A. The abuse of proprietary Chinese medicine is worrying In our surroundings, such a situation is very common: cold and flu to eat cold and fever pellets, sore throat to eat Banlangen granules, etc., some headache and brain fever of small diseases, many people diagnose themselves and choose proprietary Chinese medicine treatment. Many people believe that proprietary Chinese medicines have no side effects, are safe and harmless, can “cure diseases, no disease fitness”, and even take some proprietary Chinese medicines as “tonic”, “health care drugs” for a long time. We all know that antibiotics can not be abused, but do not know that the abuse of proprietary Chinese medicine is also very serious harm, it can be said that the harm is comparable to the abuse of antibiotics. First of all, pCms are not completely safe and free of side effects, as the saying goes, “medicine is three kinds of poison”, in fact, pCms also have different degrees of toxic side effects. If you’re looking for a new way to get the most out of your life, you’ll be able to get the most out of your life. The rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis can be triggered by aconitine poisoning caused by taking a large amount of pills, pills, pills and pills. Many drugs need to be “stopped when sick” and should not be taken for a long time. If the symptoms do not improve after a period of time, please seek the guidance of a professional herbalist. In addition, proprietary Chinese medicine is made under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory, in the use of the process must also follow the principles of Chinese medicine, that is, the use of Western medicine to diagnose the disease, in the use of proprietary Chinese medicine still need to identify the evidence. It is not a cold to eat the Chinese medicine containing the word “cold” can be, if it is a cold with the use of drugs to clear the heat and detoxification, wind-heat cold with the use of pungent warming drugs, “cold evidence” with cold drugs, “hot evidence” with hot drugs The phenomenon of “cold” with cold medicine and “hot” with hot medicine is like pouring oil on the fire and adding to the misery of the condition. For example, in the same chronic bronchitis, phlegm and dampness in the lung type should be used to dry dampness and resolve phlegm, but if the wrong choice of cough orange pill is used to treat dry lung cough, it can lead to more phlegm and dampness; Yin deficiency and lung dryness type should be used to moisten the lung and stop cough, such as nourishing Yin and clearing the lung oral liquid and Baihegujin pill, but if the wrong use of cold dispersing and warming the lung Tongxuan lung pill will lead to more serious Yin injury. There are also some proprietary Chinese medicines that are compound preparations of Chinese and Western medicines, which contain ingredients of Western medicines, such as acetaminophen and paracetamol in some anti-cold medicines, ephedrine in cough medicine, hydrochlorothiazide in blood pressure medicine, glibenclamide in hypoglycemic medicine, etc. These proprietary Chinese medicines will often cause problems if used improperly, and some consequences will be very serious. For example, the Thirst Pill is a combination of Chinese and Western medicines containing glibenclamide, which is used to treat type 2 diabetes. However, some diabetic patients are not aware of the chemical composition of Glibenclamide and believe that it is a pure Chinese medicine preparation and is safe and harmless, so they take excessive doses of it or use it in combination with other hypoglycemic drugs, resulting in uncorrectable hypoglycemia, which can be fatal in severe cases. Then again, some patients are allergic to salicylic acid preparations, think that the choice of cold Chinese medicine preparations are very safe, in fact, there are some Chinese and Western medicine compound Chinese medicine cold preparations contain this kind of chemical composition, blindly after taking the allergic reaction can be large or small, anaphylaxis is also common. At present, the most common abuse of proprietary Chinese medicines among the people are mainly the following categories: cold and flu: such as Banlangen granules, cold and fever particles, etc.. Many people after the cold on several types of cold medicines mixed together to eat, think that the more you eat the faster the effect, in fact, some cold medicine is cold cold medicine, such as cold fever granules, cold soft capsules, etc.; and some cold medicine is hot cold medicine, such as VC silver forsythia tablets, silver forsythia antitoxin particles, heavy sensory tablets, etc., wind cold medicine and wind heat medicine mixed to eat, is bound to reduce the effectiveness of the medicine, counterproductive, and even adverse reactions The effect of mixing wind-cold and wind-heat medicines is bound to be reduced, which is counterproductive and may even cause adverse reactions. In addition, these cold medicines usually have some of the ingredients cross-repeated, increasing the risk of drug overdose. Fire relief: such as Niuhuang detoxification tablets, Niuhuang Shangqing pills, three yellow tablets, etc.. Some people have “fire” symptoms, like to find some “fire medicine” to eat, but also some beauty ladies use these drugs to detoxify the role of diarrhea to achieve the purpose of weight loss, in fact, these drugs are bitter cold nature, Chinese medicine identification for the actual fire If the symptoms of “fire” are caused by “deficiency fire”, then taking these drugs will lead to deficiency evidence more deficiency, and this type of drugs should not be taken for a long time, because the bitter cold products tend to consume stomach gas, resulting in weakness of the spleen and stomach. The phenomenon of “kidney deficiency” eating “six-flavored Dihuang pills” is very common, there is a disease treatment, no disease health care, both men and women, both young and old, many men take six-flavored Dihuang pills as a good product to protect the kidneys and aphrodisiac, and some middle-aged and elderly people, as long as the waist and leg pain, on their own In fact, the Six Flavored Dihuang Pill is not an “aphrodisiac”, its composition is mainly cold drugs, used to supplement the kidney Yin deficiency. If you are a person with damp heat in your body, you may be aggravated by damp heat, and you will not be able to heal; if you are a person with a cold physique, and your spleen and stomach are not functioning well, the Dihuang in the pill may nourish your spleen and stomach and aggravate your condition. Blood-activating class: such as quick-acting heart pills, compound Danshin drops, Dan Qi tablets, etc. In clinical treatment, we often see patients suffering from hypertension and coronary heart disease have the habit of taking long-term blood-activating Chinese medicine to dispel blood stasis, taking several capsules as soon as chest tightness and panic, dizziness and numbness occur. The Chinese medicine of chest pain and tightness is called chest paralysis, and the Chinese medicine of chest paralysis includes heart yang deficiency. If you have active bleeding, menstruating women or blood system diseases, you need to use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor. It is also common to see the combination of two or more blood-stimulating drugs in clinical practice, such as compound salvia tablets and quick-acting heart pills, both of which are used for qi stagnation and blood stasis, and both of which contain ice chips, which are easy to injure the spleen and stomach and should not be used in combination. Although the abuse of proprietary Chinese medicines may not cause such serious consequences as the abuse of antibiotics leading to “superbugs”, but proprietary Chinese medicines are also drugs, although some proprietary Chinese medicines are over-the-counter drugs, but in the purchase and consumption also need a certain degree of relevant knowledge, not based on advertising media or pharmacy guide’s propaganda, other patients’ experience. You should not choose pCms at will based on the advertisement media or pharmacy guide or other patients’ experience, or increase the dosage and prolong the course of treatment by yourself, which is irresponsible to your body. Here is how to use pCms correctly and safely. 1. Use the medicine under the guidance of professionals. Many proprietary Chinese medicines on the market are over-the-counter drugs, which are convenient to buy in pharmacies. However, if you lack relevant knowledge, in order to avoid using the wrong medicine and for better efficacy, please try to select and use the medicine under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner or a pharmacist with Chinese medicine training experience. 2, read the drug instructions before taking the medicine. Before taking the medicine, please first read the drug instructions carefully to understand the special contraindications, dietary contraindications, symptomatic people and possible adverse symptoms of the medicine, and then decide whether to take the medicine according to your own situation. 3. Pay attention to the western medicine ingredients in proprietary Chinese medicines. Many pCms contain western medicine ingredients, many people lack professional experience, do not understand the composition of drugs, and western medicine superimposed repeatedly, it may cause more serious adverse reactions, so when buying pCms, please pay attention to the column of drug ingredients on the package, if there is a chemical composition, not sure whether it can be taken in combination with western medicine, please consult a doctor. 4. Avoid extending the course of treatment at will. If your condition does not improve after a period of time, please seek the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner in a timely manner, and do not take a drug blindly for a long time. 5, avoid blindly listening to propaganda. Many people will rely on the advertising media or pharmacy guide propaganda, other people’s recommendations and go shopping for proprietary Chinese medicine, but because everyone’s physique, cause of disease, specific symptoms are different, not others with good, you must also be suitable, drugs are different from other goods, there is no universality, so do not blindly follow the propaganda, otherwise it may appear too late, the opposite effect. 6. Choose the dosage form reasonably. There are many types of proprietary Chinese medicines, such as pills, granules, tablets, oral liquids, injections and so on. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, “the urgent one treats the symptoms and the slow one treats the root”, it is advisable to choose the dosage form with fast effect, such as combination, oral solution, granule, injection, etc., while it is advisable to use pills and creams for treating the root.