Reminder 1: expensive medicine is not equal to good medicine.
Somehow, most people have a wrong view: "The more expensive the medicine, the better the effect." In fact, the price of drugs is mainly determined by its raw materials and research and development process. Some medicines are expensive because raw materials are scarce and cannot be mass-produced, resulting in a situation that things are rare and expensive.
For example, Angong Niuhuang Pill, because its main components such as bezoar, rhinoceros horn and musk are too rare, its product price is naturally high, but it does not mean that this medicine is a "good medicine". For the majority of patients, the decisive factor of "good" and "bad" drugs is not price, but "right or wrong". The medicine is wrong, and no matter how expensive the medicine is, it may have toxic side effects; As long as the drugs and certificates are consistent, seemingly ordinary drugs can also solve big problems.
Reminder 2: it is a good medicine, but it is not suitable for everyone.
The prescription of Angong Niuhuang Pill comes from Wu Jutong's Treatise on Febrile Diseases in Qing Dynasty. It is one of the important drugs for treating "febrile diseases" in traditional Chinese medicine. Together with Zixuedan and Zhibaodan, it is called "Three Treasures of Epidemic Febrile Diseases". It consists of bezoar, rhinoceros horn, musk, coptis root, scutellaria root, gardenia, cinnabar, pearl, borneol, realgar and turmeric. Its main function is to clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve shock and enlighten the mind. In the prescription, bezoar clears away heart-fire and detoxifies, musk wakes up, Gardenia, Coptidis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix and rhinoceros horn clear away heat, cool blood and detoxify, cinnabar and pearl soothe the nerves, realgar eliminates phlegm and detoxifies, and wraps a thin layer of gold foil to soothe the nerves. Angong Niuhuang Pill is used to treat high fever, irritability, delirium and coma caused by apoplexy. Convulsions in children are caused by pathogenic heat.
Angong Niuhuang Pill has a good therapeutic effect on acute stroke, and it has always been regarded as an essential medicine for stroke first aid among the people. Because of its cold nature, it is not suitable for all types of stroke patients. This medicine is only suitable for patients with heat syndrome of apoplexy, sudden coma, unconsciousness, hemiplegia, mouth and eyes askew, teeth clenched, red face and thick breath, phlegm in throat, red tongue and yellow greasy coating.
Reminder 3: Understand its indications.
Modern research shows that Angong Niuhuang Pill has the functions of sedation, anticonvulsant, antipyretic, anti-infection and lowering intracranial pressure, and has certain protective effect on brain injury caused by bacterial endotoxin. Can be used for treating Japanese encephalitis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, toxic dysentery, and severe hepatitis. It has obvious curative effect on patients with acute cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage complicated with high fever. Some patients with high fever caused by bacterial or viral infection can also take this medicine appropriately.
Therefore, based on the prescription of Angong Niuhuang Pill, Qingkailing, Tanreqing and other drugs made after simplification can be used to treat the above-mentioned heat diseases.
Reminder 4: It is very important to use the right method.
Good medicine should also pay attention to the method of taking. If used improperly, the effect may be greatly reduced or counterproductive. When using Angong Niuhuang Pill, we must master the indications and precautions, and it is best to take it under the guidance of a doctor. Adults generally take 1 capsule every day and stop taking drugs for 2 ~ 3 days. It is absolutely not advisable to take more than 7 pills. When used in first aid, patients should stop using it when they are conscious.
As long as the syndrome differentiation is accurate, the curative effect of Angong Niuhuang Pill is beyond doubt, but it is definitely not a "panacea" for treating diseases and self-defense. The following situations cannot be used:
1. The syndrome of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, yang deficiency, is manifested as dizziness, cold limbs, forehead sweat, white and greasy tongue coating, etc. Yang is the motive force of human life activities. Without yang, there can be no life, and Angong Niuhuang Pill is an extremely cold medicine, which is most likely to damage the yang of human body, so it must not be used at this time.
2. Pregnant women Angong Niuhuang Pills contain musk, which is easy to cause abortion.
3. Patients with spleen and stomach weakness who usually have diarrhea. Calculus Bovis, rhinoceros horn, Rhizoma Coptidis, Scutellariae Radix, Gardenia and other medicinal materials in Angong Niuhuang Pills are all cold products, which are easy to damage people's spleen and stomach yang. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach should not use it.