Andrographis paniculata and Wang Buliuhang can be used together from the point of view of the efficacy and action of the drug, but the Andrographis paniculata is a national protected animal, and this product is not used in clinical practice at present.
Andrographis paniculata is the scaly armor of the animal Andrographis paniculata, which has the efficacy of lowering breast milk, activating blood circulation and eliminating symptoms (eliminating abdominal lumps), promoting menstruation, subduing swellings and draining pus, and it can be used to treat postpartum lactation, carbuncle, swelling, sores and poisons, scrofula (mainly refers to cervical lymph node tuberculosis), blood stagnation and menstrual closure, obstruction of obstruction of the masses (the appearance of tangible or invisible abdominal masses, with a feeling of distension and pain), rheumatism paralysis pains and paralysis of strokes.
Wang Bu Liu Xing is a plant-based traditional Chinese medicine with the efficacy of activating blood circulation, promoting menstruation, lowering breast milk and eliminating carbuncle. It can be used for treating postpartum lactation, breast carbuncle (red, swollen and painful breasts with poor discharge of breast milk and eventual suppurative disease), pain and swelling, women’s blood stasis and menstrual occlusion (menstruation stopping due to stasis of blood and blood stagnation), dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia, etc. The adverse effects of Wang Bu Liu Xing have not been reported.
Adverse effects of Andrographis paniculata are not clear; it is contraindicated in pregnant women, carbuncles (a kind of poisonous sores, acute suppurative diseases occurring on the surface of the body, limbs and internal organs) that have been ulcerated, and those who are weak in qi and blood. Adverse effects of Wang Bu Liuxing are not clear; note that pregnant women should be cautious.
From the point of view of the efficacy, effects and contraindications of Andrographis paniculata and Wang Bu Liuxing, etc., the two can be used together; due to the fact that Andrographis paniculata is a nationally protected animal, the product is not used in clinical practice at present.
Drugs should be taken under the guidance of a physician, do not self-medication, to avoid causing adverse consequences.