What is Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet?
Pharmaceutical composition: Calculus Bovis, Realgar, Gypsum Fibrosum, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Platycodi, Borneolum Syntheticum and Glycyrrhrizae Radix.
Main efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials.
Indications: Niuhuang Jiedu tablets/pills are mainly used for getting angry; Gum swelling and pain; Mouth sore; Sore throat; Eyes are red, swollen and painful.
Note: Tablets have no auxiliary materials, and the effect is intense, while pills contain auxiliary materials honey, which has mild effect and is more suitable for the elderly and people with weak spleen and stomach.
Not all Niuhuang Jiedu tablets can be used for "getting angry"
Using Niuhuang Jiedu tablets for asthenic fire will aggravate the condition.
This involves a basic concept, what is "getting angry" and what is virtual fire and real fire.
Getting angry is a very general concept. In TCM theory, excessive internal heat can be divided into deficiency and excess.
One is that the sun be the spirit is too strong. If it exceeds the normal range, it is the real fire. To reduce the fire, it is to let the sun be the spirit.
The other is that there is too little yin, which is lower than the normal level, leading to the "rise" of yang in disguise, which belongs to virtual fire.
If Niuhuang Jiedu tablet is still used to reduce fire during the period of deficiency fire, it will further consume Yin Qi, make deficiency fire more abundant and aggravate the condition.
How to distinguish real fire from virtual fire?
There is a simple way to tell the difference between reality and excess-see if the symptoms are urgent.
If it comes in a hurry and suddenly, it is mostly empirical;
If it is chronic and persistent, or the condition is always repeated, it is mostly a deficiency syndrome.
Moreover, the performance of real fire is usually obvious, and there are several typical symptoms:
Sore throat, dry mouth and bitter taste, tongue vomiting, red tongue and yellow phlegm, and constipation.
Deficiency fire, such as qi deficiency fire, blood deficiency fire, yin deficiency fire, kidney deficiency fire, etc., often manifests as hot flashes, which come in bursts and appear at the same time every day. There are no symptoms of excess heat mentioned above, but dizziness, soreness of waist and knees, tinnitus and other symptoms may also occur.
Misuse of Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets
Misunderstanding 1
Niuhuang detoxifies and is used for all internal heat.
As mentioned earlier, fire can be divided into real fire and virtual fire. Detoxification of Niuhuang is mainly effective for "excess fire", but may be useless or even aggravate symptoms for "deficiency fire".
Misunderstanding 2
Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet is a laxative.
Niuhuang Jiedu Tablet does have laxative effect, but it is more aimed at constipation caused by gastrointestinal heat accumulation, and other types of constipation may not be effective.
Rhubarb and gypsum in the ingredients can stimulate the intestinal tract, and long-term use as laxatives may harm the intestinal mucosa.
Among the ingredients of Niuhuang's antidote, there is realgar, and its ingredients are mostly arsenic and arsenic sulfide.
When heated to a certain temperature, it can be oxidized into highly toxic arsenic trioxide in the air, which is arsenic.
Of course, the content of realgar in Niuhuang Jiedu is actually very small, and there is basically no problem in short-term medication under the guidance of a doctor. But be wary, Chinese patent medicines can't be eaten casually.
Misunderstanding 3
Long-term use of bezoar to detoxify
Taking Niuhuang Jiedu tablets at will or for a long time may also lead to drug dependence.
The main manifestations are: sore throat, herpes around the mouth and nose, insomnia, loss of appetite, constipation and other symptoms after stopping taking the medicine, which can only be relieved after taking the medicine again.
In addition, long-term or excessive use of Niuhuang Jiedu tablets may cause chronic arsenic poisoning such as hair loss and skin blackening.
To reduce fire, we must first change our living habits and not abuse Niuhuang Jiedu tablets. When the above adverse reactions occur, you should stop taking the medicine immediately and seek medical treatment.
What foods can relieve excessive internal heat?
Heat-clearing and detoxicating substances, such as chrysanthemum, cucumber, Radix Isatidis, tomato, bamboo shoots, mung beans, tofu, etc. It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and is suitable for all kinds of excess fire syndrome.
Bitter cold fire, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, bracken, loofah, snail, eggplant, millet, etc., can clear heat and reduce fire, and is often used for excess fire syndrome.
White gourd, watermelon, coix seed, lentils, barley, amaranth, white gourd, adzuki bean, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, chicken gizzard-membrane, etc. Suitable for all kinds of real fire certificates.
Summer is hot and thirsty
Coix seed and mung bean soup
food
Coix seed, mung bean, and sugar.
working methods
1. Wash Coicis Semen, soak it in clear water for one hour and take it out.
2. Put the soaked coix seed into the rice cooker, add appropriate amount of water (cover coix seed), and steam until the switch is switched on and taken out.
3. Wash mung beans, soak them in clear water for about an hour, then take them out and pour them into the pot. Add 10 cup of water and cook until mung beans crack.
4. Add coix seed and cook together until the mung bean and coix seed are cooked.
Finally, add sugar to taste and cook.
Blister in the mouth
Longan tremella lotus seed soup
food
50g of tremella, 50g of longan, 0/5 of lotus seed/kloc, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
working methods
1. Soak lotus seeds for half a day, then add tremella to continue soaking 1 hour.
2. Soak longan meat in warm water for 5 minutes, then wash off impurities and pour a little water for later use.
3. After the tremella is soaked (unfolded), wash off impurities and tear it into small pieces.
4. Pour the processed tremella, lotus seeds and longan pulp into the pot, add appropriate amount of water (there is no problem with more water), add rock sugar after boiling, and continue to simmer for about 90 minutes.