Can I use Fengyoujing when I am pregnant?

We all know that Fengyoujing is a cooling medicine. It is very comfortable to apply a drop of Fengyoujing on the temples when you have a headache. In addition, in summer, if you are bitten by mosquitoes, applying some Fengyoujing can also relieve itching. Therefore, many families always have some Fengyoujing on hand. However, pregnant women cannot use Fengyoujing because it will harm the fetus in their bodies.

To know whether pregnant women can use Fengyoujing, first of all, we need to clarify the main ingredients of Fengyoujing, which include camphor, menthol, eucalyptus oil, borneol and clove oil. Any medicine containing camphor is harmful to pregnant women. Because the human body contains a substance called glucose phosphate dehydrogenase, after camphor enters the human body, it can only be excreted from the body after combining with this substance to form a non-toxic substance, thus avoiding harm to human health. However, because pregnant women are in a special physiological state at this time, the content of glucose phosphate dehydrogenase in the body is very low, so camphor cannot be excreted from the body through metabolism.

After camphor is absorbed into the body of a pregnant woman through the skin, it will also pass through the placental barrier, enter the amniotic cavity and act on the fetus, directly endangering the health of the fetus. In severe cases, it may also cause serious consequences such as malformation, stillbirth or miscarriage. In addition, other ingredients in Fengyoujing, such as borneol, may also irritate pregnant women and cause premature birth.

For the same reason, breastfeeding women and infants should not use medicated oils such as Fengyoujing. Because the menthol in the medicated oil can reduce the amount of milk produced by mothers and make their milk irritating, it is not suitable for babies to drink it. In addition, camphor can penetrate into the baby's blood through the baby's skin, causing damage to red blood cells, easily causing symptoms such as jaundice and convulsions in the baby, and impairing the baby's brain function.

The efficacy of Fengyoujing is self-evident, but due to the special ingredients it contains, it is not suitable for use by pregnant women. For the normal development and healthy growth of the fetus, pregnant mothers must take all aspects of life into consideration. It is a well-known fact that medicine is three-part poison. Try not to use some things containing drug ingredients whether they are taken orally or for external use.