Can Andrographis paniculata be taken for a long time?

Generally speaking, Andrographis paniculata is bitter and cold, and is not recommended to be taken for a long time, for fear of injuring the yang energy of the spleen and stomach if it is overdone or taken for a long time. Andrographis paniculata has the efficacy of clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins from the body), cooling the blood and eliminating swelling. Andrographis paniculata is bitter and cold, long for clearing heat and removing toxins, cooling the blood and eliminating swelling (treating blood heat and eliminating swelling and pain), and can also detoxify snakes. It is often used in canker sores and ulcers, mouth and tongue sores, sore throat, and poisonous snake bites. Andrographis paniculata is bitter, cold and purgative, good at clearing lung heat, detoxification. If the treatment of exogenous wind-heat or the first signs of warm disease, fever and headache, single-use effective. The treatment of lung heat cough, often used with scutellaria, fish and grass. Andrographis paniculata is bitter to dry dampness and cold to clear heat. It can be used alone or together with bitter ginseng and wood sorrel to treat damp-heat in the stomach and intestines, diarrhea and dysentery. For the treatment of bladder damp-heat, urinary drenching, can be used with psyllium, talcum. Because of its bitter flavor, into the soup easy to cause nausea and vomiting, so more pills, tablets to take. Appropriate amount for external use. This medicine is bitter and cold and injures the stomach, so it should be used with caution for people with spleen and stomach deficiency (spleen and stomach weakness and cold). The use of Chinese medicines should be carefully matched, and it is recommended to use the medicine under the guidance of a professional physician after an interview, do not take the medicine without authorization.