Katakuri, Senecio scandens, Pulsatilla chinensis, Achyranthes bidentata and so on. These traditional Chinese medicines should not be used blindly, even if they need to be used, they need the guidance of professional doctors.

Chinese medicine has a history of many years in China. Although it is very natural, it is also a kind of medicine after all, and it is reasonable to say that medicine is toxic in three ways. No matter what medicine is used, it needs to be carried out under the guidance of a doctor.

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