The side effects of Niuhuang Detoxification Tablets: Niuhuang Detoxification Tablets are a common “fire medicine” in many households, with the effect of reducing fire and detoxifying the body. Many people are not aware of the side effects of Niuhuang detoxification tablets and believe that it is a very safe proprietary Chinese medicine. However, in recent years, it has been found that taking Niuhuang detoxification tablets can also cause adverse reactions. The adverse reactions involve the nervous, circulatory, urinary, respiratory, digestive and blood systems, presenting a variety of symptoms such as skin rash, anaphylactic shock, liver damage and arsenic poisoning. Specifically, the side effects of Niuhuang detoxification tablets are mainly as follows. 1, addiction Clinical manifestations are severe withdrawal symptoms after stopping the drug, increased sore throat, perioral and nasal herpes, general discomfort, excitement and insomnia, decreased appetite, constipation, and rapid relief of the above symptoms after taking the drug again. 2. Respiratory system reactions Clinical manifestations include bronchial asthma-like symptoms, shortness of breath, dyspnea, chest tightness, coughing, coughing up white foamy liquid, pale face, blue lips, palpitations, and inability to lie down. 3. Hematologic reactions The main symptoms are thrombocytopenia and simple red blood cell aplastic anemia. Clinical manifestations include epistaxis, oral mucosal ulcers, gum bleeding, and bleeding spots on the skin of the face, upper limbs and trunk. 4. Neurological reactions Clinical manifestations include drowsiness, vomiting, graying, shortness of breath, poor skin elasticity, cold extremities, or dyspnea, confusion, twitching of the limbs, disorientation, sometimes sitting still and reticent, sometimes incoherent, and answering unintelligible questions. 5, digestive system reactions Mainly for the upper gastrointestinal tract mucosal injury. It is manifested as epigastric fullness and discomfort, pain, nausea, vomiting, and coffee-colored vomit, followed by blood in the stool. Gastroscopy, the microscopic view of the gastric mucosa is congested and edematous, with erosion surface and bleeding spots. Some cases are drug-related liver disease, acute jaundice and liver function impairment. 6. Urinary system reaction Mainly hemorrhagic cystitis and hematuria. Symptoms are lumbar pain, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, hematuria, and occult blood in urine examination, some cases are accompanied by epistaxis, and severe cases can cause damage to renal parenchymal organs. Anaphylactic shock Anaphylactic shock mainly manifests as shortness of breath, chest tightness, dyspnea, pallor, cold extremities, profuse sweating, irritability, confusion, incontinence, loss of tendon reflexes and respiratory arrest. 8. Skin reaction The skin reaction is mainly manifested as papule-like patches of skin all over the body, itching, with the face and trunk heavier. Some cases are fixed rash, distributed on the face and neck. Some cases are allergic herpes moniliformis, exfoliative dermatitis and chronic arsenic poisoning, black skin disease.