Whether or not you can drink Chinese medicine when you are pregnant should depend on the type of Chinese medicine, if the Chinese medicine contains leeches and other potent or poisonous, you can’t drink it, and if it contains wormwood and other medicines that have a tranquilizing effect on the fetus, you can drink it. It needs to be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
If the medicine taken when pregnant contains leeches, arsenic and croton and other herbs with harsh or poisonous effects, it is likely to cause vaginal bleeding, severe abdominal pain and other phenomena, which will have a certain effect on the fetus, and should not be taken.
If the medicines you take when pregnant contain Chinese herbs with a certain effect of tranquilizing the fetus, such as wormwood, perilla and atractylodes, they generally do not have any adverse effect on the fetus and can be taken.
Different kinds of Chinese medicine have different effects on pregnant women, if you need to take Chinese medicine when you are pregnant, you should judge whether it has an effect on the child according to the specific composition of the drug and the results of the pregnancy test before taking it, it is recommended that pregnant women must follow the doctor’s instructions for the correct use of medication, to avoid affecting the fetus and the health of the mother.