Half-summer hazards are raw internal use may cause loss of voice, vomiting, watery diarrhea, breathing difficulties and other uncomfortable symptoms, overdose or long-term raw use may lead to poisoning.
Half-summer is the dried tuber of half-summer of the plant of the family Tennantaceae, pungent, warm and poisonous. It has the efficacy of drying dampness and resolving phlegm, lowering rebelliousness and stopping vomiting (to make the upwardly rebellious qi go downward and stop vomiting), and eliminating lumps and dispersing knots (to dissipate lumps).
Semixia can be used in treating damp phlegm and cold phlegm, cough and phlegm, phlegm-drinking vertigo (vertigo and palpitations caused by phlegm-drinking evil qi), wind-phlegm vertigo, phlegm-convulsive headache (headache caused by phlegm obstructing the qi), vomiting and regurgitation, and chest and epigastric constriction (a feeling of fullness and stuffiness in the chest and abdomen).
This product should not be used with Chuanwu, Prepared Chuanwu, Caowu, Prepared Caowu, and Psoralea. Raw products should be taken internally with caution, because raw hemixia has strong irritation to the mucous membranes of the mouth, throat and digestive tract, which may lead to adverse reactions such as loss of voice, vomiting, watery diarrhea, etc., and severe respiratory distress or even asphyxiation. Overdosage or prolonged use of raw hemixia can lead to poisoning.
Specific medication regarding half-summers should be under the guidance of a doctor, and if there is any discomfort after using the medication, a doctor should be consulted in a timely manner.