Effects and contraindications of andrographis paniculata

Andrographis has the effect of detoxification, insecticide. Contraindications for pregnant women should not be taken, avoid fire calcination, not localized large areas of external use or long-term continuous use. Xionghuang is pungent, bitter and warm in nature, and is attributed to the heart, liver and stomach meridians. It has the efficacy of detoxification and insecticide. It is mainly used for carbuncle (a kind of poisonous sore, occurring on the body surface, limbs, internal organs of the acute purulent disease) boils, scabies, insect venomous snakebite, insect accumulation of abdominal pain and other diseases, and asthma, malaria, eclampsia and other diseases. This product is contraindicated for pregnant women. After calcination, it is decomposed and oxidized into arsenic trioxide, which is highly toxic, avoid fire calcination. Andrographis paniculata can be absorbed from the skin, therefore, it cannot be applied to a large area and used continuously for a long time. Clinically, if there are carbuncle boils, scabies and other diseases, or asthma, malaria and other diseases, should promptly go to the hospital, under the guidance of a professional physician treatment, do not self-medication, in order to avoid adverse reactions.