Taking Chinese medicine to regulate menstruation causes diarrhea

When menstruation is irregular, it means that there are various problems in women's bodies, and they should find some ways to regulate it. Generally, they can regulate their menstruation by taking Chinese medicine. However, medicinal materials cannot be taken casually, otherwise they will cause diarrhea after taking them. If this is the case, the real cause of the diarrhea should be found.

The first category is plant-based Chinese medicine: Tripterygium wilfordii, Aconitum kusnezoffii, Akebia trifoliata, Quisqualis chinensis, Leonurus japonicus, Xanthium sibiricum, Melia azedarach bark, Radix Trichosanthis, Seed of Pharbitis chinensis, Root of Cherry Blossom, Fritillaria thunbergii, Bellflower, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Croton, Aloe vera, Clematis chinensis, Acer truncatum, Trillium gracile, Datura, Oleander, Folium Isatidis, Alisma orientalis, Stephania tetrandra, Gelsemium elegans, Senecio tenuifolia, Clove, Syringa syringae, Psoralea corylifolia, Pulsatilla chinensis, Camellia sinensis, Sophora flavescens, Achyranthes bidentata, Rhizoma Cibotii, Cottonseed, Root of Wintersweet, etc.

The second category is animal-based Chinese medicine: fish gall, seahorse, centipede, snake venom, etc.

The third category is mineral Chinese medicines: arsenic-containing ones (arsenic stone, arsenic trioxide, realgar, red alum), mercury-containing ones (cinnabar, mercuric chloride, calomel), lead-containing ones (red lead) and other minerals (alum), etc.

Most Chinese medicines are natural medicines with relatively complex active ingredients, such as alkaloids, saponins, tannins, volatile oils, etc. Since they are medicines, most of them will have side effects to varying degrees. Generally speaking, the side effects of traditional Chinese medicine are smaller than those of artificially synthesized Western medicine, but some drugs are more toxic, such as red arsenic, white arsenic, mercury, blister beetle, green lady worm, red lady worm, raw garcinia, etc.

Those with slightly less toxicity include: white aconite, raw aconite, raw Chuanwu, raw Caowu, raw Pinellia, Strychnos nux vomica, croton, raw Arisaema, raw Gelsemium elegans, wolfsbane, henbane, toad venom, earthworm, Strychnos nux vomica, cloud axis seed, maple eggplant, maple eggplant flower, raw sulfur, croton frost, white radish, poppy shell, etc. When using these medicines, you must be cautious. For example, maple leaf wine can be taken orally to treat rheumatoid arthritis, but excessive doses can often cause poisoning and death. Therefore, toxic Chinese herbal medicines must be taken under the guidance of a physician.

Well, usually Pinellia, Arisaema, Aconitum, Chuanwu, Aconitum etc. are often used in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. On the one hand, it is because these medicines have been processed. For example, taking raw Pinellia orally can cause vomiting. Numbness of lips and tongue. Hoarseness and other side effects, but after raw pinellia is processed with ginger juice, alum, salt, etc., its toxicity is greatly reduced. On the other hand, we must also master the correct method of use. For example, when mercury is used as the main drug to treat skin cancer and cervical cancer, it can only be used externally and is strictly prohibited for oral administration, otherwise mercury poisoning will occur.