Avoid: pregnant women should not take it.

Toxic and side effects: The lethal dose of emodin and resveratrol glucoside in mice was 249.534.3mg/kg and 1000.057.3mg/kg, respectively. Rats were injected with 50mg/kg, 150mg/kg and 700mg/kg of resveratrol glycoside for 6 weeks, and some animals appeared in each group.

Polygonum cuspidatum and its preparation have slight side effects in clinical application. Oral administration may cause digestive tract reactions such as dry mouth, bitter taste, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Excessive water loss can lead to collapse and shock; External use has no obvious stimulation, and may occasionally cause excitement and chills.

Treatment of Polygonum cuspidatum poisoning

1. induce vomiting, gastric lavage, taking tannic acid protein and activated carbon.

2. Symptomatic treatment: rehydration as appropriate; In case of shock, Shenmai injection can be injected intravenously, or added to the liquid for intravenous drip.

3. Chinese herbal medicine treatment: Radix Paeoniae Alba 15g, Radix Linderae, Rhizoma Coptidis, Rhizoma Corydalis, Herba Pogostemonis, Radix Glycyrrhizae 9g each, Radix Aucklandiae 3g, Radix Scutellariae 6g, decocted in water for abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Doctor Polygonum Cuspidatum's Discussion on Medicine

The main indication of Polygonum cuspidatum is that its blood circulation is similar to the essence of heaven's name, and its therapeutic wind is similar to that of Liu Wang. Philosophers used to say that it is the best antidote to relieve summer heat, so we should remove heat from the source of blood biochemistry. Therefore, it is necessary to treat the blood dirty of hand Jue Yin and the dirty wind dirty of foot Jue Yin like a drum.

Polygonum cuspidatum, Xia Yue and licorice. It's amber, lovely and delicious. The bottle was put in the well, which made it as cold as ice. White porcelain and silverware are packed like tea. When people sip, they call it a cold drink and a cup of tea. It can cure heat irritability, quench thirst and diuresis, and inhibit all heat toxicity. (theory of medicinal properties)

It can be used for treating postpartum aversion to blood, abdominal distension, purulent leakage, sores and carbuncle, coma of women's blood, blood stasis, wind-induced toxin-breaking, and qi stagnation.

Attack all kinds of swelling and toxin, stop sore throat, facilitate urination and dredge meridians. Treat five stranguria with white turbidity, hemorrhoids and leakage, sores and carbuncle, and women with red and white discharge. ("Southern Yunnan Herbs")