Traditional Chinese medicine abuse

could be compared to antibiotics

Southern daily

Common people on the traditional Chinese medicine has many misunderstandings, and thought that a mild, proprietary Chinese medicine no side effect, can trust used; "Sick heal, no disease fitness", proprietary Chinese medicine as "health products will", "tonic"; Only with literal meaning for the choose and buy, as soon as possible at will increase the cure drug... Traditional Chinese medicine became a regular in medicine. This misunderstanding has led to the abuse of traditional Chinese medicine is more and more serious, has caused concern, even someone send out "proprietary Chinese medicine abuse can compares antibiotics exclamation".

7 in by western medicine prescription into open

Guangzhou university of traditional Chinese medicine first affiliated hospital, deputy director of ZhongYaoShi QiuZhenWen said, from the current the dosage of the traditional Chinese medicine, use proportion and frequency to see, "abuse of than the use of antibiotics could indeed". Guangdong people's hospital, director of the general WangChangJun also said the abuse of traditional Chinese medicine, "reach similar degree of the abuse of antibiotics, not only on the public situation" the role of traditional Chinese medicine with some degree of misreading, the doctor there is a similar situation. According to not complete count, our country about 70% of traditional Chinese medicine is the western medicine physicians by general hospital open. 2008 by the Beijing municipal administration of traditional Chinese medicine and the Beijing Chinese medicine academic society organizations use of the present situation of the western medicine proprietary Chinese medicine research found that the large-scale comprehensive hospital open proprietary Chinese medicine prescriptions of western medicine is as high as 60% above. WangChangJun points out, some western medicine not understand Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment, lead to open the proprietary Chinese medicine curative effect cannot guarantee, and even cause drug safety problems. Ministry of health and the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine last year on the introduction of the "proprietary Chinese medicine clinical application of guiding principle, is for the purpose of further regulating the use of proprietary Chinese medicine in medical procedures.

"Drug-free without side effects" impression death

Lead to proprietary Chinese medicine abuse, an important factor is many people mistakenly think that Chinese medicine is quite mild, non-toxic side effects, heal sick, "without disease fitness". China academy of traditional Chinese medicine exhibition in Hong Kong zhong nanshan devoted himself has said that at present the Chinese traditional medicine have found many kidney toxicity. And for a long time, a lot of people feel traditional Chinese medicine is non-toxic side effects, and thus long-term use, this approach is not advisable.

QiuZhenWen points out, "it is medicine 3 minutes poison", proprietary Chinese medicine, western medicine or whether its role is based in the role of chemical biology, "such as salvia miltiorrhiza pharmacological effects of DanCanTong is up, these chemicals has certain side effects". The state administration of traditional Chinese medicine for the traditional Chinese medicine clinical application of guiding principle, points out that appear in the use of proprietary Chinese medicine adverse reaction of one of the main reasons is the long-term or exceed dosage drug use, especially contains toxic Chinese proprietary Chinese medicine, such as Spanish red, XiongHuang, toads, radix aconiti, sichuan, uriah the grass roots, and north beans overdose can poisoning.

"Will when western medicine, not with proprietary Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment principle of follow" is the summary of the abuse of traditional Chinese medicine WangChangJun another important factor. Chinese emphasize "disease that is in the", disease, "card" better changed, shoulds not be continued to take, according to reposit "testimony" to other drugs. But many proprietary Chinese medicine abuse, dosage, use too much time is too long, lead to excessive medication, a good thing ", bring adverse consequences. QiuZhenWen will cause side effects and proprietary Chinese medicine abuse of the root causes into "syndrome differentiation and no", "repeated drug use", "drug treatment" and increase without authorization.

WangChangJun points out, the past diarrhea liver pills, tonic little soup of radix adverse event, how much all the abuse of traditional Chinese medicine with a relationship. Small samples was to treat second liver, the abuse but can cause liver damage after. QiuZhenWen further analysis, western medicine are generally pure chemical preparation, the effect intensity bigger; And the traditional Chinese medicine for DuoZhong proprietary Chinese medicine refining or decoction and become more effective substance, target treatment, more decentralized effect intensity. "Once appear adverse reactions, western medicine for composition, the more easily clear role, but proprietary Chinese medicine treatment of specific components complex, it's hard to find out what kind of material is caused adverse reaction."

But QiuZhenWen stressed that the dangers of traditional Chinese medicine and no antibiotics so serious, "the abuse of traditional Chinese medicine, or because more of the TCM syndrome type to take excessive exposure leels, and use time is too long, taking the body does not need to be or exclusion of material and the body to produce some side effects, general discontinuation and slightly make regulate the body's can resume normal, of course, proprietary Chinese medicine injection abuse consequences have some serious, the general proprietary Chinese medicine abuse consequences and no antibiotics' super bacteria as serious." "

Western medicine composition containing the proprietary Chinese medicine need more to beware of

At present our country approved for production of traditional Chinese medicine, about 200 DuoZhong is compound preparations, namely of traditional Chinese medicine containing chemical. Common such as HIV in cold medicine containing more acetaminophen and flapping, sensitive, blood pressure medicine containing more than hydrochlorothiazide, was more than in containing glyburide, cough PingChuanYao of methamphetamine, contains the proprietary Chinese medicine in clinical use often problems.

"This kind of traditional preparation of proprietary Chinese medicine, lead to the risk of side effects than pure Chinese herbal medicine product more." For example, such as QiuZhenWen word/pill, is containing glyburide of traditional compound preparations, used to treat type 2 diabetes. But there are people with diabetes does not know to contain the western medicine composition/pills, think is pure Chinese herbal medicine product, optional for high blood sugar, optional increase dosage, a casual and other glucose-lowering western medicine, no more attention to share with other western medicine, so that the compatibility of the taboo/taking pills and appear too low blood sugar serious adverse reactions. The Hong Kong special administrative region last year of a 84-year-old old man because of hypoglycemia unconscious and were taken to a hospital, tests indicate the name of the "old man take time of nearly pills" in traditional Chinese medicine is added "glyburide". The high pharmacists points out, "people have the wrong proprietary Chinese medicine security concept, in not clear proprietary Chinese medicine pharmacology and composition of the buy, without doubt, increasing the use of the side effects of the traditional Chinese medicine and use risk."

S experts remind

Several kinds of abuse is often proprietary Chinese medicine

A cold kind, of having the class for activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis, pouring down, and purge class is the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine abuse is common in the worst-hit areas.

○ of cold

Representative: root

Traditional Chinese medicine is the common cold is divided into chill cold and wind hot cold two kinds big. WangChangJun said, "but the cold medicines on the market by qingrejiedu primarily, mainly is aims at the wind hot patients".

Many people often cold will turn out YinQiao piece of vitamin C, compound ganmaoling, summer SangJu pieces and a lot of cold medicine, or even think "faster" have more effective. QiuZhenWen pointed out that these cold medicines usually have at least two or more components, the same medicine or overlapping same drug application, and increases the repeated dose, and increases the risk of drug overdose, especially toxic medicine happened proprietary Chinese medicine toxicity of the risk to soar.

QiuZhenWen points out, guangdong features of the climate cause human body very easily lose, many young mother will root as a regular, in order to prevent the fire, prevent a cold, something for nothing to give children drink brew. "Do you not know that this will affect children's growth." QiuZhenWen analysis road, in the development of traditional Chinese medicine with the children's growth, namely, "terms describe--the body", Yang need some "fire" to encourage development, and root of sex of cold, too much damage, not only of spleen and stomach eating for small children decreased appetite, also in the certain degree quench the growth and development of the required fire, go against the development of children.

"Root of extreme medicinal properties, is the drug, qingrejiedu for a physique of strong, fell in love with the crowd of fire is good, but if the effect of the patients themselves belong to cold empty physique, pale, weak and weakness," WangChangJun points to the people is not fit to eat root.

In addition, people in healthy state take root under too much, can hurt and taste, but easy to cause other diseases. If the constitution slants cold empty, drink root of granule will be because of the extreme hurt a stomach, will bring a series of gastrointestinal reaction, that didn't cure cold, but cause gastralgia, chills, loss of appetite wait for disease. Especially for the children, taste function has not yet sound, and much more easily served banlangen, cause indigestion and other symptoms.

○ lapactic aperient class

Representative: bezoar detoxification pieces

Many of the purge lose weight on the market of product can't literally eat, because contain rhubaub and senna, aloe etc laxatives, once taking excessive, will lead to drug dependence, affecting the normal bowel function, serious and even cause large intestine and black disease. WangChangJun stressed: lapactic agent role, most easily topped the loss of gas, want to stomach disease namely check, to avoid falling excessive, long with; The elderly's physique is weak, the new born children of blood deficiency, a serious illness soon women beginning more fluid consumption, should fill what the injury attack, both the actual.

And as of bezoar detoxification, bezoar qing qing coptis chinensis franch of pills, pills, rhizoma coptidis detoxification pieces and qingrejiedu, belong to product experience, can only be used in medicine dialectical real hot (hot) contains the. If it is XuHuo (both may be Yin deficiency, also may be due to the XuHuo Yang inflammation), taking such extreme drugs, can only lead to the body more deficiency, and XuHuo more heavy.

Detoxification slice is all very bezoar familiar remove gunpowder, many people have a toothache, as long as a mad symptoms buys it eat, some women develop for it beauty is a new use-using its relief to purge the role of diarrhea to lose weight. But the drug abuse, detoxification piece also will become "poisoning pieces".

Many have long constipation, acne patients, in order to alleviate the symptoms, purging fire detoxification, on its own, a large, long-term to take bezoar detoxification piece, but the results appear bosom frowsty, heart palpitations, stomach, diarrhea, lumbar debility, not a normal phenomenon. In fact, this is taking too many bezoar detoxification of happen adverse reactions.

Bezoar detoxification pills contain bezoar, rhizoma coptidis, cortex phellodendri, radix scutellariae, rhubarb, gardenia, chrysanthemum, XiongHuang, mostly for the composition such as "cold" drugs, long-term use is easy to let the gastrointestinal "catch a cold", appear weak, the influence of the spleen and stomach food digestion and absorption.

○ for activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis class

Representative: danshen preparations

The proprietary Chinese medicine for activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis often been abused in high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease patients, a have a hands, dizziness, he went to a grain, but not all of the disease of heart head blood-vessel cases are caused by blood stasis. WangChangJun stressed that can not only see instructions written indications can be used in high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease ", want to have clear if the blood stasis. Qi, kidney empty, sputum turbidity and so on also can lead to high blood pressure, coronary heart disease. And women's menstrual period, heavy period and pregnant women are as careful with or disable blood circulation, remove stasis agent for activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis vastly or long with, all goods and blood is, can only hurt, can't take long, playing in the disease namely. Some remove blood stasis drugs a stimulating effect on the stomach, the more can't for long-term use.

Salvia miltiorrhiza is the representation of traditional Chinese medicine for activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis. Research shows that, danshen can improve microcirculation, with around circulation and the antithrombotic and dissolve clots effect of ischemic heart muscle, a significant protection. Therefore, to heart disease salvia miltiorrhiza blood stasis syndrome has good therapeutic effect. Preparations have DuoZhong, composition salvia miltiorrhiza effect is not the same, a slightly indications difference.

QiuZhenWen remind, available JiuXinWan and compound danshen drop pill with belong to qi and blood stasis drugs, treatment choice one can, not suitable for mixing the two drugs together at the same time in the prescription of open for the patient to use.

○ of having the

Representative 1: the donkey-hide gelatine

"Had a patient on the market to see 'ginseng keep and honor the pill, and only by" ginseng two words, as it will be the health tonic, after use beauty only to find that "ginseng keep let pill' essence is apoplectic sequela, the drug treatment with beauty was completely out of edge."

The high pharmacists are considered, by literal meaning, "judge what will fill in the name of" the phenomenon of what use is more common in traditional Chinese medicine, and as supplements, proprietary Chinese medicine will not consider its pharmacological and side effects they consumers.

WangChangJun think, first to make sure whether really is "deficiency syndrome", the constitution, if not the strong for the evil influence filled more can't literally fill; Next, want to distinguish qi, or blood deficiency is, Yin or Yang, kidney empty, or the spleen deficiency, is, and so on, "lack what fill what", has pointed choice, having the medicine. In addition, the spleen and stomach deficiency, should first, the spleen and stomach, or having the party in the complete with the spleen and stomach, regulating qi away the proprietary Chinese medicines; guide Having the kind of traditional Chinese medicine with an empty stomach or medication time before as well.

In Chinese medicine, the donkey-hide gelatine is indeed superior medicine, have blood and gynaecology of efficacy. But not for everyone, abuse of gastrointestinal digestive function will be negative effects. Some of the spleen and stomach, can appear the faint of heart, after taking appetite, stomach full bilge, appear the symptom such as digestive disorders.

Representative 2: wuji baifeng pills

Wuji baifeng pills were many women as menstrual function of beauty, but in fact, top grade if eat wuji baifeng pills, not only can't regulate menstruation, it will cause menstruation disorders.

The effect of wuji baifeng pills is mainly tomifying qi and blood, the qi and activate blood circulation, used to regulate some gynecological disease symptoms include menstruation. But menstruation points very DuoZhong, wuji baifeng pills are suitable for a deficit of menstrual disorder of qi deficiency, and can't pack very some menstrual disease, because of some factors such as stomach, phlegmy wet cause menstruation to be not moved, taking wuji baifeng pills may backfire effect.

If the body has damp and hot, blood stasis and other conditions, it can't take the wuji baifeng pills. Because someone unsuitable long-term take wuji baifeng pills may cause other diseases, such as interference caused by normal physiology is periodic, menstrual disorders. It is noteworthy that even if symptoms are similar menstruation, cause is endless also and same, this is why some people take wuji baifeng pills useless reasons.

The author: lee Jie