The side effect of Xia Gu Cao is that it may aggravate spleen and stomach deficiency (weakness and coldness of the spleen and stomach), and no significant toxicity has been found in Xia Gu Cao.
Xia Gu Cao is pungent, bitter and cold in nature, and is a cold medicine. People with cold spleen and stomach should use Xia Gu Cao with caution, as it may lead to damage of yang qi in the spleen and stomach, and symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, fear of cold, cold limbs, long and clear urine, and clear and thin leucorrhoea with a large amount in women.
Xia Gu Cao can clear the liver and diarrhea (remove liver fire), brighten the eyes, disperse knots and reduce swelling, treat red, swollen and painful eyes, headache, dizziness, scrofula (mainly refers to cervical lymph node nodule tuberculosis), gall tumors (equivalent to thyroid tumors), mammary carbuncle, breast lumps, breast swelling and pain, etc. caused by high liver fire.
Xia Gu Cao is a traditional Chinese medicine, it is recommended to use it under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the symptoms, to avoid the wrong medicine and damage to the body.