Can pregnant women apply Fengyoujing?

In fact, Fengyoujing is something that many friends have used, because it has many uses in life. For example, it can be used to relieve itching caused by mosquito bites or prevent mosquito bites, and it can also be used to relieve headaches. For pregnant women, it is best not to use Fengyoujing, because Fengyoujing contains camphor, which will have a certain irritating effect on pregnant women.

It’s just a small bottle of Fengyoujing, but it’s very effective in repelling mosquitoes, relieving itching, and refreshing the mind. I believe it’s one of the medicines that many families keep at home. But for pregnant mothers, Fengyoujing is not a good thing.

From the product manual of Fengyoujing, we can learn that one of the main ingredients of Fengyoujing is camphor, which has certain side effects. These toxic side effects generally do not appear in ordinary people because of the existence of glucose phosphate dehydrogenase in the human body. When camphor enters the human body, glucose phosphate dehydrogenase will quickly combine with it, turning it into a non-toxic substance, which is then excreted from the body with urine. However, due to physiological changes, the content of glucose phosphate dehydrogenase in pregnant women is reduced. If excessive use of Fengyoujing within 3 months of pregnancy, camphor will pass through the placental barrier into the amniotic cavity and act on the fetus, which may cause fetal death in severe cases.

In addition, newborns lack glucose phosphate dehydrogenase in their bodies. Camphor can penetrate into the blood through the delicate skin and mucous membranes of the newborns along with the smell, causing red blood cells to rupture and dissolve into bilirubin. If the bilirubin level in the blood is too high, it will pass through the blood-brain barrier and combine with brain cells, causing neonatal jaundice, yellowing of the whole body, blue lips, brown urine, refusal to suck milk, weak crying, drowsiness, and even symptoms such as convulsions and seizures. Even after treatment, the baby's brain function may be damaged.

To sum up, it is not recommended for pregnant mothers to use Fengyoujing during pregnancy. For the healthy development of the fetus, pregnant mothers need to do a good job in this regard.