1. Different functions.

Fire-reducing medicines are to treat sore throat, hemoptysis, rising fire in the face, false irritability, dizziness and insomnia, red tongue and dry mouth in the treatment of yin deficiency and fire, and to clear and reduce fire.

Anti-inflammatory drugs are designed to inhibit an inflammatory response that occurs when biological tissues are stimulated by some kind of stimulus such as trauma, infection, and other injury factors, which locally manifests itself as redness, swelling, heat, pain, and dysfunction, and is also accompanied by fever and changes in peripheral blood leukocyte counts.

2. Commonly used drugs are different.

The fire-reducing medicines are mainly Chinese herbs, such as xuan shen, sheng di, danpi gentian grass, scutellaria, rhubarb, gypsum.

Anti-inflammatory drugs are mainly anti-inflammatory drugs mainly non-steroidal and steroidal, including aspirin, acetaminophen, diclofenac, anti-inflammatory pain (indomethacin), ibuprofen, fenbufen, glucocorticoids.

3. Side effects are different.

Fire-reducing medicines have fewer side effects because they are of the herbal type as well as the floral food type.

Anti-inflammatory drugs long-term use and abuse, may lead to intestinal flora imbalance, produce dependence.

4. The ingredients are different.

Fire-reducing drugs are generally Chinese medicine ingredients, such as Huanglian Shangqing tablets, cattle yellow detoxification tablets, clear lungs and inhibit fire tablets, three yellow tablets, clear fire gardenia mai tablets and so on, are Chinese medicine ingredients composition of proprietary Chinese medicines.

Anti-inflammatory drugs, generally broad-spectrum antibiotics, such as cephalosporins, macrolides, quinolones, such as erythromycin, haloperidol.

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